Get to know Contractions better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Contractions meaning
plural of contraction
Using Contractions
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of contraction
- In the example corpus, contractions often appears in combinations such as: muscle contractions, contractions of, contractions and.
Context around Contractions
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Contractions
- In this selection, "contractions" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, muscle, uterine, having, stimulate and began stand out and add context to how "contractions" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and muscle contractions and and these contractions you have. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "contractions" sits close to words such as acupuncture, aero and ahl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with contractions
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The second pill, misoprostol, causes contractions to empty the uterus. (10 words)
I was having contractions, and it was time to go to the hospital. (13 words)
Prostaglandins serve various functions in the body, including promoting inflammation and muscle contractions. (13 words)
By 4pm, Lucy, 28, had started pushing, which went on for an hour and a half, but, between contractions, her baby's head was going back in and she was given three options – ventouse (vacuum cup), forceps or Caesarean. (39 words)
As the embryos grow, the pouch begins to stretch and when they are ready, the dad will give birth – a series of contractions and spastic movements with labour lasting as long as a few hours or many days. (38 words)
Inflation-adjusted real wages, a barometer of consumers’ purchasing power, fell 1.6 percent from a year earlier, a faster decrease than May’s 0.9 percent drop, extending a streak of contractions since April 2022. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Contractions For Braille contractions are words and affixes that are shortened so that they take up fewer cells.
For example, uterine contractions stimulate the release of oxytocin from the posterior pituitary, which, in turn, increases uterine contractions.
In some instances, the series of regular contractions is followed by a few additional contractions or shudders at irregular intervals.
There is marked muscle atrophy, severely limited mobility of the affected area, and flexor tendon contractions (contractions of the muscles and tendons that flex the joints).
And these contractions you have in your postpartum also help shrink this site faster, thus reducing the amount of bleeding you have.
Approximately 10 minutes into the drive, her contractions began to increase in frequency and intensity.
As the embryos grow, the pouch begins to stretch and when they are ready, the dad will give birth – a series of contractions and spastic movements with labour lasting as long as a few hours or many days.
By 4pm, Lucy, 28, had started pushing, which went on for an hour and a half, but, between contractions, her baby's head was going back in and she was given three options – ventouse (vacuum cup), forceps or Caesarean.
By the middle of the day, my contractions were getting stronger and coming more frequently.
Doctors and nurses told her she was suffering from normal contractions, she said, even as her abdominal pain worsened and she began to vomit bile.
For the most part, the heart beats at a regular pace, described per minute, for all these years with a few seconds to rest in-between heart contractions in this entire length of time.
Inflation-adjusted real wages, a barometer of consumers’ purchasing power, fell 1.6 percent from a year earlier, a faster decrease than May’s 0.9 percent drop, extending a streak of contractions since April 2022.
It also comprises, a substance that helps cure digestive system disorders by suppressing muscle contractions in the intestines.
I was having contractions, and it was time to go to the hospital.
Prostaglandins serve various functions in the body, including promoting inflammation and muscle contractions.
Researchers know that fasciculations are likely the result of irritation within nerve cells, prompting fast, small, spontaneous and visible contractions of muscle fibers.
She had started having contractions and experiencing pain six days before being admitted to the maternity ward on September 14.
The condition made it hard for Church to play the saxophone because of muscle contractions and pain in her face.
The second pill, misoprostol, causes contractions to empty the uterus.
The study did find that coffee consumption can lead to an increase of premature ventricular contractions, an irregular heartbeat that is usually no cause for alarm.
Common combinations with contractions
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- muscle contractions 15×
- contractions of 12×
- contractions and 11×
- contractions in 9×
- uterine contractions 8×
- of contractions 6×
- contractions that 6×
- muscular contractions 5×
- contractions are 4×
- having contractions 4×