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Cobbling is an English word with synonyms like shoemaking or trade. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Cobbling meaning

present participle and gerund of cobble

Synonyms of Cobbling

shoemaking shoe repairing trade craft

Using Cobbling

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of cobble
  • Useful related words include: shoemaking, shoe repairing, trade, craft.
  • In the example corpus, cobbling often appears in combinations such as: cobbling together, by cobbling, of cobbling.

Context around Cobbling

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Cobbling

  • In this selection, "cobbling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, composer, tweet, bellied, together, solutions and coverage stand out and add context to how "cobbling" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 32 million cobbling his budget and account by cobbling together small. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "cobbling" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with cobbling

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Democrats maintain their coalition by cobbling countless coalitions. (8 words)

The pair launched Now Account by cobbling together small amounts of capital. (12 words)

When they can’t find satisfying decision-making tools, parents are cobbling solutions together themselves. (15 words)

Drops demand a big sum up front—an the Antarctic Macquarie Island drop cost $14 million USD, for instance—but steward agencies have spent more than that cobbling together rodent control on islands for decades, according to Springer. (38 words)

Although Gilliam struggled to make the movie for less than a third of his original $32 million—cobbling his budget together from co-producers in Spain, Portugal, France and Belgium—he’s quick to find a silver lining. (38 words)

While the Green Party, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael has been mooted as the most likely outcome, Varadkar has indicated a cobbling together of Independents could also ensure that the next government has a large majority. (36 words)

Example sentences (17)

The pair launched Now Account by cobbling together small amounts of capital.

When they can’t find satisfying decision-making tools, parents are cobbling solutions together themselves.

The Elysée Palace brushed off Philippe’s declared presidential ambitions, saying it was more focused on cobbling together a government to run the country.

There were glimpses of a young, overeager composer cobbling together all his expertise in music, but with much thinner plots: Edgar’s struggles of love, Le Villi’s tragedy of young love thwarted.

This, he said, has left local agents with the daunting task of cobbling coverage from the secondary insurance market, where premiums can vary wildly.

By cobbling together a network of existing local roads in scores of communities, it would stretch from Arlington, Va., to San Diego.

Charting plays, taking notes, firing off an occasional tweet, cobbling together a coherent story for my editor once the final horn sounded are all things that happened.

Now Peru, after cobbling together existing programs from Mexico and Argentina at the start of the pandemic, has rebuilt its own televised educational system from scratch.

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While the Green Party, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael has been mooted as the most likely outcome, Varadkar has indicated a cobbling together of Independents could also ensure that the next government has a large majority.

As things stood Monday morning, Netanyahu appeared more likely than Gantz to be given the first chance at cobbling together such a coalition.

Drops demand a big sum up front—an the Antarctic Macquarie Island drop cost $14 million USD, for instance—but steward agencies have spent more than that cobbling together rodent control on islands for decades, according to Springer.

He also told Rivlin that while he may not have clear shot at cobbling together a coalition, he has less of a chance at failing to do so than Gantz.

Although Gilliam struggled to make the movie for less than a third of his original $32 million—cobbling his budget together from co-producers in Spain, Portugal, France and Belgium—he’s quick to find a silver lining.

As Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow, Johansson has had a crucial role in cobbling together the Avengers team and making sure that they stick on screen.

Democrats maintain their coalition by cobbling countless coalitions.

Instead of cobbling together a hodgepodge of different pieces of bakeware, save yourself time and money by opting for a six-piece nonstick bakeware set from Amazon for $39.95.

Sachs interrupts him by launching into a full-bellied cobbling song, and hammering the soles of the half-made shoes.

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Common combinations with cobbling

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "cobbling" in a sentence?
An example: "The pair launched Now Account by cobbling together small amounts of capital." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "cobbling" from authentic English texts.
What does "cobbling" mean?
Cobbling means: present participle and gerund of cobble
What are synonyms of "cobbling"?
Common synonyms of "cobbling" include: shoemaking, shoe repairing, trade, craft.
How many example sentences with "cobbling" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "cobbling", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.