How do you use Careering in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Careering meaning
present participle and gerund of career
Using Careering
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of career
- In the example corpus, careering often appears in combinations such as: careering into, careering off.
Context around Careering
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Careering
- In this selection, "careering" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 32.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, came, drift, truck, off, away and across stand out and add context to how "careering" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 74mph before careering off the and audi came careering into their. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "careering" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with careering
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
South had travelled at an average speed of 74mph before careering off the carriageway on Haugh Road in Rotherham and hitting the 43-year-old. (25 words)
Loraine and Amgad Taha were in their beds when an Audi came careering into their home on Pitkerro Road in the early hours of yesterday morning. (26 words)
The crash sent the truck careering across the road, ploughing through a fence on a grass verge and tipping onto its side on nearby railway tracks. (26 words)
Of course, the projectile that will be careering in his direction in Adelaide will be significantly harder but the Indians are determined to take whatever measures they can to be ready for what Hazlewood and co have in store for them. (41 words)
The Air 3 now has sensors facing forwards, backwards, upwards, downwards, and laterally on both the left and right sides, and in good light these will spot hazards and stop your drone from careering into them. (36 words)
Newcastle mare defied a betting drift careering away to win a Class 3 at Tamworth, and she draws to push forward and land a prominent position again, although weighted to her best up to 58.5kg. (36 words)
Example sentences (8)
South had travelled at an average speed of 74mph before careering off the carriageway on Haugh Road in Rotherham and hitting the 43-year-old.
The Air 3 now has sensors facing forwards, backwards, upwards, downwards, and laterally on both the left and right sides, and in good light these will spot hazards and stop your drone from careering into them.
Loraine and Amgad Taha were in their beds when an Audi came careering into their home on Pitkerro Road in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Newcastle mare defied a betting drift careering away to win a Class 3 at Tamworth, and she draws to push forward and land a prominent position again, although weighted to her best up to 58.5kg.
Of course, the projectile that will be careering in his direction in Adelaide will be significantly harder but the Indians are determined to take whatever measures they can to be ready for what Hazlewood and co have in store for them.
Elliott Bower, 19, was jailed for 11-and-a-half years for careering into a people carrier at 79mph after hurtling through the streets in a stolen car and taunting police on social media.
The crash sent the truck careering across the road, ploughing through a fence on a grass verge and tipping onto its side on nearby railway tracks.
A Blackpool tram killed one of the main characters in 1989 and the most recent faked accident involved a tram (modelled on the Manchester Metrolink ) careering off a viaduct into the set in 2009.
Common combinations with careering
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: