Explore Funnelling through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Funnelling meaning
present participle and gerund of funnel
Using Funnelling
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of funnel
- In the example corpus, funnelling often appears in combinations such as: funnelling money, funnelling of, by funnelling.
Context around Funnelling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Funnelling
- In this selection, "funnelling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, assets, pool, involves, money, public and millions stand out and add context to how "funnelling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a trap funnelling the flight and countries are funnelling public money. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "funnelling" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with funnelling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Experts are attributing this 'heat bomb' to an Azores high-pressure system that's funnelling hot African air into Turkey's southwest. (22 words)
Harcourt ended up resigning over " Bingogate "—a political scandal involving the funnelling of charity bingo receipts into party coffers in certain ridings. (22 words)
The sunken lane acted as a trap, funnelling the flight of the French cavalry to their own right and away from the British cavalry. (24 words)
A few hundred metres into the forest was a clearing pocked with muddy pits, where the agents found three men standing waist-deep in a wide, murky pool, funnelling water through a series of wooden pans. (36 words)
As in Melbourne, Apple’s proposal for Kungsträdgården involves funnelling public space into private hands, with the company hoping to annex 375 square metres of parkland around the plot to which it had bought building rights. (36 words)
They also say a barrier with openings is preferable to no barrier at all, and the gaps can help them by funnelling foot traffic into areas where they can concentrate their interdiction efforts. (33 words)
Example sentences (13)
Combine that with their refusal to increase pensions for Seniors for 4 years, telling seniors money doesn’t grow on trees while funnelling millions of dollars to a billionaire boat race.
Experts are attributing this 'heat bomb' to an Azores high-pressure system that's funnelling hot African air into Turkey's southwest.
The effectiveness of many of these interventions is questionable, as often they simply pump up the value of housing assets, funnelling money to existing owners and developers.
They also say a barrier with openings is preferable to no barrier at all, and the gaps can help them by funnelling foot traffic into areas where they can concentrate their interdiction efforts.
A few hundred metres into the forest was a clearing pocked with muddy pits, where the agents found three men standing waist-deep in a wide, murky pool, funnelling water through a series of wooden pans.
They point out that other countries are funnelling public money into science - China and the US spend $500 billion annually on research and development, compared with Australia's $25 billion.
As in Melbourne, Apple’s proposal for Kungsträdgården involves funnelling public space into private hands, with the company hoping to annex 375 square metres of parkland around the plot to which it had bought building rights.
For instance, China jailed Sam Pa, the controversial Hong Kong businessman who clandestinely sponsored Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe's discredited regime by funnelling money from illegal diamond sales to the secret service.
Harcourt ended up resigning over " Bingogate "—a political scandal involving the funnelling of charity bingo receipts into party coffers in certain ridings.
In Saint John the height difference from low to high tide is approximately 8 metres (28 ft) due to the funnelling effect of the Bay of Fundy as it narrows.
In spite of this, Penang remained an important feeder to Singapore – funnelling the exports meant for global shipping lines by ocean-going ships which had bypassed other regional ports.
The sunken lane acted as a trap, funnelling the flight of the French cavalry to their own right and away from the British cavalry.
This is especially true if the attacking formation lacks the reserve to keep funnelling forces into the spearhead, or lacks the mobility to provide infantry, artillery and supplies into the attack.
Common combinations with funnelling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- funnelling money 2×
- funnelling of 2×
- by funnelling 2×
- funnelling public 2×
- the funnelling 2×
- funnelling the 2×