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How do you use Dreich in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Dreich in a sentence

Dreich meaning

  1. Extending for a long distance or time, especially when tedious or wearisome; long-drawn-out, protracted; also, of speech or writing: unnecessarily verbose; long-winded.
  2. Not enjoyable or interesting; boring, dull.
  3. Bleak, cheerless, dismal, dreary, miserable.

Using Dreich

  • The main meaning on this page is: Extending for a long distance or time, especially when tedious or wearisome; long-drawn-out, protracted; also, of speech or writing: unnecessarily verbose; long-winded. | Not enjoyable or interesting; boring, dull. | Bleak, cheerless, dismal, dreary, miserable.

Context around Dreich

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 34 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

course 1×

Often after:

weather 1× day 1×

Sentence patterns with Dreich

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

of course dreich 1× on a dreich day our 1× week s dreich weather appeared 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

mike shilson from 1×

Common sentence endings:

in one direction 1× of course dreich 1× to the outside 1×

Words around Dreich

Just before it in the word index:

dreiberg 4 drei 5 dreher 20 dregs 21 dreghorn 4 dreger 7

Just after it in the word index:

dreidel 14 dreier 5 dreifke 2 dreilinden 2 dreimhne 2 dreis 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 5 aacr 5 aacsb 5 aadar 5 aadk 5 aadvantage 5

Corpus analysis for Dreich

  • In this selection, "dreich" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 34 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, course, weather and day stand out and add context to how "dreich" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include of course dreich and on a dreich day our. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "dreich" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with dreich

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

Among the other people who spoke to the Tele, this week’s dreich weather appeared to have swayed them in one direction. (22 words)

Mike Shilson, from the community orchard, said: ‘It will be a community build with no walls so even on a dreich day our youngsters and people can come up here and still be connected to the outside. (37 words)

Then there’s hurkle durkle, “an old Scots phrase from the Jamieson’s Etymological Dictionary of the Scots Language (1808), where it is broadly defined as ‘lying in bed, or lounging, long after it’s time to get up’” and, of course, dreich. (43 words)

Longer example sentences

Then there’s hurkle durkle, “an old Scots phrase from the Jamieson’s Etymological Dictionary of the Scots Language (1808), where it is broadly defined as ‘lying in bed, or lounging, long after it’s time to get up’” and, of course, dreich. (43 words)

Mike Shilson, from the community orchard, said: ‘It will be a community build with no walls so even on a dreich day our youngsters and people can come up here and still be connected to the outside. (37 words)

Among the other people who spoke to the Tele, this week’s dreich weather appeared to have swayed them in one direction. (22 words)

Example sentences (3)

Then there’s hurkle durkle, “an old Scots phrase from the Jamieson’s Etymological Dictionary of the Scots Language (1808), where it is broadly defined as ‘lying in bed, or lounging, long after it’s time to get up’” and, of course, dreich.

Among the other people who spoke to the Tele, this week’s dreich weather appeared to have swayed them in one direction.

Mike Shilson, from the community orchard, said: ‘It will be a community build with no walls so even on a dreich day our youngsters and people can come up here and still be connected to the outside.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "dreich" in a sentence?
An example: "Then there’s hurkle durkle, “an old Scots phrase from the Jamieson’s Etymological Dictionary of the Scots Language (1808), where it is broadly defined as ‘lying in bed, or lounging, long after it’s time to get up’” and, of course, dreich." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "dreich" from authentic English texts.
What does "dreich" mean?
Dreich means: Extending for a long distance or time, especially when tedious or wearisome; long-drawn-out, protracted; also, of speech or writing: unnecessarily verbose; long-winded.
How many example sentences with "dreich" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "dreich", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.