Explore Maiming through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Maiming meaning
present participle and gerund of maim
Using Maiming
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of maim
- In the example corpus, maiming often appears in combinations such as: maiming and, and maiming, killing maiming.
Context around Maiming
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 10 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Maiming
- In this selection, "maiming" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, killing, civilians, vehicular, babies, click and hundreds stand out and add context to how "maiming" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include been killing maiming and extorting and boast of maiming and trying. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "maiming" sits close to words such as abbeys, abundances and aced, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with maiming
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I’m sick of the shootings, maiming, neglect, or torture everywhere. (11 words)
But, there are other tools that don’t involve killing/maiming; click here. (13 words)
Israel continues to wage war on Iran, killing and maiming defenseless Palestinians with impunity. (14 words)
At least two babies might still be alive if senior executives at the Countess of Chester Hospital had heeded the warnings of paediatricians on the unit where was killing or maiming babies, it can be revealed today. (37 words)
A statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu said the order had become necessary in view of the fact that the bandits had been killing, maiming and extorting innocent citizens. (36 words)
He emphasised that until Nigeria takes into proper cognisance, its environmental peculiarities, the search for majoritarian democracy would continue to encourage maiming, killing, and making widows and widowers out of Nigerian politics. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
At least two babies might still be alive if senior executives at the Countess of Chester Hospital had heeded the warnings of paediatricians on the unit where was killing or maiming babies, it can be revealed today.
But, there are other tools that don’t involve killing/maiming; click here.
It didn’t last and multiple wars ensued: killing some 940,000 people – many of them civilians – maiming hundreds of thousands more for life and displacing 38 million people.
Season 1 is the story of the people who worked tirelessly for years to bring Dr. Christopher Duntsch, an American neurosurgeon convicted of maiming and mutilating multiple patients, to justice.
Two weeks earlier, she came home weeping to her mother after having witnessed the vehicular maiming of a duck that was crossing the street with a line of her ducklings.
Despite the dangers, gang members still boast of maiming and trying to kill each other in TikTok raps.
It was a period of wailing and gnashing of teeth as terrorists laid siege to many villages in Abuja FCT, Niger, Nasarawa and Plateau states, killing, maiming, and burning houses.
Although no pictures of the killing and maiming at the Lekki Toll Gate have surfaced, the horror was globally experienced.
At the same time, the Joker is hunting the handful of cops using Nightwing’s old costumes; he is either maiming or killing them.
He emphasised that until Nigeria takes into proper cognisance, its environmental peculiarities, the search for majoritarian democracy would continue to encourage maiming, killing, and making widows and widowers out of Nigerian politics.
Israel continues to wage war on Iran, killing and maiming defenseless Palestinians with impunity.
Nigeria has seen fiery darts of the sect in bombings, throat slithering, broad day maiming and other heinous crimes against humanity.
Police and counter-terrorism organisations believe Violet exited Kenya through Mandera on the day her husband and four others were maiming and slaying people at the complex.
Whatever you think of her being cast as Cleopatra, never forget that Gal Gadot proudly served (and continues to support) a colonial army notorious for maiming and murdering civilians.
A statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu said the order had become necessary in view of the fact that the bandits had been killing, maiming and extorting innocent citizens.
Firstly, Selina is far more brutal than he is, and Batman has occasionally had to stop her from maiming someone.
I’m sick of the shootings, maiming, neglect, or torture everywhere.
Meanwhile, medical doctors wanted documents proving his legal sex change because they did not want to be held responsible for “maiming” a patient, he says.
A young South African man convicted of slaying his wealthy parents and brother and maiming his sister in a frenzied axe attack was handed three life sentences on Thursday.
It is public knowledge that armed Fulani terror herdsmen has been on rampage, killing and maiming people in their homes, also setting many ablaze, while destroying farm crops and produce.
Common combinations with maiming
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- maiming and 11×
- and maiming 10×
- killing maiming 4×
- of maiming 3×
- maiming of 3×
- maiming or 2×
- for maiming 2×
- killings maiming 2×