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Glossing is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Glossing in a sentence

Glossing | Gloss | Glossed | Glosses | Glosser

Glossing meaning

The addition of a gloss, or explanatory note.

Using Glossing

  • The main meaning on this page is: The addition of a gloss, or explanatory note.
  • In the example corpus, glossing often appears in combinations such as: glossing over, glossing is.

Context around Glossing

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Glossing

  • In this selection, "glossing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, herself, sunshine, option, ripe and comments stand out and add context to how "glossing" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 40 of glossing over the and business oil glossing the fingers. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "glossing" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with glossing

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Otherwise several such glossing comments are suspicious and needless. (9 words)

Still, eating it is a messy (and happy) business, oil glossing the fingers. (13 words)

However, glossing is not used to write the language for speakers of ASL. (13 words)

Following Nixon's death in 1994, the strip was rerun with all the instances of the word "guilty" crossed out and replaced with "flawed", lampooning the media's apparent glossing-over of his image in the wake of his death. (40 words)

While fans might be excited to hear that the franchise is back on track, namely after the public exit of Pine and Chris Hemsworth () last year, they’re glossing over the landing of Hawley and the potential that brings. (39 words)

But that often manifests with people glossing over their actual rounds, saying things like “Well, I didn’t play that well, but I hit a few great shots” and then talking about the great shots. (35 words)

Example sentences (15)

As a woman, Taylor has to keep reinventing herself, glossing her image, perfecting her look, always polishing that red lip, classic thing that you like – and smiling through the tears.

On top of that, however, seems like the more subliminal element to all of this, and it’s one element that so many people are glossing over because of Cargill’s natural star presence.

Drab unshorn hedgebanks and regenerating woodland masking abandoned market gardens and historic mine workings brighten in today’s sunshine, glossing ripe ivy berries, gilding yellow gorse and masses of catkins.

Meanwhile, liberal social media users are pushing mail-in voting as a surefire option, glossing over some of the challenges such drastic changes to the voting system will present.

Vancouver could find a sustainable solution that will benefit the homeless population, rather than just glossing over their existence.

Still, eating it is a messy (and happy) business, oil glossing the fingers.

While fans might be excited to hear that the franchise is back on track, namely after the public exit of Pine and Chris Hemsworth () last year, they’re glossing over the landing of Hawley and the potential that brings.

Associations and leftist MPs have accused Mr Macron, 40, of glossing over the poorest areas of France since his election in May 2017, focusing instead on business and the rich.

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But that often manifests with people glossing over their actual rounds, saying things like “Well, I didn’t play that well, but I hit a few great shots” and then talking about the great shots.

I’m glossing over the mobile app here, but it’s equally excellent and features most of what the desktop version does, including swipe behaviors that are fully editable by the user.

Otherwise several such glossing comments are suspicious and needless.

Following Nixon's death in 1994, the strip was rerun with all the instances of the word "guilty" crossed out and replaced with "flawed", lampooning the media's apparent glossing-over of his image in the wake of his death.

However, glossing is not used to write the language for speakers of ASL.

It is the misleading use of a term with more than one meaning or sense (by glossing over which meaning is intended at a particular time).

When the language of the corpus is not a working language of the researchers who use it, interlinear glossing is used to make the annotation bilingual.

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Common combinations with glossing

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "glossing" in a sentence?
An example: "As a woman, Taylor has to keep reinventing herself, glossing her image, perfecting her look, always polishing that red lip, classic thing that you like – and smiling through the tears." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "glossing" from authentic English texts.
What does "glossing" mean?
Glossing means: The addition of a gloss, or explanatory note.
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