Wondering how to use Chink in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as crack or clink.
Chink meaning
- A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
- A narrow beam or patch of light admitted by such an opening.
Synonyms of Chink
Using Chink
- The main meaning on this page is: A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack. | A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack. | A narrow beam or patch of light admitted by such an opening.
- Useful related words include: crack, clink, sound, plug.
- In the example corpus, chink often appears in combinations such as: chink in, chink of, is chink.
Context around Chink
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Chink
- In this selection, "chink" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, goes, former, aston, prisoners and prisons stand out and add context to how "chink" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include is a chink of light and expose a chink aston villa. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "chink" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with chink
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His arrow finds the chink and slays the dragon. (9 words)
Did defeat by Man United expose a chink Aston Villa’s armour? (12 words)
He created an image and lived it out impeccably—there was no chink in his armor. (16 words)
Michelo M. Mwanza – The only Agric -investors PF brought to Zambia are the Chinks selling steroid fed chickens at our markets and those useless former chink prisoners who have bought land corruptly and growing polluting the soils with chemicals. (39 words)
People don’t want to have a chink in their armour because then maybe people are going to go at it… I don’t know, maybe they’re politically correct in their sledging,” she grins to lighten the mood. (39 words)
White, Timothy (1983) "Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley", Corgi Books Ranglin asserted that the difference between R&B and ska beats is that the former goes "chink-ka" and the latter goes "ka-chink". (37 words)
Did defeat by Man United expose a chink Aston Villa’s armour? (12 words)
Example sentences (14)
White, Timothy (1983) "Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley", Corgi Books Ranglin asserted that the difference between R&B and ska beats is that the former goes "chink-ka" and the latter goes "ka-chink".
Although one recent contestant did reveal a chink of self-doubt when she remarked, ‘I’ve got a grey hair.
Did defeat by Man United expose a chink Aston Villa’s armour?
Fourthly, let Maduro’s adventurism or exposure of a few loose screws in his personality, if that is the case, or that his adventurism means that he senses the weakness of a chink in our armour.
But there is a chink of light in terms of us now being able to work with the council and go through this consultation.
The hockeyroos were happy to sit back and absorb the pressure in the third quarter as India struggled to find a chink in their armour.
It opens up a chink in the US armor that sooner our later enemies will exploit, and the sanction shoe will wind up on our foot hurting our innocents.
Michelo M. Mwanza – The only Agric -investors PF brought to Zambia are the Chinks selling steroid fed chickens at our markets and those useless former chink prisoners who have bought land corruptly and growing polluting the soils with chemicals.
A Chinese State company is worse than an Indian company because the Chinks will use their own supply chain, own labour from Chink Prisons, own managers whose qualifications you can not verify like those Project Managers.
If the going is impossible on a dozen occasions, a chink in the security armour may possibly be found on the thirteenth try.
People don’t want to have a chink in their armour because then maybe people are going to go at it… I don’t know, maybe they’re politically correct in their sledging,” she grins to lighten the mood.
Speaking in Liverpool on BBC Radio 4's World at One programme, Mr Berry said there is a "chink of light" in negotiations with the EU.
He created an image and lived it out impeccably—there was no chink in his armor.
His arrow finds the chink and slays the dragon.
Common combinations with chink
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- chink in 6×
- chink of 3×
- is chink 2×