Explore Ironing through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like garment or work. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Ironing meaning
present participle and gerund of iron
Using Ironing
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of iron
- Useful related words include: garment, white goods, household linen, work.
- In the example corpus, ironing often appears in combinations such as: ironing out, ironing board, and ironing.
Context around Ironing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 3 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ironing
- In this selection, "ironing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, own, choose, game, board, boards and themselves stand out and add context to how "ironing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and get ironing and details and ironing themselves out. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ironing" sits close to words such as abidjan, acb and accesses, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ironing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Does not need ironing! (4 words)
Good thing, too, because I loathe ironing! (7 words)
In a video she said: "Hate ironing. (7 words)
Machado recounted anecdotes from Sunday's grassroots effort, including when someone set up an ironing board as a table at one voting station and when voters used handwritten lists of candidates at another voting station when it ran out of ballots. (41 words)
Man baffles UK festival-goers by DJing on an ironing board Festival-goers in Lincolnshire on Friday were baffled to see a man among the crowd pretending to DJ on an ironing board with a toy kitchen as his decks. (40 words)
They remember driving down to Sandhurst in convoy with Liv for Ironing Board Sunday, in May 2018 — the first day for cadets and so named because of the requirement to have their own ironing boards to maintain pristine uniform. (39 words)
Good thing, too, because I loathe ironing! (7 words)
Does not need ironing! (4 words)
I would tell the mothers of those thirty-five year olds who still live with their parents to stop ironing their shirts! (22 words)
Example sentences (20)
They remember driving down to Sandhurst in convoy with Liv for Ironing Board Sunday, in May 2018 — the first day for cadets and so named because of the requirement to have their own ironing boards to maintain pristine uniform.
Man baffles UK festival-goers by DJing on an ironing board Festival-goers in Lincolnshire on Friday were baffled to see a man among the crowd pretending to DJ on an ironing board with a toy kitchen as his decks.
A mum has claimed she found the face of seared into her ironing board – but we’re not convinced.
At the same time, the suspension does an accomplished job of ironing-out imperfections while providing a compliant ride.
But some women choose ironing as a “form of protest”, doing their own and their children’s clothes but refusing to iron men’s shirts.
Fans are hoping the developer continues to support the game, ironing out the few bugs that have made it into the title.
Good thing, too, because I loathe ironing!
It’s like I said last week about the details and ironing themselves out, I think it will come with that.
Machado recounted anecdotes from Sunday's grassroots effort, including when someone set up an ironing board as a table at one voting station and when voters used handwritten lists of candidates at another voting station when it ran out of ballots.
Simply plug the iron on, and watch it heat up in less than 40 seconds, grab the soft-grip handle and get ironing.
Affirming UN’s stand, the Coordinator of Girdle Advocacy Projects, Sylvia Chioma, whose organisation is among the frontline groups that are sensitising people against the harmful practice, said breast ironing is very prevalent in Nigeria.
And yes, it’s so much easier than lugging out a traditional iron and ironing board to get the wrinkles out of a single blouse or pair of work pants.
As the humble properties began filling with water, David’s mother Mari was forced to scurry up a ladder and seek refuge on a rickety shelf inside her ironing room.
Does not need ironing!
Go to the gym, clean out your fridge, buy your groceries, do your laundry, iron those clothes at the bottom of your ironing pile.
In a video she said: "Hate ironing.
Items including a washing machine, ironing board, as well as scrap wood and metal were strewn across the area adjacent to derelict homes in Tannahill Road.
I was ironing the other day I had my patio doors open.
I would tell the mothers of those thirty-five year olds who still live with their parents to stop ironing their shirts!
Maintain the condition of your shirts with regular washing and ironing; dry cleaning can be an excellent way to refresh fabrics occasionally.
Common combinations with ironing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- ironing out 17×
- ironing board 14×
- and ironing 8×
- an ironing 7×
- for ironing 6×
- ironing boards 3×
- breast ironing 3×
- ironing the 3×
- of ironing 3×
- own ironing 2×