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Explore Letterboxing through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Letterboxing in a sentence

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Letterboxing | Letterbox | Letterboxes | Letterboxers | Letterboxer | Letterboxed

Letterboxing meaning

present participle and gerund of letterbox

Using Letterboxing

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of letterbox
  • In the example corpus, letterboxing often appears in combinations such as: in letterboxing, letterboxing in.

Context around Letterboxing

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

initially 1×

Often after:

clues 1×

Sentence patterns with Letterboxing

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

associated with letterboxing in the 1× coordinates whereas letterboxing clues tend 1× initially letterboxing was limited 1× interest in letterboxing as well 1× interest in letterboxing in the 1× known as letterboxing and instagram 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

geocache clues make 1× initially letterboxing was 1× interest in letterboxing 1× the growing popularity 1× the odd aspect 1×

Common sentence endings:

and compass bearings 1× for entire films 1× in april 1998 1× letterboxing as well 1× of the content 1× to uk letterboxers 1×

Words around Letterboxing

Just before it in the word index:

letterboxes 17 letterboxers 5 letterboxer 4 letterboxed 3 letterboxd 12 letterbox 48

Just after it in the word index:

letterbreen 2 lettered 29 letterer 5 letterers 2 letterform 2 letterforms 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 8 aacc 8 aacs 8 aafes 8 aankh 8 abasi 8

Corpus analysis for Letterboxing

  • In this selection, "letterboxing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, initially and clues stand out and add context to how "letterboxing" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include associated with letterboxing in the and coordinates whereas letterboxing clues tend. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "letterboxing" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with letterboxing

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

Geocache clues make use of GPS coordinates, whereas letterboxing clues tend to consist of grid references and compass bearings. (19 words)

Much of the terminology below is associated with letterboxing in the US and would be unfamiliar to UK letterboxers. (19 words)

The growing popularity of the somewhat similar activity of geocaching during the 2000s has increased interest in letterboxing as well. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

The odd aspect ratio means YouTube and NetFlix videos play with giant black bars above and below the content (also known as letterboxing), and Instagram Stories fill the screen, but cuts off the bottom and top of the content. (39 words)

Interest in letterboxing in the U.S. is generally considered to have started with a feature article in the Smithsonian Magazine citation in April 1998. (25 words)

Initially, letterboxing was limited to several key sequences of a film such as opening and closing credits, but was later used for entire films. (24 words)

Example sentences (6)

The odd aspect ratio means YouTube and NetFlix videos play with giant black bars above and below the content (also known as letterboxing), and Instagram Stories fill the screen, but cuts off the bottom and top of the content.

Geocache clues make use of GPS coordinates, whereas letterboxing clues tend to consist of grid references and compass bearings.

Initially, letterboxing was limited to several key sequences of a film such as opening and closing credits, but was later used for entire films.

Interest in letterboxing in the U.S. is generally considered to have started with a feature article in the Smithsonian Magazine citation in April 1998.

Much of the terminology below is associated with letterboxing in the US and would be unfamiliar to UK letterboxers.

The growing popularity of the somewhat similar activity of geocaching during the 2000s has increased interest in letterboxing as well.

Common combinations with letterboxing

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • in letterboxing 2×
  • letterboxing in 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "letterboxing" in a sentence?
An example: "The odd aspect ratio means YouTube and NetFlix videos play with giant black bars above and below the content (also known as letterboxing), and Instagram Stories fill the screen, but cuts off the bottom and top of the content." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "letterboxing" from authentic English texts.
What does "letterboxing" mean?
Letterboxing means: present participle and gerund of letterbox
How many example sentences with "letterboxing" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "letterboxing", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.