Levelling is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Levelling in a sentence
Related words
Levelling meaning
present participle and gerund of level
Using Levelling
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of level
- In the example corpus, levelling often appears in combinations such as: levelling up, for levelling, the levelling.
Context around Levelling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Levelling
- In this selection, "levelling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, urged, centre, series, down, victory and threats stand out and add context to how "levelling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include department for levelling up housing and government s levelling up fund. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "levelling" sits close to words such as academies, ambushed and appease, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with levelling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
We will be ‘Levelling Down’, not ‘Levelling Up’. (8 words)
Corby town centre levelling up projects including sixth form centre and communit. (12 words)
Departmental Records Officer and Chief Librarian, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. (13 words)
Councillor Handley, two weeks into her term as leader of the council, has already met with the Minister for Levelling-Up, Dehenna Davison MP, and made clear to the minister that the East Riding wants the best deal ‘not a second-rate agreement’. (43 words)
Democratic transparency and participation have grown in ways that the Founders couldn’t have imagined, extending long-overdue rights and liberties but also levelling the speed bumps they put in place to promote thoughtful deliberation by elites. (37 words)
At the event, which was hosted by the secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities, Michael Gove, the Llandyrnog village shop was among other community projects across the UK which were celebrated. (34 words)
Has Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove been taking a particular interest in health matters since catching the eye of firecracker Dr Saira Ghafur, from the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London? (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Levelling Up secretary Michael Gove said: “Levelling Up means delivering local people’s priorities and bringing transformational change in communities that have, for too long, been overlooked and undervalued.
We will be ‘Levelling Down’, not ‘Levelling Up’.
A heritage building in Hull city centre will be brought back to life with support from Levelling Up Funding.
And yesterday Mr Hollobone urged levelling-up minister Jacob Young to make sure the project won funding.
A total of 111 areas across the have been awarded money from the second round of the government's Levelling Up Fund.
Attendees included Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Michael Gove – one of the strongest advocates for the ‘Leave’ campaign – and Labour’s shadow foreign secretary David Lammy, who was staunchly pro-Remain.
At the event, which was hosted by the secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities, Michael Gove, the Llandyrnog village shop was among other community projects across the UK which were celebrated.
Back in March, Sefton Council were selected for funding by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to receive £20m funding after previous failed attempts.
Corby town centre levelling up projects including sixth form centre and communit.
Councillor Handley, two weeks into her term as leader of the council, has already met with the Minister for Levelling-Up, Dehenna Davison MP, and made clear to the minister that the East Riding wants the best deal ‘not a second-rate agreement’.
Councillor Ian Brookfield said the city's two failed bids to the Government's Levelling Up Fund were likely to have cost the authority £60,000 to put together.
Delapre Abbey Preservation Trust is thrilled to announce that we have been awarded an allocation of funding from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities through the Community Ownership Fund.
Democratic transparency and participation have grown in ways that the Founders couldn’t have imagined, extending long-overdue rights and liberties but also levelling the speed bumps they put in place to promote thoughtful deliberation by elites.
Departmental Records Officer and Chief Librarian, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities figures show 576 households in Dudley were estimated to be homeless and were owed a relief duty, which requires housing authorities to help them secure accommodation.
Director, Ukraine Humanitarian Taskforce and Refugee Resettlement and Asylum Support, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
England need six wickets for a series-levelling victory to set up a Kia Oval decider next week.
Explaining he could be heard levelling threats against the couple and their pet dog, Ms Oliver said: “Peter described being in bed when he answered the door.
Figures from the Department for Levelling up, Housing and Communities showed that the number of rough sleepers in the city hit 27 in autumn last year, up from nine the year before.
Has Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove been taking a particular interest in health matters since catching the eye of firecracker Dr Saira Ghafur, from the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London?
Common combinations with levelling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- levelling up 108×
- for levelling 25×
- the levelling 20×
- levelling the 15×
- of levelling 12×
- government levelling 9×
- levelling off 8×
- to levelling 8×
- be levelling 6×
- and levelling 6×