How do you use Lbw in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Lbw meaning
- Initialism of low birth weight.
- Initialism of leg before wicket.
- Lutheran Book of Worship (hymnal)
Using Lbw
- The main meaning on this page is: Initialism of low birth weight. | Initialism of leg before wicket. | Lutheran Book of Worship (hymnal)
- In the example corpus, lbw often appears in combinations such as: lbw to, out lbw, an lbw.
Context around Lbw
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 7 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lbw
- In this selection, "lbw" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, two, fell, labuschagne, decisions, dismissal and looking stand out and add context to how "lbw" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include survived two lbw decisions given and 19 fell lbw looking to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lbw" sits close to words such as airbags, akure and aman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lbw
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There's an lbw appeal but the umpire isn't interested. (11 words)
Previous game’s centurion Sadeera Samarawickrama fell lbw to Zampa in the 30th over. (14 words)
Adams was removed by M. Nandu for 49 and Ramsammy was lbw to Nandu for 61. (16 words)
Sales, on five, survived a shoulder-high chance to Bancroft at second slip off Craig Overton and it was Gregory who made the first breakthrough with the score on 164 when Rob Keogh, on 19, fell lbw looking to on-drive a fullish delivery. (44 words)
His fortunes, though, would instantly turn, trapping Labuschagne LBW on 71 one ball later, the Australian’s bemusement at the wicket not abating even after three reds on ball-tracker confirmed the loss of the review he’d instantly called for. (41 words)
India's bowler Arshdeep Singh succefully appeals for LBW dismissal against South Africa's batsman Rassie van der Dussen during the first One Day International cricket match between South Africa and India, at the Wanderers in Johannesburg, South Africa. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Adams was removed by M. Nandu for 49 and Ramsammy was lbw to Nandu for 61.
His fortunes, though, would instantly turn, trapping Labuschagne LBW on 71 one ball later, the Australian’s bemusement at the wicket not abating even after three reds on ball-tracker confirmed the loss of the review he’d instantly called for.
In addition to athletic and extracurricular activities, Brody excelled academically, achieving a 4.3 weighted grade point average (GPA) and a 34 ACT super score, completing honors classes and dual enrollment at Lurleen B. Wallace Community College (LBW).
India's bowler Arshdeep Singh succefully appeals for LBW dismissal against South Africa's batsman Rassie van der Dussen during the first One Day International cricket match between South Africa and India, at the Wanderers in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Kohli was dismissed LBW on the first ball of the match against Rajasthan Royals at the M Chinnaswamy stadium on Sunday.
Magala kept chipping away, bouncing out Malan for 59 off 55 and then trapping Harry Brook lbw for a duck in his next over.
McGrath survived two lbw decisions - given out twice, both overturned on review - the second from Harmanpreet's first delivery of the match.
McGrath survived two lbw decisions – given out twice, both overturned on review – the second from Harmanpreet’s first delivery of the match.
Previous game’s centurion Sadeera Samarawickrama fell lbw to Zampa in the 30th over.
Sales, on five, survived a shoulder-high chance to Bancroft at second slip off Craig Overton and it was Gregory who made the first breakthrough with the score on 164 when Rob Keogh, on 19, fell lbw looking to on-drive a fullish delivery.
Steve Smith was controversially lbw on review for 19, Josh Inglis clean bowled for five and Marcus Stoinis was caught by wicketkeeper De Kock down the legside for five by Rabada.
There's an lbw appeal but the umpire isn't interested.
They were 28 for one after two overs but Mitchell Marsh and David Warner played poor shots and Steve Smith made the only Australian error of the night, falling to review an LBW that hit him outside the line.
While Smith was trapped lbw and gave a catch to slips in the match, Labuschagne was out after nicking twice off Stuart Broad.
An appeal for LBW off the final ball of O’Rourke’s tenth over but umpire Ahsan Raza shakes his head.
A shout for LBW against Smith from Jayasuriya but it looked to be going down leg side to me.
Ashwin, who came in ahead of Axar Patel at number eight, was run out in a complete mix-up with Jadeja, who overturned two lbw decisions to remain at the crease, finishing the day unbeaten on 81.
Crawley could have been run out without scoring and Pope overturned being given lbw on 33, but they used the reprieves to add 94 for the second wicket.
Crawley was static on the crease as Noman got him lbw to make it four from four in their head-to-head battles.
Fakhar Zaman and skipper Babar Azam (32) scored freely to stitch together a 53-run stand off 28 balls but Moeen struck again to dismiss Azam lbw.
Common combinations with lbw
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- lbw to 15×
- out lbw 10×
- an lbw 10×
- was lbw 9×
- lbw for 9×
- lbw on 8×
- for lbw 8×
- trapped lbw 8×
- lbw by 6×
- lbw decision 5×