Explore Grubbing through 9 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Grubbing meaning
The act by which something is grubbed, or dug up.
Using Grubbing
- The main meaning on this page is: The act by which something is grubbed, or dug up.
- In the example corpus, grubbing often appears in combinations such as: grubbing around.
Context around Grubbing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Grubbing
- In this selection, "grubbing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, money, forever, grade, opportunity, face and grind stand out and add context to how "grubbing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a fund grubbing electronic bible and deceitful money grubbing pig but. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "grubbing" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with grubbing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Television and movies tend to portray anyone who collects the rent as the money-grubbing face of heartlessness. (18 words)
No excuse for being a deceitful, money grubbing pig, but the man was just dumb to fall for this. (19 words)
Yes, you can diligently tick off the objectives like some kind of grade-grubbing grind, or you can, lovingly, chill. (20 words)
Harry may also have fought for his country, but he then abandoned it, along with his duty as a member of the Royal family, for a life of money-grubbing opportunity in California off the back of his title. (39 words)
Not since Brad Quinton’s side were promoted in 2018 have they been able to enjoy the close season on something of a high after four years of grubbing around in the relegation zone. (34 words)
Like the grubbing out of flower beds, our spirits, through the work of the Holy Spirit, need to grub out any and all traces of sin that is being revealed to us. (32 words)
Example sentences (9)
Not since Brad Quinton’s side were promoted in 2018 have they been able to enjoy the close season on something of a high after four years of grubbing around in the relegation zone.
Harry may also have fought for his country, but he then abandoned it, along with his duty as a member of the Royal family, for a life of money-grubbing opportunity in California off the back of his title.
Like the grubbing out of flower beds, our spirits, through the work of the Holy Spirit, need to grub out any and all traces of sin that is being revealed to us.
Television and movies tend to portray anyone who collects the rent as the money-grubbing face of heartlessness.
This mad situation where a proven liability is forever grubbing around grim regimes and their operatives is ultimately of their making.
Yes, you can diligently tick off the objectives like some kind of grade-grubbing grind, or you can, lovingly, chill.
No excuse for being a deceitful, money grubbing pig, but the man was just dumb to fall for this.
Falwell was an enemy of the revenge humorist " George Hayduke ", who called Falwell a "fund-grubbing electronic Bible-banger" and "pious pride-in-the-pulpit".
Many of the normal motives of civilised life– snobbishness, money-grubbing, fear of the boss, etc.– had simply ceased to exist.
Common combinations with grubbing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: