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Effing is an English word. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Effing in a sentence

Effing | Eff | Effingham | Effinger | Effed

Effing meaning

Bowdlerization of fucking.

Using Effing

  • The main meaning on this page is: Bowdlerization of fucking.

Context around Effing

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 18.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Effing

  • In this selection, "effing" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, avoid, single, new, good, conviction and pride stand out and add context to how "effing" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a new effing rectum and a single effing conviction. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "effing" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with effing

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

Not a single effing conviction. (5 words)

Where’s the effing pride folks? (6 words)

Effing wise is expensive as hell. (6 words)

Facebook is also in big effing trouble with lawmakers in America and Britain for being so lax with its data, and is of course doing the “Who me?” song and dance it always does questions like these about the 2016 election. (41 words)

Michelle Masters, who offers career coaching and is co-founder of Professional Resume Writers, thinks it’s best to err on the side of caution and avoid effing and jeffing around the water cooler the vast majority of the time. (40 words)

Wouldn't like to be in the same room as this pharma rep when their boss chews them a new effing rectum. (22 words)

Where’s the effing pride folks? (6 words)

Example sentences (9)

Just For Us is a 90-minute-but-so-effing-good-it-feels-like-60 stand-up show of epic laughs.

Michelle Masters, who offers career coaching and is co-founder of Professional Resume Writers, thinks it’s best to err on the side of caution and avoid effing and jeffing around the water cooler the vast majority of the time.

Not a single effing conviction.

Where’s the effing pride folks?

Effing wise is expensive as hell.

Wouldn't like to be in the same room as this pharma rep when their boss chews them a new effing rectum.

Facebook is also in big effing trouble with lawmakers in America and Britain for being so lax with its data, and is of course doing the “Who me?” song and dance it always does questions like these about the 2016 election.

Richard effing Spencer is back after being “permanently banned”.

The claim “effing fast” is not suitable for children and contravenes the advertising code, it added.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "effing" in a sentence?
An example: "Just For Us is a 90-minute-but-so-effing-good-it-feels-like-60 stand-up show of epic laughs." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "effing" from authentic English texts.
What does "effing" mean?
Effing means: Bowdlerization of fucking.
How many example sentences with "effing" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "effing", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.