Corky is an English word with synonyms like corked or bad. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Corky in a sentence
Corky meaning
- Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.
- Consisting of, or like, cork; dry; shrivelled.
Using Corky
- The main meaning on this page is: Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork. | Consisting of, or like, cork; dry; shrivelled.
- Useful related words include: corked, bad.
- In the example corpus, corky often appears in combinations such as: corky ii, the corky, corky messner.
Context around Corky
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Corky
- In this selection, "corky" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, friend, neither, see, messner, 2005 and wings stand out and add context to how "corky" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include backed lawyer corky messner defeated and best friend corky 2005 an. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "corky" sits close to words such as abattoirs, aberrant and abike, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with corky
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
On closer inspection, you’ll see corky wings growing along the branches. (12 words)
He was preceded in death by his father, Wiley “Corky” Graham Fields, Jr. (13 words)
Corky’s Kitchen and Bakery is giving away a catered Thanksgiving meal for eight. (14 words)
In a new candid interview, Shirley urged women to do their research before having the procedure and admitted that she thought her ex-husband, Corky, who she split from in 2007, would find her 'more desirable' if she had the DD implants. (42 words)
Neither Corky, with a Danish father and a Cree mother, nor Lynn, with a Cree mother and an Icelandic father, had much connection with Indigenous culture as children, since their parents were taught European ways at school. (37 words)
The class is taught by Corky Rollins, who has been a truck driver since 1966 and spent years teaching an adult CDL program in St. Cloud before that program closed in 2017 for a lack of students. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
She also did the voice for Corky in The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky (2005), an Australian animated series for children.
Neither Corky, with a Danish father and a Cree mother, nor Lynn, with a Cree mother and an Icelandic father, had much connection with Indigenous culture as children, since their parents were taught European ways at school.
On closer inspection, you’ll see corky wings growing along the branches.
She was predeceased by her husband of 48 years, Eldon Boyes “Corky” Coykendall, in 2006.
When Corky lands a television gig, he panics and returns to his hometown, where he reconnects with his former high school sweetheart.
He was preceded in death by his father, Michael Davis, father-in-law Charles Morgan; great-grandmother, Mary Irby; grandparents, Weldon “Corky” Davis, Pansy Barger Lee and Jim Barger; uncles, Mike Irby and Robert Barger.
That kind of fight resonated with Gonzales, whose grandfather, Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales, led the Chicano movement in Colorado in the 1960s.
Corky Messner, seen here in front of a Wolfeboro bakery, says he "fell in love" with New Hampshire during a visit sometime in the 1970s.
Corky’s Kitchen and Bakery is giving away a catered Thanksgiving meal for eight.
In the Republican Senate primary, the Trump-backed lawyer Corky Messner defeated his opponent, the retired Army general Don Bolduc.
Corky and Shirley competed together and won their first professional Latin title in 1984 and went on to win it a further eight years in a row.
In a new candid interview, Shirley urged women to do their research before having the procedure and admitted that she thought her ex-husband, Corky, who she split from in 2007, would find her 'more desirable' if she had the DD implants.
In many cases, Corky’s band of actors would mess up throughout the play.
The class is taught by Corky Rollins, who has been a truck driver since 1966 and spent years teaching an adult CDL program in St. Cloud before that program closed in 2017 for a lack of students.
Along for the ride at the fictitious CNC news channel are her old “FYI” news magazine colleagues, including Regalbuto’s Frank Fontana, Faith Ford’s Corky Sherwood and Grant Shaud’s Miles Silverberg.
A sister-in-law, Sandy Humbert; a brother-in-law, Frank “Corky” Margaron; and numerous nieces and nephews also survive.
Corky Carroll says Sato has made more surf trunks than a hundred people combined.
He was preceded in death by his father, Wiley “Corky” Graham Fields, Jr.
Small front porches on Branch Street near the Corky Row Club were ripped off and split into pieces and driven along the road toward 4th Street.
Although there are examples of killer whales living longer, including several over 30 years old, and two captive orcas (Corky II and Lolita) are in their mid-40s.
Common combinations with corky
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- corky ii 3×
- the corky 2×
- corky messner 2×
- orcas corky 2×