Manger is an English word with synonyms like trough or container. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Manger in a sentence
Related words
Manger meaning
- A trough in a stable or barn for animals to eat from.
- A section of a bow of a ship partitioned from the hawsehole to keep water out.
Using Manger
- The main meaning on this page is: A trough in a stable or barn for animals to eat from. | A section of a bow of a ship partitioned from the hawsehole to keep water out.
- Useful related words include: trough, container.
- In the example corpus, manger often appears in combinations such as: the manger, in manger, pret manger.
Context around Manger
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 10 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Manger
- In this selection, "manger" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, filled, bar, tom, mary, closed and duncan stand out and add context to how "manger" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in a manger and as the manger. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "manger" sits close to words such as abdulrahman, accessorised and acropolis, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with manger
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Manger Duncan is confident his players can up their game further still. (12 words)
The ones I love to see are things like Away in a Manger. (13 words)
We would have recognized the Savior in that manger, or so we assume. (13 words)
Fourth on the list was Stafford North on the M6, which was praised for its number of charging points, access to a large field and lakeside walk, and the quality of food – in the form of an M&S and Pret a Manger. (43 words)
The congressman took a plea deal, which will have him to pay the maximum fine of $1,000 and write an apology to Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger for the expenses that the force exerted thinking there was a fire on that day. (43 words)
In a sign the millennial-driven obsession with veganism was starting to falter, Pret A Manger closed half of its vegetarian and vegan-only stores in December, admitting many customers don't see themselves as 'full-time veggies'. (38 words)
Did Mary and Joseph have to enter an occupied territory on their way to the stable where the baby Jesus was laid in a manger? (25 words)
Example sentences (20)
Ahead of his return to the hermitage, two weeks before Christmas, Francis asked his friend, Lord of Greccio Giovanni Velita, to prepare a cave with live animals and a hay-filled manger.
Altar of the Child Jesus and the relic of the manger in the Church of St. Catherine (Basilica of the Nativity) in Bethlehem.
Another group came as baby in his manger, Mary and the Three Wise Men.
Bandmate Wayne Sermon says that fans have repeatedly shared their hypotheses about what the phrase is, “Gemini is So Grand,” “Aged Men’s Radio,” “Ragged Insomnia” and “God is in a Manger” are among the guesses.
Christmas is a profoundly Eucharistic feast because Jesus was born in Bethlehem, the “house of bread,” precisely to feed us, lying in a manger for all the hungry to approach.
Did Mary and Joseph have to enter an occupied territory on their way to the stable where the baby Jesus was laid in a manger?
Fourth on the list was Stafford North on the M6, which was praised for its number of charging points, access to a large field and lakeside walk, and the quality of food – in the form of an M&S and Pret a Manger.
From there, the Gospel of the Nativity according to Luke was proclaimed, and the statue of Baby Jesus was placed in the niche, traditionally identified as the manger.
In a sign the millennial-driven obsession with veganism was starting to falter, Pret A Manger closed half of its vegetarian and vegan-only stores in December, admitting many customers don't see themselves as 'full-time veggies'.
In Glasgow, the former bar manger was drawn to the pubs and venues she loved in the city.
It is the birth of the Christ child in the manger and the knowledge that he must die to save us.
Manger Duncan is confident his players can up their game further still.
One of the bystanders, a knight of Greccio named John of Velita, told of a vision of the infant Jesus in the manger as Francis preached.
The congressman took a plea deal, which will have him to pay the maximum fine of $1,000 and write an apology to Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger for the expenses that the force exerted thinking there was a fire on that day.
The fire symbolises that built by the shepherds to warm the baby Jesus in his manger.
The first nativity is said to have been a live event — featuring a hay-lined manger and two animals, an ox and a donkey.
The Highcliffe School Choir performed several tunes on their own such as Child in a Manger Born and In the Bleak Midwinter.
The ones I love to see are things like Away in a Manger.
Upmarket sandwich specialist Pret A Manger has opened a new shop at an east Leeds shopping centre.
We would have recognized the Savior in that manger, or so we assume.
Common combinations with manger
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the manger 14×
- in manger 11×
- pret manger 11×
- manger in 4×
- his manger 4×
- manger square 4×
- manger for 3×
- manger and 3×
- manger has 3×
- manger at 3×