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How do you use Leavings in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Leavings in a sentence

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Leavings | Leaving

Leavings meaning

A worthless and incidental residuum, such as scraps from a meal, or shavings or sawdust from wood.

Using Leavings

  • The main meaning on this page is: A worthless and incidental residuum, such as scraps from a meal, or shavings or sawdust from wood.
  • In the example corpus, leavings often appears in combinations such as: their leavings.

Context around Leavings

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

washed 1×

Sentence patterns with Leavings

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

ate their leavings washed their 1× bar with leavings and okin 1× called the leavings of the 1× of their leavings 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

as a result 1× beggars were fed 1× pigeons have taken 1×

Common sentence endings:

and okin osan 1× kenning for glory 1× of their leavings 1× one hundred poor 1×

Words around Leavings

Just before it in the word index:

leaving 10.893 leavine 3 leavey 2 leavesden 6 leaves 5.467 leavers 88

Just after it in the word index:

leavins 3 leavis 7 leavitt 79 leavy 22 leawood 13 leazes 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 6 aaah 6 aaargh 6 aacl 6 aadhi 6 aak 6

Corpus analysis for Leavings

  • In this selection, "leavings" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, washed stand out and add context to how "leavings" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include ate their leavings washed their and bar with leavings and okin. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "leavings" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with leavings

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

Pigeons have taken over the building and covered much of the mill in a layer of their leavings. (18 words)

As a result of this deed, Týr is called the "Leavings of the Wolf"; which is to be understood as a poetic kenning for glory. (25 words)

Beggars were fed from his table, he ate their leavings, washed their feet, ministered to the wants of the lepers, and daily fed over one hundred poor. (27 words)

Longer example sentences

There’s other stuff this weekend too though, including The King Hits at the Phoenix on Friday as well as Oranges releasing a new EP at Transit Bar with Leavings and Okin Osan. (33 words)

Beggars were fed from his table, he ate their leavings, washed their feet, ministered to the wants of the lepers, and daily fed over one hundred poor. (27 words)

As a result of this deed, Týr is called the "Leavings of the Wolf"; which is to be understood as a poetic kenning for glory. (25 words)

Example sentences (4)

Pigeons have taken over the building and covered much of the mill in a layer of their leavings.

There’s other stuff this weekend too though, including The King Hits at the Phoenix on Friday as well as Oranges releasing a new EP at Transit Bar with Leavings and Okin Osan.

As a result of this deed, Týr is called the "Leavings of the Wolf"; which is to be understood as a poetic kenning for glory.

Beggars were fed from his table, he ate their leavings, washed their feet, ministered to the wants of the lepers, and daily fed over one hundred poor.

Common combinations with leavings

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "leavings" in a sentence?
An example: "Pigeons have taken over the building and covered much of the mill in a layer of their leavings." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "leavings" from authentic English texts.
What does "leavings" mean?
Leavings means: A worthless and incidental residuum, such as scraps from a meal, or shavings or sawdust from wood.
How many example sentences with "leavings" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "leavings", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.