Explore Coalface through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like face. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Coalface in a sentence
Coalface meaning
- The surface of coal exposed by mining, or a part of a coal seam that is currently being mined.
- The end of a drift, entry, or room in a coal mine.
- A place where difficult or strenuous work is done.
Synonyms of Coalface
Using Coalface
- The main meaning on this page is: The surface of coal exposed by mining, or a part of a coal seam that is currently being mined. | The end of a drift, entry, or room in a coal mine. | A place where difficult or strenuous work is done.
- Useful related words include: face.
- In the example corpus, coalface often appears in combinations such as: the coalface, coalface of.
Context around Coalface
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 4 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Coalface
- In this selection, "coalface" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, corporate and offering stand out and add context to how "coalface" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include at the coalface and at the coalface all season. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "coalface" sits close to words such as aadi, aakash and aayush, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with coalface
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She was at the coalface of a male-dominated industry. (10 words)
Nathanson has been at the coalface of fighting crime since 1980. (11 words)
But, soon enough, he was back at the coalface, offering blood, sweat and tears to the Kincorth fraternity. (18 words)
An array of former Labor headkickers have crossed over to work for gambling interests: former NSW Right hard-man turned senator Mark Arbib now toils at the coalface for Packer’s CPH, which controls Packer's shareholding in Crown. (39 words)
It’s not as if this crisis happened over night, we had predicted it, and now the numbers are there for all to see and as always for our members to manage at the coalface,” Mr Power added. (38 words)
But that’s a starting point for any team, to be good at that, to have necessary craft, but to have the volition to put your bodies in at the coalface where there is a lot of heat. (38 words)
Example sentences (12)
It’s not as if this crisis happened over night, we had predicted it, and now the numbers are there for all to see and as always for our members to manage at the coalface,” Mr Power added.
But, soon enough, he was back at the coalface, offering blood, sweat and tears to the Kincorth fraternity.
But that’s a starting point for any team, to be good at that, to have necessary craft, but to have the volition to put your bodies in at the coalface where there is a lot of heat.
Fianna Fáil Councillor Michael Cahill said changes to rosters needed to be discussed with those working at the coalface.
Howe, having been at the coalface all season, knows this better than anybody but now is not the time for Newcastle to overreact after a bad show under the lights in the capital.
She was at the coalface of a male-dominated industry.
An array of former Labor headkickers have crossed over to work for gambling interests: former NSW Right hard-man turned senator Mark Arbib now toils at the coalface for Packer’s CPH, which controls Packer's shareholding in Crown.
At the corporate coalface, in the boardroom, in policy formulation, in cabinet committees, this nearly always happens, in the end, in language, not numbers.
He has given a commitment to ensure any lay-offs arising from tackling €70m of debt won’t entail those at the coalface.
But it warranted an investigation if there were anecdotal reports of young children self-harming from a number of different sources on the coalface, he said.
Ask anyone working at the coalface and they’ll tell you the perpetrators are mostly men and their victims overwhelmingly women and children.
Nathanson has been at the coalface of fighting crime since 1980.
Common combinations with coalface
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the coalface 11×
- coalface of 2×