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Ingressive in a sentence

Ingressive meaning

  1. Going or directed inward, entering.
  2. Open to entry or examination.
  3. Uttered by drawing air inward through the mouth or nose.

Using Ingressive

  • The main meaning on this page is: Going or directed inward, entering. | Open to entry or examination. | Uttered by drawing air inward through the mouth or nose.
  • In the example corpus, ingressive often appears in combinations such as: lingual ingressive, ingressive airstream.

Context around Ingressive

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 17.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

lingual 3× glottalic 1× pulmonic 1×

Often after:

airstream 2× phone 1×

Sentence patterns with Ingressive

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

a lingual ingressive airstream mechanism 2× consonants lingual ingressive 1× rare pulmonic ingressive phone 1× stops glottalic ingressive or click 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

some languages have 1× the airstream the 1× the enclosed pocket 1×

Common sentence endings:

ingressive airstream mechanism 2× consonants lingual ingressive 1× pulmonic ingressive phone 1×

Words around Ingressive

Just before it in the word index:

ingress 46 ingres 51 ingredion 13 ingredients 2.462 ingredientibus 2 ingredient 705

Just after it in the word index:

ingrid 135 ingrida 5 ingrith 4 ingrooves 3 inground 4 ingroup 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Ingressive

  • In this selection, "ingressive" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 17.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, lingual, glottalic, pulmonic, airstream and phone stand out and add context to how "ingressive" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a lingual ingressive airstream mechanism and consonants lingual ingressive. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ingressive" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ingressive

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

This is an example of a rare pulmonic ingressive phone. (10 words)

The airstream The essence of a click is a lingual ingressive airstream mechanism. (13 words)

Some languages have stops made with other mechanisms as well: ejective stops ( glottalic egressive ), implosive stops ( glottalic ingressive ), or click consonants ( lingual ingressive ). (23 words)

Longer example sentences

The enclosed pocket of air is rarefied by a sucking action of the tongue (in technical terminology, clicks have a lingual ingressive airstream mechanism ). (24 words)

Some languages have stops made with other mechanisms as well: ejective stops ( glottalic egressive ), implosive stops ( glottalic ingressive ), or click consonants ( lingual ingressive ). (23 words)

The airstream The essence of a click is a lingual ingressive airstream mechanism. (13 words)

Example sentences (4)

Some languages have stops made with other mechanisms as well: ejective stops ( glottalic egressive ), implosive stops ( glottalic ingressive ), or click consonants ( lingual ingressive ).

The airstream The essence of a click is a lingual ingressive airstream mechanism.

The enclosed pocket of air is rarefied by a sucking action of the tongue (in technical terminology, clicks have a lingual ingressive airstream mechanism ).

This is an example of a rare pulmonic ingressive phone.

Common combinations with ingressive

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "ingressive" in a sentence?
An example: "Some languages have stops made with other mechanisms as well: ejective stops ( glottalic egressive ), implosive stops ( glottalic ingressive ), or click consonants ( lingual ingressive )." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "ingressive" from authentic English texts.
What does "ingressive" mean?
Ingressive means: Going or directed inward, entering.
How many example sentences with "ingressive" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "ingressive", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.