How do you use Dregs in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like grounds or settlings, plus the exact meaning.
Dregs meaning
- The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.
- The worst and lowest part of something.
Using Dregs
- The main meaning on this page is: The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine. | The worst and lowest part of something.
- Useful related words include: grounds, settlings, sediment, deposit.
- In the example corpus, dregs often appears in combinations such as: the dregs, dregs of, dregs to.
Context around Dregs
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dregs
- In this selection, "dregs" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, last, forgotten and scotch stand out and add context to how "dregs" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all the dregs and whoever and all the dregs of society. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dregs" sits close to words such as aaj, abn and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dregs
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
You mean the dregs from the bottom of the swamp. (10 words)
Mix together the dregs of any undrunk bottles of random holiday booze. (12 words)
Players would use dregs to hit targets across the room with their wine. (13 words)
But we also understand there is an undue interest in the matter by specific groups because there are some abuse cases that have been discovered to be false, but meanwhile, the person’s reputation has been dragged to the dregs. (40 words)
Every year since 1966, the cries of Kaduna Nzeogwu et al of a corrupt and big-for-nothing country silencing its best and putting forward its dregs have waltzed their way from the graveyard with deafening clarity and automatic alacrity! (40 words)
Curt Pires (Olympia) teams with artists Chris Peterson (Grindhouse) and Alex Diotto (Olympia) and colorists Marissa Louise (The Wilds) and Dee Cunniffe (The Dregs) for a story that cuts to the very center of Hollywood mythology and depravity itself. (39 words)
Every year since 1966, the cries of Kaduna Nzeogwu et al of a corrupt and big-for-nothing country silencing its best and putting forward its dregs have waltzed their way from the graveyard with deafening clarity and automatic alacrity! (40 words)
Example sentences (19)
I’d resigned myself to enjoying the last dregs of our semi-nice relationship this year, before going completely no-contact.
Cybertron is a starkly divided society and the Decepticons form out of the forgotten dregs to overthrow the rapacious elites.
And, in this case, things changed and they don't have that at their disposal so they've got to gather up all the dregs and whoever's left and try to save the Earth.
Curt Pires (Olympia) teams with artists Chris Peterson (Grindhouse) and Alex Diotto (Olympia) and colorists Marissa Louise (The Wilds) and Dee Cunniffe (The Dregs) for a story that cuts to the very center of Hollywood mythology and depravity itself.
David King would have dismissed the croak in his throat and slight fever as the dregs of jet-lag after flying home from an Aspen skiing holiday.
If they improve the city property taxes will go up and all the dregs of society will leave.
In the dregs of this year, in phoney lockdown, watching endless baking shows with little else to do, I thought trying the showstoppers would be fun.
Mix together the dregs of any undrunk bottles of random holiday booze.
But I guess that said, I’m curious to see what the people at the dregs of the polls are going to do with their time and if any of them are impressive.
But we also understand there is an undue interest in the matter by specific groups because there are some abuse cases that have been discovered to be false, but meanwhile, the person’s reputation has been dragged to the dregs.
Every year since 1966, the cries of Kaduna Nzeogwu et al of a corrupt and big-for-nothing country silencing its best and putting forward its dregs have waltzed their way from the graveyard with deafening clarity and automatic alacrity!
Using colored lights and photo-editing software, photographer Ernie Button turned Macallan Scotch dregs into this planetary pretender.
No longer will it be acceptable to enter a league with a squad full of dregs and take your lumps for a few years, all while fans willingly pay big-league prices to watch an inferior product.
You mean the dregs from the bottom of the swamp.
You who pre-judges supporters of one Mr. Tommy Robinson ‘as knuckle draggers, skinheads, etc. who it seems in your opinion are the dregs of British society.
By-products Brewing by-products are "spent grain" and the sediment (or " dregs ") from the filtration process which may be dried and resold as "brewers dried yeast" for poultry feed, citation or made into yeast extract.
Players would use dregs to hit targets across the room with their wine.
The colonial administration in Chad was critically understaffed and had to rely on the dregs of the French civil service.
Years later, he described the teachers as the "dregs of humanity" and complained that the instruction was mainly in religion.
Common combinations with dregs
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the dregs 13×
- dregs of 10×
- dregs to 2×
- dregs and 2×
- dregs from 2×