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How do you use Doing in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

Common word

Doing in a sentence

Related words

Doing | Doings

Doing meaning

present participle and gerund of do

Using Doing

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of do
  • In the example corpus, doing often appears in combinations such as: are doing, doing what, doing it.

Context around Doing

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 13 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

actually 2× keep 2× now 1× started 1× herself 1× transition 1× money 1× enjoy 1×

Often after:

things 3× drugs 2× anyway 1× data 1× perhaps 1× better 1× fine 1× activist 1× small 1× something 1×

Sentence patterns with Doing

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

drinking and doing drugs or 2× anyway or doing things that 1× are now doing the work 1× cash by doing things you 1× concept because doing it right 1× doing data right 1× drugs or doing both simultaneously 1× found herself doing something she 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a dude saw 1× adelaja wrote an 1× after we keep 1× and a lot 1× and i think 1× and it seemed 1×

Common sentence endings:

a half painting 1× amazing cannabis weed 1× and doing it 1× are doing it 1× begging i guess 1× complaining so much 1×

Words around Doing

Just before it in the word index:

doinel 4 doina 3 doin 25 doillon 2 doilies 6 doiley 4

Just after it in the word index:

doings 33 doink 6 doinks 3 doinyo 2 doireann 2 doirich 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

china 22.475 provide 22.445 director 22.435 special 22.284 getting 22.274 outside 22.254

Corpus analysis for Doing

  • In this selection, "doing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, actually, keep, now, things, drugs and anyway stand out and add context to how "doing" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include drinking and doing drugs or, anyway or doing things that and keep doing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "doing" sits close to words such as china, provide and director, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with doing

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

You just keep doing it and doing it and doing it. (11 words)

After we keep doing what we’re doing for the time being. (12 words)

And we're not doing that just for the sake of doing it. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

So I won’t be surprise if the Oyo state REC is doing what he is doing or saying what he is saying, we all know how they came, they will be going around and saying PDP was doing this and that. (42 words)

And so in some cases, we're doing CPI or other index-based escalators, but then more broadly, if we're doing fixed escalators, they are much higher than they have been in the past. (35 words)

Here are some ideas for relatively painless ways to make additional cash by doing things you might be doing anyway, or doing things that require virtually no effort and no cash investment. (32 words)

Question examples

We are very confident in what we are doing, why we are doing it and how we are doing it? (20 words)

Example sentences (20)

Born December 2, 199,8 in Chicago, Juice Wrld seemed to either be drinking and doing drugs or singing about drinking and doing drugs (or doing both simultaneously).

That is what government should be doing, because they are now doing the work of government should have been doing.

Here are some ideas for relatively painless ways to make additional cash by doing things you might be doing anyway, or doing things that require virtually no effort and no cash investment.

Doing Data Right is a challenging concept because ‘doing it right’ in one sense might mean not ‘doing it right’ in another.

So I won’t be surprise if the Oyo state REC is doing what he is doing or saying what he is saying, we all know how they came, they will be going around and saying PDP was doing this and that.

This is, unfortunately, an effort that Congress should be doing that they’re not doing—perhaps one of many things they’re not doing.

We're actually doing a hair oil, we're doing a lip gloss, and we're doing just straight-up, good, proper, amazing cannabis/weed.

We are very confident in what we are doing, why we are doing it and how we are doing it?

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You just keep doing it and doing it and doing it.

Adelaja wrote an article titled ‘Stop condemning Nigeria, we are doing better than most countries,”, in which he argued that Nigeria is doing fine and people should stop complaining so much.

A dude saw me doing it.once and bought me a couple of dogs so I started doing it in front of people all the time, passive begging, I guess.

After we keep doing what we’re doing for the time being.

And a lot of us are doing activist work as we are doing small business work at the same time," Joiner said.

And in those days of restrictions, Grant found herself doing something she hadn't been doing much of in the previous decade and a half: painting.

And I think he’s doing a good job of setting screens, getting out in transition, doing it in a multitude of ways.

And it seemed to me that I could get closer to reality by looking in this human direction to understand why people are doing what they’re doing.

And now, I find that at my old age, is where I found what the Bible says about making money doing what you enjoy doing.

And so in some cases, we're doing CPI or other index-based escalators, but then more broadly, if we're doing fixed escalators, they are much higher than they have been in the past.

And then the third thing it's doing is it's actually doing things for you.

And we're not doing that just for the sake of doing it.

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These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:

Common combinations with doing

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "doing" in a sentence?
An example: "Born December 2, 199,8 in Chicago, Juice Wrld seemed to either be drinking and doing drugs or singing about drinking and doing drugs (or doing both simultaneously)." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "doing" from authentic English texts.
What does "doing" mean?
Doing means: present participle and gerund of do
How many example sentences with "doing" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "doing", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.