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How do you use Greenwash in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Greenwash in a sentence

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Greenwash | Greenwashing

Greenwash meaning

A false or misleading picture of environmental friendliness used to conceal or obscure damaging activities.

Using Greenwash

  • The main meaning on this page is: A false or misleading picture of environmental friendliness used to conceal or obscure damaging activities.
  • In the example corpus, greenwash often appears in combinations such as: greenwash and.

Context around Greenwash

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Greenwash

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

event to greenwash their activities 1× wallowing in greenwash and failing 1× while they greenwash and do 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

sabido accused companies 1× these dates being 1× will van de 1×

Common sentence endings:

and do nothing 1× greenwash their activities 1× their climate claims 1×

Words around Greenwash

Just before it in the word index:

greenwalt 6 greenwald 48 greenville 434 greenview 4 greenvale 9 greenup 5

Just after it in the word index:

greenwashing 28 greenwaste 2 greenwave 5 greenway 137 greenways 23 greenwell 25

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 5 aacr 5 aacsb 5 aadar 5 aadk 5 aadvantage 5

Corpus analysis for Greenwash

  • In this selection, "greenwash" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include event to greenwash their activities and wallowing in greenwash and failing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "greenwash" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with greenwash

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

These dates being thrown around is a way to delay any accountability to some future generation, while they greenwash and do nothing. (22 words)

Will van de Pol, chief executive of environmental advocacy group Market Forces, said big investors were "wallowing in greenwash and failing to live up to their climate claims". (28 words)

Sabido accused companies such as Polish coal and gas firm Tauron, which is offering free rides around Katowice in electric cars, of using the event to “greenwash” their activities. (29 words)

Longer example sentences

Sabido accused companies such as Polish coal and gas firm Tauron, which is offering free rides around Katowice in electric cars, of using the event to “greenwash” their activities. (29 words)

Will van de Pol, chief executive of environmental advocacy group Market Forces, said big investors were "wallowing in greenwash and failing to live up to their climate claims". (28 words)

These dates being thrown around is a way to delay any accountability to some future generation, while they greenwash and do nothing. (22 words)

Example sentences (3)

These dates being thrown around is a way to delay any accountability to some future generation, while they greenwash and do nothing.

Will van de Pol, chief executive of environmental advocacy group Market Forces, said big investors were "wallowing in greenwash and failing to live up to their climate claims".

Sabido accused companies such as Polish coal and gas firm Tauron, which is offering free rides around Katowice in electric cars, of using the event to “greenwash” their activities.

Common combinations with greenwash

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "greenwash" in a sentence?
An example: "These dates being thrown around is a way to delay any accountability to some future generation, while they greenwash and do nothing." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "greenwash" from authentic English texts.
What does "greenwash" mean?
Greenwash means: A false or misleading picture of environmental friendliness used to conceal or obscure damaging activities.
How many example sentences with "greenwash" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "greenwash", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.