Explore Empting through 9 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Empting meaning
present participle and gerund of empt
Using Empting
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of empt
Context around Empting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Empting
- In this selection, "empting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pre, vinagre and complaints stand out and add context to how "empting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include be pre empting this very and deal pre empting the uk. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "empting" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with empting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He wanted an employee liability law for industrial injuries (pre-empting state laws). (13 words)
Its lawyers wrote all the drafts of the withdrawal deal, pre-empting the UK’s political inability to do so. (20 words)
In March 2002, singer Will Young revealed he was gay, pre-empting a tabloid newspaper that was preparing to out him. (21 words)
This time the Frenchman’s touch inside was for himself, pre-empting Vinagre’s move to accompany him down the line, and then rasping a left-footed whip which Patricio could only eye into the far corner. (37 words)
Fears about “wind turbine syndrome” tend to dissipate when a wind farm is far offshore, and 25 miles is roughly the distance where wind farms become invisible from the shore, pre-empting complaints of visual pollution. (36 words)
He’s almost 16, perhaps I’m pre-empting the annual call to arms I often write during the month of May when both my children have birthdays and tuck another year under their belts. (35 words)
Example sentences (9)
This time the Frenchman’s touch inside was for himself, pre-empting Vinagre’s move to accompany him down the line, and then rasping a left-footed whip which Patricio could only eye into the far corner.
He’s almost 16, perhaps I’m pre-empting the annual call to arms I often write during the month of May when both my children have birthdays and tuck another year under their belts.
How ironic that he should be pre-empting this very column, which I’m sure he will view as distorting the truth about the power of his positive thinking.
Fears about “wind turbine syndrome” tend to dissipate when a wind farm is far offshore, and 25 miles is roughly the distance where wind farms become invisible from the shore, pre-empting complaints of visual pollution.
Its lawyers wrote all the drafts of the withdrawal deal, pre-empting the UK’s political inability to do so.
Pre-empting the possible protest, police in the capital have set up security posts near a vital intersection that connects the capital with the garrison city of Rawalpindi.
To spend millions of dollars on a ‘trial’ of a low-pressure pump system on 20–30 houses is nonsense – it is pre-empting the retrofitting of the same elsewhere across town.
He wanted an employee liability law for industrial injuries (pre-empting state laws).
In March 2002, singer Will Young revealed he was gay, pre-empting a tabloid newspaper that was preparing to out him.