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Faffing is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Faffing in a sentence

Related words

Faffing | Faff

Faffing meaning

present participle and gerund of faff

Using Faffing

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of faff
  • In the example corpus, faffing often appears in combinations such as: faffing about.

Context around Faffing

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 33.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

enough 1× unnecessary 1×

Often after:

required 1×

Sentence patterns with Faffing

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

am not faffing about making 1× catchphrase enough faffing about let 1× or unnecessary faffing required 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

i try to 1× jerome said he 1× this 59 tassimo 1×

Common sentence endings:

about making pate 1× food review video 1× unnecessary faffing required 1×

Words around Faffing

Just before it in the word index:

faff 25 fafara 2 fafa 8 faf 67 faez 5 faessler 3

Just after it in the word index:

fafhrd 11 fafner 13 fafnir 5 fafo 4 fafsa 51 fafunmi 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 5 aaah 5 aacl 5 aak 5 aapke 5 aarav 5

Corpus analysis for Faffing

  • In this selection, "faffing" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 33.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, enough, unnecessary and required stand out and add context to how "faffing" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include am not faffing about making and catchphrase enough faffing about let. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "faffing" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with faffing

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

I try to argue for an elegant starter but Mark, who has two small children, says ‘I am not faffing about making pate’. (23 words)

This £59 Tassimo MyWay is super easy to use, simply scan the drink pod's unique barcode and it will pour the ideal drink every time; there's no heating up or unnecessary faffing required. (35 words)

Jerome said he is naturally quite a shy person but as The Scouse Ghetto Gourmet he wears a token pair of circular lens yellow glasses and repeats his iconic catchphrase “Enough faffing about, let’s see the menu,” in every food review video. (43 words)

Longer example sentences

Jerome said he is naturally quite a shy person but as The Scouse Ghetto Gourmet he wears a token pair of circular lens yellow glasses and repeats his iconic catchphrase “Enough faffing about, let’s see the menu,” in every food review video. (43 words)

This £59 Tassimo MyWay is super easy to use, simply scan the drink pod's unique barcode and it will pour the ideal drink every time; there's no heating up or unnecessary faffing required. (35 words)

I try to argue for an elegant starter but Mark, who has two small children, says ‘I am not faffing about making pate’. (23 words)

Example sentences (3)

Jerome said he is naturally quite a shy person but as The Scouse Ghetto Gourmet he wears a token pair of circular lens yellow glasses and repeats his iconic catchphrase “Enough faffing about, let’s see the menu,” in every food review video.

This £59 Tassimo MyWay is super easy to use, simply scan the drink pod's unique barcode and it will pour the ideal drink every time; there's no heating up or unnecessary faffing required.

I try to argue for an elegant starter but Mark, who has two small children, says ‘I am not faffing about making pate’.

Common combinations with faffing

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "faffing" in a sentence?
An example: "Jerome said he is naturally quite a shy person but as The Scouse Ghetto Gourmet he wears a token pair of circular lens yellow glasses and repeats his iconic catchphrase “Enough faffing about, let’s see the menu,” in every food review video." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "faffing" from authentic English texts.
What does "faffing" mean?
Faffing means: present participle and gerund of faff
How many example sentences with "faffing" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "faffing", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.