How do you use Gunning in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Gunning in a sentence
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Gunning meaning
present participle and gerund of gun
Using Gunning
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of gun
- In the example corpus, gunning often appears in combinations such as: gunning for, gunning down, is gunning.
Context around Gunning
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 12 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gunning
- In this selection, "gunning" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gates, near, hours, down, cove and hard stand out and add context to how "gunning" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and machine gunning the armidale and building and gunning for a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gunning" sits close to words such as aberration, aditya and af, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gunning
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
So anti-Republican outlets are gunning for her. (8 words)
Emma’s character is gunning hard for a Best Actress Oscar. (11 words)
The Leeds lads are in the building and gunning for a cup run. (13 words)
Other teams were gunning for the defending KSS champs in the tournament, hosted by Central Okanagan Public Schools, but the squad persevered in the face of adversity, following the leadership tone set by the Grade 12s on the team, said coach Mike Sodaro. (43 words)
Dela Rosa then cited the 2021 case of the late former police officer Jonel Nuezca, who hit the headlines after a video of him gunning down Sonya and Frank Anthony Gregorio at their home in Paniqui, Tarlac became viral on social media. (42 words)
In a semi-staged reading of “At Dusk”, “Thomas”, “Penny Dreadful” and “Drought” at Margarita Georgiadis’ and Max Cullen’s Picture House Gallery in Gunning during 2021, Nixon was joined by Christopher Carroll, Heather Keens and Holly Ross. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
An “armed and dangerous” suspected killer wanted for gunning down the witness to another murder is on the loose in northern Georgia.
Authorities charged Raszler with manufacturing a homemade rifle and gunning down Roof in her driveway.
Both sides were then gunning for a winner in the final stages of the match with City seemingly denied a clear-cut penalty for handball in the dying seconds.
Dela Rosa then cited the 2021 case of the late former police officer Jonel Nuezca, who hit the headlines after a video of him gunning down Sonya and Frank Anthony Gregorio at their home in Paniqui, Tarlac became viral on social media.
DeMings, a fisherman of 10 years, had just joined the Gunning Cove volunteer fire department a few days earlier.
Emma’s character is gunning hard for a Best Actress Oscar.
Gunning Fish River Rural Fire Brigade has been on the scene since shortly after 6am.
In a semi-staged reading of “At Dusk”, “Thomas”, “Penny Dreadful” and “Drought” at Margarita Georgiadis’ and Max Cullen’s Picture House Gallery in Gunning during 2021, Nixon was joined by Christopher Carroll, Heather Keens and Holly Ross.
In related news, Kid Rock—who fueled the conservative backlash with a video in April showing him gunning down packages of Bud Light—was spotted drinking Bud Light at a concert in Nashville.
Instead of gunning him down, Saren will instead take his own life, and crash through the glass down to where the real final boss will happen.
It's not something that anyone in this shire or Gunning at this time would be happy to go along with," he said.
On the whole, ransomware-focused threat actors “came out of the gates gunning” in 2023, Lance said.
Other teams were gunning for the defending KSS champs in the tournament, hosted by Central Okanagan Public Schools, but the squad persevered in the face of adversity, following the leadership tone set by the Grade 12s on the team, said coach Mike Sodaro.
Police, ambulance, NSW Fire and Rescue and RFS were called to a van rollover on the Hume Highway near Gunning at 1.50pm.
So anti-Republican outlets are gunning for her.
South will be looking to add a ninth Deodhar Trophy to their cabinet, while East Zone will be gunning for their sixth title in the competition.
The fee for gunning down convicted boss Alen Moradian on Tuesday may have been as little as $50,000, according to an underworld figure.
The gunmen rampaged for hours, gunning down civilians in towns, along roads and at a techno music festival being held in the desert near Gaza.
The Japanese launched waves of aerial attacks, bombing, torpedoing and machine gunning the Armidale, which kept plugging on.
The Leeds lads are in the building and gunning for a cup run.
Common combinations with gunning
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- gunning for 53×
- gunning down 29×
- is gunning 12×
- gunning to 9×
- of gunning 7×
- are gunning 7×
- be gunning 7×
- jessica gunning 6×
- and gunning 5×
- been gunning 5×