Explore Chickened through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Chickened meaning
simple past and past participle of chicken
Using Chickened
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of chicken
- In the example corpus, chickened often appears in combinations such as: chickened out.
Context around Chickened
- Average sentence length in these examples: 15.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Chickened
- In this selection, "chickened" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 15.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ever stand out and add context to how "chickened" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include but she chickened out as and gallantly he chickened out. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "chickened" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with chickened
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And gallantly he chickened out. (5 words)
A lily-livered party would have chickened out. (8 words)
Wilkinson says no one’s ever chickened out — but one puked afterward. (12 words)
It wasn’t her original plan; she was meant to enrol on scholarship with the prestigious Providence College where other top Irish female athletes went but she “chickened out” – as she puts it – of the switch to the USA. (39 words)
Everyone thought that I panicked and chickened out and all these things,” he said. (14 words)
Wilkinson says no one’s ever chickened out — but one puked afterward. (12 words)
Example sentences (5)
It wasn’t her original plan; she was meant to enrol on scholarship with the prestigious Providence College where other top Irish female athletes went but she “chickened out” – as she puts it – of the switch to the USA.
A lily-livered party would have chickened out.
And gallantly he chickened out.
Everyone thought that I panicked and chickened out and all these things,” he said.
Wilkinson says no one’s ever chickened out — but one puked afterward.
Common combinations with chickened
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: