Get to know Canvassing better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like electioneering or persuasion.
Canvassing in a sentence
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Canvassing meaning
present participle and gerund of canvass
Synonyms of Canvassing
Using Canvassing
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of canvass
- Useful related words include: electioneering, bell ringing, persuasion, suasion.
- In the example corpus, canvassing often appears in combinations such as: canvassing for, canvassing the, canvassing in.
Context around Canvassing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Canvassing
- In this selection, "canvassing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, house, early, informational, group, period and voters stand out and add context to how "canvassing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after another canvassing visit to and are now canvassing for surveillance. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "canvassing" sits close to words such as abundantly, activates and adr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with canvassing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Harris was canvassing voters on St Stephen's Green. (9 words)
Mr Harris faced disruption while canvassing in Co Mayo on Sunday. (11 words)
Email “Alleged assault on Roderic O'Gorman while canvassing in Dublin condemned by Taoiseach ”. (14 words)
A planned flurry of canvassing will present wavering voters with not only the 2019 result, but also the makeup of the local council, where the Lib Dems co-run it with a local residents’ party, while Labour hold just two seats. (41 words)
Canvassing the entire area where fragments could have potentially fallen is not feasible, and so Gibson and the team are relying on collecting more eyewitness accounts in an effort to determine the meteorite’s path through the atmosphere. (38 words)
Also, of all the candidates only one candidate has been seamlessly strident in canvassing the audacity of his pedigree and regards for facts and figures for which he has repeatedly beckoned on Nigerians to “go and verify”. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Adiukwu, a former commissioner and gubernatorial candidate in Lagos State, made the plea at the grand finale of her group’s Crystal Alliance Market Storm/Campaign and House-to-House Canvassing for APC candidates.
Also, of all the candidates only one candidate has been seamlessly strident in canvassing the audacity of his pedigree and regards for facts and figures for which he has repeatedly beckoned on Nigerians to “go and verify”.
A planned flurry of canvassing will present wavering voters with not only the 2019 result, but also the makeup of the local council, where the Lib Dems co-run it with a local residents’ party, while Labour hold just two seats.
As you can see, They call me weak but I am canvassing back and forth and, in every corner, and space of the nation.
Evers’ office said the governor had proposed allowing the early canvassing of absentee ballots for years and was glad to see the effort had bipartisan support.
Fortunately, many speak up in their defense at public meetings or in neighborhood informational canvassing—or take the time and make the effort to reach out on their behalf.
He says investigators are now canvassing for surveillance and cell phone video from businesses, residences and witnesses.
Nnamani in a statement on Sunday, said on a ward-to-ward, Ebeano campaign train went through major roads, streets, markets and neighborhoods structures in the district, canvassing for votes.
The volunteer in paisley assembled a canvassing group that included two teen-agers and two adults.
They ramped up street canvassing to reach families in hard hit ZIP codes, and left preschool pamphlets directly outside homes.
A bill just narrowly passed the state House that would approve a seven-day pre-canvassing period, but that bill would need to pass the Republican-led state Senate, which seems unlikely.
Canvassing has been tough, we were mainly speaking to Labour voters, trying to make them understand where we were coming from,” she said.
Canvassing the entire area where fragments could have potentially fallen is not feasible, and so Gibson and the team are relying on collecting more eyewitness accounts in an effort to determine the meteorite’s path through the atmosphere.
Email “Alleged assault on Roderic O'Gorman while canvassing in Dublin condemned by Taoiseach ”.
Harris was canvassing voters on St Stephen's Green.
Helen Grady, 85, a former Philadelphia school teacher, was also motivated to start canvassing when she heard many college students were considering not voting.
He was familiar with Arroyo and had voted for him in the primary election after another canvassing visit to his home.
It was meeting Leanne Wood, who was Plaid's leader at the time and knocked on her door while canvassing for local elections, that inspired her to start following the party.
Mr Harris faced disruption while canvassing in Co Mayo on Sunday.
Ningi said, “I have heard so much about regional government or federalism and I have heard people going about, canvassing for such ideas.
Common combinations with canvassing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- canvassing for 22×
- canvassing the 15×
- canvassing in 12×
- canvassing board 11×
- while canvassing 7×
- state canvassing 5×
- in canvassing 4×
- of canvassing 4×
- door-to-door canvassing 4×
- was canvassing 4×