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Explore Corroborative through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like collateral or verifying. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Corroborative in a sentence

Corroborative meaning

Serving to corroborate

Synonyms of Corroborative

collateral verifying verificatory validatory validating substantiative substantiating corroboratory confirmatory confirming confirmative supportive

Related words

Other words often associated with Corroborative or its synonyms:

indirect positive auxiliary ancillary lineal negative adjunct related subsidiary adjuvant accessory

Using Corroborative

  • The main meaning on this page is: Serving to corroborate
  • Useful related words include: collateral, verifying, verificatory, validatory.
  • In the example corpus, corroborative often appears in combinations such as: corroborative evidence.

Context around Corroborative

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 17.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

independent 1× strong 1×

Often after:

evidence 4× sources 1×

Sentence patterns with Corroborative

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

any other corroborative evidence that 1× be strong corroborative evidence of 1× find independent corroborative sources to 1× look for corroborative evidence in 1× planted this corroborative evidence on 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

barnett marlborough p 1× furthermore the investigation 1× mere contradiction will 1× mr johnson responded 1× this discovery made 1×

Common sentence endings:

evidence on tallard 1× invoices are about 1× of the contradiction 1× substantiated the confession 1×

Words around Corroborative

Just before it in the word index:

corroboration 31 corroborating 63 corroborates 15 corroborated 146 corroborate 95 corriverton 6

Just after it in the word index:

corroboratory 3 corrode 32 corroded 38 corrodes 9 corroding 15 corrosion 262

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaba 10 aafc 10 aaib 10 aalbers 10 abbate 10 abbesses 10

Corpus analysis for Corroborative

  • In this selection, "corroborative" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 17.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, independent, strong, evidence and sources stand out and add context to how "corroborative" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include any other corroborative evidence that and be strong corroborative evidence of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "corroborative" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with corroborative

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

Short example sentences

Furthermore, the investigation did not lead to any other corroborative evidence that substantiated the confession. (15 words)

Mere contradiction will not sustain the charge; there must be strong corroborative evidence of the contradiction. (16 words)

Mr Johnson responded: "You can also find independent corroborative sources to stand up what these invoices are about. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

This discovery made me look for corroborative evidence in ancient literature and to my great surprise, it was there. (19 words)

Mr Johnson responded: "You can also find independent corroborative sources to stand up what these invoices are about. (18 words)

Barnett: Marlborough, p. 108. Several sources (Churchill, Chandler) suggest that Marlborough had planted this corroborative 'evidence' on Tallard. (18 words)

Example sentences (5)

Furthermore, the investigation did not lead to any other corroborative evidence that substantiated the confession.

Mr Johnson responded: "You can also find independent corroborative sources to stand up what these invoices are about.

This discovery made me look for corroborative evidence in ancient literature and to my great surprise, it was there.

Barnett: Marlborough, p. 108. Several sources (Churchill, Chandler) suggest that Marlborough had planted this corroborative 'evidence' on Tallard.

Mere contradiction will not sustain the charge; there must be strong corroborative evidence of the contradiction.

Common combinations with corroborative

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "corroborative" in a sentence?
An example: "Furthermore, the investigation did not lead to any other corroborative evidence that substantiated the confession." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "corroborative" from authentic English texts.
What does "corroborative" mean?
Corroborative means: Serving to corroborate
What are synonyms of "corroborative"?
Common synonyms of "corroborative" include: collateral, verifying, verificatory, validatory, validating, substantiative, substantiating, corroboratory. Plus 4 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "corroborative" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "corroborative", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.