Gaggle is an English word with synonyms like flock or cackle. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Gaggle meaning
- A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water.
- Any group or gathering of related things, particularly one perceived as noisy, boisterous or chaotic.
- Short for press gaggle: an informal briefing of journalists.
Using Gaggle
- The main meaning on this page is: A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water. | Any group or gathering of related things, particularly one perceived as noisy, boisterous or chaotic. | Short for press gaggle: an informal briefing of journalists.
- Useful related words include: flock, cackle.
- In the example corpus, gaggle often appears in combinations such as: gaggle of, the gaggle, of gaggle.
Context around Gaggle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 12 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gaggle
- In this selection, "gaggle" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gorgeous, press and held stand out and add context to how "gaggle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a gaggle of excited and a gorgeous gaggle of retellings. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gaggle" sits close to words such as abdulrazaq, adan and adolphus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gaggle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Perhaps with "Retribution," humanity has become a gaggle of vengeful ghosts? (11 words)
He found the gaggle of cosplaying “Chain Saw” fans to be interesting and likable. (14 words)
A gaggle of excited kids with pretty bouquets made from local flowers are ready to receive us. (17 words)
Amorim, for whatever words are worth in football, has said he will not return to Lisbon for a spot of January poaching, although it is no secret that a gaggle of his backroom staff are expected to join him in Manchester. (41 words)
Along with thoughts of Lola, reading about these revelations also sparked memories of my early teens, when I participated along with a gaggle of high school students in a bicycling trip around New England, along with our adult trip leaders. (40 words)
In a press gaggle held aboard Air Force One on Monday, Jean-Pierre was asked if President had a response to how his predecessor marked the anniversary of the day when Trump’s supporters violently besieged the U.S. Capitol. (40 words)
Perhaps with "Retribution," humanity has become a gaggle of vengeful ghosts? (11 words)
Example sentences (20)
Along with thoughts of Lola, reading about these revelations also sparked memories of my early teens, when I participated along with a gaggle of high school students in a bicycling trip around New England, along with our adult trip leaders.
As Christmas approaches, there is always a gorgeous gaggle of retellings of this holiday classic, almost to the point of oversaturation.
Asked about what comes next, Gillum said “sleep” as he walked away from a gaggle of news reporters.
Francisco Vílchez Álvarez, a member of a gaggle of residents who handle irrigation networks in Cañar, mentioned restoring the acequia had enabled some residents to develop cherries and kiwis once more.
Full Disclosure: Ford flew me and a gaggle of journalists out to Charlotte, North Carolina to play with the 2024 Mustang Dark Horse on track at Charlotte Motor Speedway, and on the country-mountain roads surrounding the track.
It all ends up with a gaggle of crazy spaghetti drowning under a shower of tomato sauce: a hot mess.
Led by “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” and “The Office” alum Ellie Kemper, the gaggle of goofballs provides laughs of all kinds as well as some heartfelt moments.
A gaggle of excited kids with pretty bouquets made from local flowers are ready to receive us.
Amorim, for whatever words are worth in football, has said he will not return to Lisbon for a spot of January poaching, although it is no secret that a gaggle of his backroom staff are expected to join him in Manchester.
And it would be hard to imagine that a gaggle of elite media moguls would sit around the fire with their s’mores and bourbon and speculate about potential replacements on the 2024 ballot.
He found the gaggle of cosplaying “Chain Saw” fans to be interesting and likable.
In a press gaggle held aboard Air Force One on Monday, Jean-Pierre was asked if President had a response to how his predecessor marked the anniversary of the day when Trump’s supporters violently besieged the U.S. Capitol.
Last Tuesday, it was a delightful surprise to discover a giggling and gorgeous gaggle of happy babies and their adoring mums.
Parents in Durham County protested against the use of Gaggle to monitor students’ web activity, and advocacy groups opposed a new Wake County schools policy that allowed the district to monitor students’ Internet use.
Perhaps with "Retribution," humanity has become a gaggle of vengeful ghosts?
Whenever you see a gaggle of teenagers in the street, their heads will be down looking at their phones, rather than interacting with each other.
Angel di Maria was all set to join the gaggle of returning heroes but Tuchel appears to have changed his mind and we may soon see Idrissa Gueye.
But that is before Grace and her gaggle of private-school moms meet the mysterious Elena Alves (Matilda De Angelis), the beautiful young mother of a scholarship student and an unsettling presence in their tidy lives.
By contrast, Hori is outgoing, popular and wears her heart on her sleeve, and she has no trouble attracting a gaggle of friends to chat with once class is over.
Deep in the recesses of the lavishly appointed clubhouse, the CEO is addressing a gaggle of his senior aides in a quiet room: “We’re leaking, people.
Common combinations with gaggle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- gaggle of 39×
- the gaggle 7×
- of gaggle 3×
- with gaggle 2×
- gorgeous gaggle 2×
- from gaggle 2×
- and gaggle 2×
- that gaggle 2×
- press gaggle 2×