How do you use Gummed in a sentence? See 7 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like gummy or adhesive, plus the exact meaning.
Gummed meaning
simple past and past participle of gum
Using Gummed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of gum
- Useful related words include: gummy, adhesive.
- In the example corpus, gummed often appears in combinations such as: gummed up.
Context around Gummed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gummed
- In this selection, "gummed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, get, earlier, brown, together and sweets stand out and add context to how "gummed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include covered with gummed brown paper and gummed sweets such. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gummed" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gummed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As a result, our manufacturers’ supply lines will be gummed up. (11 words)
The hidden pages had been covered with gummed brown paper - apparently to hide her risqué writing from her family. (19 words)
Gummed sweets such as jelly beans and wine gums are not manufactured using a mold in the conventional sense. (19 words)
The pace of opinions fell sharply last year, according to Feldman’s data, which led to speculation that the shocking leak of the court’s draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade months earlier gummed up the court’s internal works. (40 words)
Although in principle the flaps can be held in place by securing the topmost flap at a single point (for example with a wax seal), generally they are pasted or gummed together at the overlaps. (35 words)
And so the moment there’s any sort of conflict around Taiwan, chip supply chains would get gummed up, and the production of chips will collapse. (26 words)
Example sentences (7)
A sunken float, rust in the jets, or just a “gummed up” carb can cause all sorts of no-start problems.
And so the moment there’s any sort of conflict around Taiwan, chip supply chains would get gummed up, and the production of chips will collapse.
The pace of opinions fell sharply last year, according to Feldman’s data, which led to speculation that the shocking leak of the court’s draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade months earlier gummed up the court’s internal works.
As a result, our manufacturers’ supply lines will be gummed up.
The hidden pages had been covered with gummed brown paper - apparently to hide her risqué writing from her family.
Although in principle the flaps can be held in place by securing the topmost flap at a single point (for example with a wax seal), generally they are pasted or gummed together at the overlaps.
Gummed sweets such as jelly beans and wine gums are not manufactured using a mold in the conventional sense.
Common combinations with gummed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- gummed up 4×