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Wondering how to use Childbed in a sentence? Below are 3 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as birth or parturition.

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Childbed in a sentence

Childbed meaning

  1. The final stage of pregnancy; confinement.
  2. The bed in which a baby is born.

Synonyms of Childbed

parturiency giving birth birth parturition travail lying-in confinement labour labor birthing

Related words

Other words often associated with Childbed or its synonyms:

toil proletariat work class kickoff outset nascency subjugation beginning showtime sweat start

Using Childbed

  • The main meaning on this page is: The final stage of pregnancy; confinement. | The bed in which a baby is born.
  • Useful related words include: parturiency, giving birth, birth, parturition.
  • In the example corpus, childbed often appears in combinations such as: childbed fever.

Context around Childbed

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 35 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

puerperal 1×

Often after:

fever 2× pillow 1×

Sentence patterns with Childbed

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

incidence of childbed fever than 1× infected puerperal childbed fever was 1× on her childbed pillow and 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

although the delivery 1× in the 1800s 1× mr hancock is 1×

Common sentence endings:

in lying hospitals 1× its proper course 1× the eighteenth century 1×

Words around Childbed

Just before it in the word index:

childbearing 41 childan 3 child 17.240 chilcott 7 chilcotin 13 chilcote 2

Just after it in the word index:

childbirth 217 childbirths 8 childcare 665 childe 12 childen 2 childeric 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Childbed

  • In this selection, "childbed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 35 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, puerperal, fever and pillow stand out and add context to how "childbed" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include incidence of childbed fever than and infected puerperal childbed fever was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "childbed" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with childbed

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

In the 1800s Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis noticed that women giving birth at home had a much lower incidence of childbed fever than those giving birth by physicians in lying-hospitals. (30 words)

Although the delivery seemed to go well initially, the placenta broke apart during the birth and became infected; puerperal (childbed) fever was a common and often fatal occurrence in the eighteenth century. (32 words)

Mr Hancock is not a whimsical man but he has never been able to shake the notion that, the moment his wife laid her head back on her childbed pillow and sighed her last wretched breath, his life diverged from its proper course. (43 words)

Longer example sentences

Mr Hancock is not a whimsical man but he has never been able to shake the notion that, the moment his wife laid her head back on her childbed pillow and sighed her last wretched breath, his life diverged from its proper course. (43 words)

Although the delivery seemed to go well initially, the placenta broke apart during the birth and became infected; puerperal (childbed) fever was a common and often fatal occurrence in the eighteenth century. (32 words)

In the 1800s Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis noticed that women giving birth at home had a much lower incidence of childbed fever than those giving birth by physicians in lying-hospitals. (30 words)

Example sentences (3)

Mr Hancock is not a whimsical man but he has never been able to shake the notion that, the moment his wife laid her head back on her childbed pillow and sighed her last wretched breath, his life diverged from its proper course.

Although the delivery seemed to go well initially, the placenta broke apart during the birth and became infected; puerperal (childbed) fever was a common and often fatal occurrence in the eighteenth century.

In the 1800s Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis noticed that women giving birth at home had a much lower incidence of childbed fever than those giving birth by physicians in lying-hospitals.

Common combinations with childbed

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "childbed" in a sentence?
An example: "Mr Hancock is not a whimsical man but he has never been able to shake the notion that, the moment his wife laid her head back on her childbed pillow and sighed her last wretched breath, his life diverged from its proper course." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "childbed" from authentic English texts.
What does "childbed" mean?
Childbed means: The final stage of pregnancy; confinement.
What are synonyms of "childbed"?
Common synonyms of "childbed" include: parturiency, giving birth, birth, parturition, travail, lying-in, confinement, labour. Plus 2 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "childbed" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "childbed", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.