How do you use Gingham in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like fabric or cloth, plus the exact meaning.
Gingham in a sentence
Gingham meaning
- A cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checks.
- A dress made from that material.
- An umbrella.
Using Gingham
- The main meaning on this page is: A cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checks. | A dress made from that material. | An umbrella.
- Useful related words include: fabric, cloth, material, textile.
- In the example corpus, gingham often appears in combinations such as: the gingham, gingham is.
Context around Gingham
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gingham
- In this selection, "gingham" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, brown, getting, short, detail, curtains and print stand out and add context to how "gingham" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a sunny gingham cloth perhaps and and oversized gingham smock dresses. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gingham" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gingham
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After this, the women both modelled a gorgeous mini dress, with brown gingham detail. (14 words)
Gingham is a classic choice but choose a silhouette to avoid any Dorothy in comparisons. (15 words)
Gingham goes slightly psychedelic in this zippered two-piece, perfect for month-of-May festivities. (15 words)
Dress your table with a sunny gingham cloth, perhaps a hand block-printed beauty (£70, ) and a set of life-improving napkins (£12 each, ), sewn by women who are up-skilling in a south London prison. (36 words)
But behind the gingham curtains things are starting to slowly unravel and it becomes clear that being a stay-at-home woman of the house is not as easy as it seems. (32 words)
The star teamed the classic blue gingham frock with Dorothy's ruby red slippers, and carried a wicker basket to complete the outfit as she arrived hand-in-hand with husband Dan. (32 words)
Example sentences (15)
After this, the women both modelled a gorgeous mini dress, with brown gingham detail.
But behind the gingham curtains things are starting to slowly unravel and it becomes clear that being a stay-at-home woman of the house is not as easy as it seems.
Getting gingham right can be tricky – with Barbiecore, you don't want to look like you just got back from milking cows in the 19th century.
Ripa wore a similar, short, gingham-print dress as Swift, with a pair of brown block heels.
You get up at 5am to pretend to make Crunchy Nut corn flakes (his fave, y’all) from scratch, wearing a gingham nightie.
Dress your table with a sunny gingham cloth, perhaps a hand block-printed beauty (£70, ) and a set of life-improving napkins (£12 each, ), sewn by women who are up-skilling in a south London prison.
Gingham is a classic choice but choose a silhouette to avoid any Dorothy in comparisons.
Head to Nobody’s Child for its range of disco jumpsuits, heart print co-ords, linen essentials and oversized gingham smock dresses.
No matter what your summer social calendar has in store for you, this playful pink gingham dress from Sleeper will become your go-to.
For many, it will be a rosy-cheeked 17-year-old in a blue-and-white gingham pinafore en route to the Emerald City.
Gingham is almost synonymous with summer and this midi dress captures the season spirit with aplomb.
The star teamed the classic blue gingham frock with Dorothy's ruby red slippers, and carried a wicker basket to complete the outfit as she arrived hand-in-hand with husband Dan.
A Modo Mio loved unnecessary ruffles but trotted out a lot of skirts that were gingham, floor length, and reminiscient of what the dancing woman in the red dress emoji wears.
Gingham goes slightly psychedelic in this zippered two-piece, perfect for month-of-May festivities.
Busby, pp. 9 and 22 This was followed by The Gingham Dog (1968) about the breakup of an interracial couple.
Common combinations with gingham
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the gingham 2×
- gingham is 2×