Dinked is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Dinked meaning
simple past and past participle of dink
Using Dinked
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of dink
- In the example corpus, dinked often appears in combinations such as: dinked ball, dinked the, dinked in.
Context around Dinked
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 18 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dinked
- In this selection, "dinked" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, arnold, burns, pedro, ball, finish and shot stand out and add context to how "dinked" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include alexander arnold dinked a cross and as pedro dinked a delightful. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dinked" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and aberdare, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dinked
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The 19-year-old raced onto Mohamed Salah's pass and dinked the ball beyond Seagulls goalkeeper Jason Steele. (19 words)
He beat Jack Tucker to a ball over the top but his dinked shot was acrobatically cleared by Max Ehmer. (20 words)
He top scored from right-back for Denmark with two goals, the highlight his incisive solo run and dinked finish against Austria. (22 words)
Then in the second half, he was a spectator as Pedro dinked a delightful ball over the defence towards the penalty spot for Kante to latch onto only for the Frenchman to make a mess of his first touch and allow Boruc to claim. (44 words)
Forward Victor Osimhen twice came close in the first half before he fired Lille into a 51st-minute lead with a dinked shot over goalkeeper Steve Mandanda after he took a defence-splitting pass from Jonathan Bamba in his stride. (40 words)
Mikel Arteta’s side appeared poised to stretch their gap over Manchester City before Firmino scored in the 87th minute when Trent Alexander-Arnold dinked a cross to the back post that the forward headed past Aaron Ramsdale. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
A minute later the hosts looked for a response, with Ellis Barkworth’s dinked ball finding Sani, but he flicked the ball into the arms of McKeown.
Mikel Arteta’s side appeared poised to stretch their gap over Manchester City before Firmino scored in the 87th minute when Trent Alexander-Arnold dinked a cross to the back post that the forward headed past Aaron Ramsdale.
The 19-year-old raced onto Mohamed Salah's pass and dinked the ball beyond Seagulls goalkeeper Jason Steele.
One of the hot topics on the day will be what Andy was thinking when he dinked that penalty over Gordon Marshall to send Somerset Park into raptures.
The Rangers defence was sucked towards a dinked ball over the top and John Souttar left El Kaabi free in space to meet a Chiquinho header.
Watkins waiting in the middle, but the dinked ball into the middle is just about cleared as the striker waited for a tap-in.
Yamal could have capped off a superb second-half showing, but his dinked finish near the end was well saved by the defiant Roman.
But Ireland did manage a consolation score as replacement out-half Burns dinked a lovely kick over the top for Stockdale to gather on the full and swerve past the last defender for a converted score.
Forward Victor Osimhen twice came close in the first half before he fired Lille into a 51st-minute lead with a dinked shot over goalkeeper Steve Mandanda after he took a defence-splitting pass from Jonathan Bamba in his stride.
He beat Jack Tucker to a ball over the top but his dinked shot was acrobatically cleared by Max Ehmer.
The rise of Vietnam has dinked Sydney-Melbourne down to fifth place, with just 1 million passengers put on the route in a decade – 1 per cent growth annually.
He top scored from right-back for Denmark with two goals, the highlight his incisive solo run and dinked finish against Austria.
Jon Okiba, gathering possession wide on the right, glanced up and despatched a cross which dinked in flight to elude Allan McGregor and skip off the crossbar, to the visible relief of the goalkeeper.
The Boys in Green morph into Barcelona for a few brief moments as Jack Byrne picks out Enda Stevens with a dinked pass, Stevens volleys a lovely cross into the box and debutant James Collins provides the finish.
Then in the second half, he was a spectator as Pedro dinked a delightful ball over the defence towards the penalty spot for Kante to latch onto only for the Frenchman to make a mess of his first touch and allow Boruc to claim.
They managed to force a line-out two metres out and from it Harry Collins dinked his way past his marker to touch the ball home.
With advantage then playing after Japan infringed, Carty dinked a chip behind them and managed to bat the ball down to fullback Kearney, who dove over for a TMO-confirmed score.
And Shami bowled enough deliveries in his natural line, forcing the batsmen to play at most, and the odd ones dinked in enough to find the inside edge or find the pad.
Aubameyang himself then benefitted from yet another inch perfect pass from Mkhitaryan, and the Gabon international cheekily dinked the ball over and into the back of the net.
Connor Stevens headed just wide, then Wadah Admidi dinked his way past two defenders before his shot was eventually charged down by Kiran Khinda-John.
Common combinations with dinked
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: