Coasting is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Coasting in a sentence
Related words
Coasting meaning
present participle and gerund of coast
Using Coasting
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of coast
- In the example corpus, coasting often appears in combinations such as: coasting to, is coasting, before coasting.
Context around Coasting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Coasting
- In this selection, "coasting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, player, crowd, slow, towards, mainly and flooding stand out and add context to how "coasting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a president coasting to reelection and and possible coasting flooding. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "coasting" sits close to words such as aditi, aegon and aerobics, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with coasting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Coasting, when possible, helps too. (5 words)
Does it occur when coasting, climbing? (6 words)
Engine braking is not the same thing as coasting. (9 words)
Much of the ambivalence was due to the federal Coasting Law, an awkward 1789 act that forced vessels to stop and pay customs fees in every state they sailed past, except for those bordering on their own state. (38 words)
He’d been running with “a rough crowd,” coasting through high school at what he jokingly recalls as “Forest Fights” Collegiate, before dropping out to pursue music, which led to sideline interests in partying and extreme intoxication. (37 words)
The Mavericks went on to lead by as many as 22 in the second quarter and 81-65 at halftime, before coasting to an easy win in their only home date in a seven-game stretch. (36 words)
Does it occur when coasting, climbing? (6 words)
Example sentences (20)
Brian Harman is coasting towards his first claret jug win.
City's best player, coasting through the midfield and pinging passes to all areas of the pitch.
He’d been running with “a rough crowd,” coasting through high school at what he jokingly recalls as “Forest Fights” Collegiate, before dropping out to pursue music, which led to sideline interests in partying and extreme intoxication.
In its most recent outing, Notre Dame jumped out to a 24-0 lead against Butler before coasting to a 26-3 win.
The resulting show often feels disjoined and sometimes almost painfully slow, coasting mainly on the quality of the manga source material that it's been stretching out so far.
A president coasting to reelection already has his base with him.
Engine braking is not the same thing as coasting.
Feel like Toni’s coasting until they’re ready to do the Mariah Split, honestly, and that’s not a great spot for your women’s world championship to be in, but here we are.
Paddle shifters can adjust the regen levels, from coasting to grabby, or the “B” mode in the console gear selector enables one-pedal driving.
Saints still rather coasting it, which is allowing Boro opportunities to break.
Van der Merwe needed just six minutes to equal 's record of 27 tries for Scotland, timing his run to take Adam Hastings' popped pass and coasting over.
Coasting, when possible, helps too.
Competition led to a higher-quality Madden product as well as excellent products from competitors, and now there is a single safe product that is coasting on the lack of competition.
Isaias is forecasted to stay east of the coast but it will bring winds and possible coasting flooding.
Like many children of famous parents, Bryce Dallas Howard was concerned about being perceived as coasting on her family’s name rather than her own particular talent.
Much of the ambivalence was due to the federal Coasting Law, an awkward 1789 act that forced vessels to stop and pay customs fees in every state they sailed past, except for those bordering on their own state.
The annualization of sports games have led to a lot of coasting from the franchise, with each year only making incremental additions and roster changes.
The Mavericks went on to lead by as many as 22 in the second quarter and 81-65 at halftime, before coasting to an easy win in their only home date in a seven-game stretch.
Though I was absolutely quicker in the game, my fastest lap time on the track -- while short-shifting and coasting and doing everything else necessary to save fuel -- was 1:17 flat.
Does it occur when coasting, climbing?
Common combinations with coasting
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- coasting to 9×
- is coasting 4×
- before coasting 4×
- coasting on 4×
- coasting and 3×
- coasting through 2×
- as coasting 2×
- and coasting 2×
- was coasting 2×
- coasting home 2×