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Get to know Carpetbagging better with 4 real example sentences, the meaning.

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Carpetbagging in a sentence

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Carpetbagging | Carpetbaggers | Carpetbagger

Carpetbagging meaning

present participle and gerund of carpetbag

Using Carpetbagging

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of carpetbag

Context around Carpetbagging

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

scumbag 1×

Often after:

saying 1× style 1× yankee 1× republican 1×

Sentence patterns with Carpetbagging

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

colonial scumbag carpetbagging style characters 1× freedmen and carpetbagging republican politicians 1× just a carpetbagging yankee from 1× nepotism or carpetbagging saying his 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

besides she s 1× stokes 2007 p 1× we imagined that 1× william lipinski at 1×

Common sentence endings:

from the north 1× in the district 1× pennsylvania you know 1× up sugar plantations 1×

Words around Carpetbagging

Just before it in the word index:

carpetbaggers 11 carpetbagger 6 carpet 1.265 carper 24 carpentum 2 carpentry 74

Just after it in the word index:

carpeted 51 carpeting 58 carpetright 10 carpets 216 carpha 12 carphone 15

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Carpetbagging

  • In this selection, "carpetbagging" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, scumbag, saying, style and yankee stand out and add context to how "carpetbagging" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include colonial scumbag carpetbagging style characters and freedmen and carpetbagging republican politicians. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "carpetbagging" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with carpetbagging

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Besides, she’s just a carpetbagging Yankee from Pennsylvania, you know. (11 words)

We imagined that the winter family were some colonial, scumbag, carpetbagging style characters who went all over the world and set up sugar plantations. (24 words)

William Lipinski at the time dismissed questions of nepotism or carpetbagging, saying his son was well qualified for the job and grew up in the district. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

Stokes 2007, p. 184. The film suggested that the Ku Klux Klan restored order to the postwar South, which was depicted as endangered by abolitionists, freedmen, and carpetbagging Republican politicians from the North. (33 words)

William Lipinski at the time dismissed questions of nepotism or carpetbagging, saying his son was well qualified for the job and grew up in the district. (26 words)

We imagined that the winter family were some colonial, scumbag, carpetbagging style characters who went all over the world and set up sugar plantations. (24 words)

Example sentences (4)

William Lipinski at the time dismissed questions of nepotism or carpetbagging, saying his son was well qualified for the job and grew up in the district.

We imagined that the winter family were some colonial, scumbag, carpetbagging style characters who went all over the world and set up sugar plantations.

Besides, she’s just a carpetbagging Yankee from Pennsylvania, you know.

Stokes 2007, p. 184. The film suggested that the Ku Klux Klan restored order to the postwar South, which was depicted as endangered by abolitionists, freedmen, and carpetbagging Republican politicians from the North.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "carpetbagging" in a sentence?
An example: "William Lipinski at the time dismissed questions of nepotism or carpetbagging, saying his son was well qualified for the job and grew up in the district." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "carpetbagging" from authentic English texts.
What does "carpetbagging" mean?
Carpetbagging means: present participle and gerund of carpetbag
How many example sentences with "carpetbagging" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "carpetbagging", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.