Chipping is an English word with synonyms like chip or splintering. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Chipping in a sentence
Related words
Chipping meaning
present participle and gerund of chip
Synonyms of Chipping
Using Chipping
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of chip
- Useful related words include: chip, splintering, breakage, break.
- In the example corpus, chipping often appears in combinations such as: chipping away, chipping in, the chipping.
Context around Chipping
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Chipping
- In this selection, "chipping" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, away, started, game, away, norton and campden stand out and add context to how "chipping" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include along with chipping away at and chipping away chipping away. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "chipping" sits close to words such as addict, behavioural and bengali, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with chipping
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And we started chipping away, chipping away, chipping away. (9 words)
It was like Couples Therapy, with Dr Orna’s dog chipping in. (12 words)
After falling into that first-quarter hole, the Bulls spent most of the game chipping away. (16 words)
He went on to win the U.S. Open that summer, and everything portended greatness for a kid who fell in love with the game watching the Masters on TV and then racing out to the chipping green at Brookhaven Country Club. (42 words)
It is difficult to trust the ruling LDP that refused to take adequate measures during the economic boom period – and then began to increase consumption tax during a period of endless static wages, along with chipping away at the pension system. (41 words)
More of those memories came via his international action with England, stepping up from having reached Under-23 level whilst at Burnley to securing eight full caps under Don Revie, chipping in with several assists. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
And we started chipping away, chipping away, chipping away.
The mayor of Chipping Campden, councillor Chris Jones, said: “The Community of Chipping Campden are deeply saddened by this terrible tragedy.
After falling into that first-quarter hole, the Bulls spent most of the game chipping away.
Anamoe will look to add to his seven group 1 wins as an odds-on favourite for the Chipping Norton Stakes at Randwick on Saturday and will be better served at the mile.
And as more people discussed how long Connecticut has allowed these waiting lists to linger, she said, more legislators became interested in chipping away at this problem year after year.
Arizona scored twice on the power play, with Crouse taking a cross-ice pass from former Penguin Jason Zucker and chipping it past Jarry 10:20 into the first.
Ben Yedder and Golovin have five league goals each, while United States forward Folarin Balogun, Akliouche and Japan international Takumi Minamino all have three, with Minamino also chipping in with three assists.
Chipping Norton Town Council is hosting a picnic at New Street Recreation Area from 2-7pm on Sunday (May 7).
Eight in a Bar are a choir of singers from the Chipping Norton Choral Society and the Got2b youth group will perform rock classics with their band Screams of Youth.
Ewan Johnston took 3-33, with Paul Quinlan, Ben Hemsley and Will Smith all chipping in with two wickets apiece.
He went on to win the U.S. Open that summer, and everything portended greatness for a kid who fell in love with the game watching the Masters on TV and then racing out to the chipping green at Brookhaven Country Club.
Hostess for the day will be 'Queen of Drag' Lady B, a former pupil at Chipping Norton School.
I decided to pretty much hit driver every time because if I was going to have to chip out, I might as well be chipping onto a green with a long drive.
I didn’t go out as I planned or I wanted, but I did what I could, and I did it in a siren red gel manicure without chipping a nail.
I liked to stay in the Gunman stance, chipping off as much health as possible from a distance before enemies got close and I could defeat them with a Swordsman Heat Action.
It is difficult to trust the ruling LDP that refused to take adequate measures during the economic boom period – and then began to increase consumption tax during a period of endless static wages, along with chipping away at the pension system.
It was like Couples Therapy, with Dr Orna’s dog chipping in.
Magala kept chipping away, bouncing out Malan for 59 off 55 and then trapping Harry Brook lbw for a duck in his next over.
Montefilia made an eye-catching return to racing in last week's Group 1 Chipping Norton, closing to be two lengths of superstar Anamoe at Randwick.
More of those memories came via his international action with England, stepping up from having reached Under-23 level whilst at Burnley to securing eight full caps under Don Revie, chipping in with several assists.
Common combinations with chipping
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- chipping away 63×
- chipping in 29×
- the chipping 14×
- chipping norton 14×
- and chipping 12×
- of chipping 11×
- chipping the 8×
- chipping campden 7×
- are chipping 6×
- been chipping 6×