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Egressive is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Egressive in a sentence

Egressive meaning

  1. Going or directed outward.
  2. Uttered by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.
  3. descriptive of a place or channel through which something such as water or lava leaves an area.

Using Egressive

  • The main meaning on this page is: Going or directed outward. | Uttered by pushing air out through the mouth or nose. | descriptive of a place or channel through which something such as water or lava leaves an area.

Context around Egressive

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

outward 1× pulmonic 1× glottalic 1×

Often after:

click 1× spurt 1× airstream 1× implosive 1× clicks 1×

Sentence patterns with Egressive

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

actually an egressive click using 1× an outward egressive spurt 1× simultaneous pulmonic egressive airstream to 1× slapped or egressive clicks 1× stops glottalic egressive implosive stops 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

similarly voiced clicks 1× some languages have 1× there are seven 1×

Common sentence endings:

consonants lingual ingressive 1× or egressive clicks 1× outward egressive spurt 1× the voicing possible 1×

Words around Egressive

Just before it in the word index:

egress 48 egremont 12 egregiously 43 egregious 235 egrant 6 egra 2

Just after it in the word index:

egret 14 egretia 4 egrets 10 egs 4 egsc 2 egt 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Egressive

  • In this selection, "egressive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, outward, pulmonic, glottalic, click, spurt and airstream stand out and add context to how "egressive" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include actually an egressive click using and an outward egressive spurt. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "egressive" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with egressive

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

There are seven or eight known releases, not counting slapped or egressive clicks. (13 words)

Similarly, voiced clicks require a simultaneous pulmonic egressive airstream to make the voicing possible. (14 words)

Some languages have stops made with other mechanisms as well: ejective stops ( glottalic egressive ), implosive stops ( glottalic ingressive ), or click consonants ( lingual ingressive ). (23 words)

Longer example sentences

One of the clicks in Damin is actually an egressive click, using the tongue to compress the air in the mouth for an outward (egressive) "spurt". (26 words)

Some languages have stops made with other mechanisms as well: ejective stops ( glottalic egressive ), implosive stops ( glottalic ingressive ), or click consonants ( lingual ingressive ). (23 words)

Similarly, voiced clicks require a simultaneous pulmonic egressive airstream to make the voicing possible. (14 words)

Example sentences (4)

One of the clicks in Damin is actually an egressive click, using the tongue to compress the air in the mouth for an outward (egressive) "spurt".

Similarly, voiced clicks require a simultaneous pulmonic egressive airstream to make the voicing possible.

Some languages have stops made with other mechanisms as well: ejective stops ( glottalic egressive ), implosive stops ( glottalic ingressive ), or click consonants ( lingual ingressive ).

There are seven or eight known releases, not counting slapped or egressive clicks.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "egressive" in a sentence?
An example: "One of the clicks in Damin is actually an egressive click, using the tongue to compress the air in the mouth for an outward (egressive) "spurt"." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "egressive" from authentic English texts.
What does "egressive" mean?
Egressive means: Going or directed outward.
How many example sentences with "egressive" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "egressive", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.