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Mangy in a sentence

Mangy meaning

  1. Afflicted, or looking as if afflicted, with mange.
  2. Worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit.
  3. Contemptible, despicable, low.

Synonyms of Mangy

mangey worn

Related words

Other words often associated with Mangy or its synonyms:

battered raddled creaky eroded woebegone derelict eared aged decrepit

Using Mangy

  • The main meaning on this page is: Afflicted, or looking as if afflicted, with mange. | Worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit. | Contemptible, despicable, low.
  • Useful related words include: mangey, worn.
  • In the example corpus, mangy often appears in combinations such as: the mangy, and mangy, mangy little.

Context around Mangy

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

know 1× stubborn 1×

Often after:

little 2× old 2× fur 1× cats 1× tail 1× lover 1×

Sentence patterns with Mangy

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

are the mangy tail that 1× boots and mangy fur coats 1× it s mangy then it 1× of a mangy lover 1963 1× pastel the mangy little dog 1× roads and mangy cats of 1× s the mangy little dog 1× some stubborn mangy old bull 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

taylor faulkner s 2× despite his lack 1× i thought i 1× the mean roads 1× the women wear 1× white haired and 1×

Common sentence endings:

a human hand 1× and looming usurpation 1× charcoal on paper 1× coloration is moot 1× conservatively wide ties 1× mangy lover 1963 1×

Words around Mangy

Just before it in the word index:

mangwiro 8 mangwenjere 2 mangwendeza 2 mangwe 3 mangwana 19 mangut 2

Just after it in the word index:

manh 5 manha 3 manhandle 8 manhandled 49 manhandles 2 manhandling 12

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 12 abacos 12 abboud 12 abdelkader 12 abdomens 12 abdou 12

Corpus analysis for Mangy

  • In this selection, "mangy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, know, stubborn, little, old and fur stand out and add context to how "mangy" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include are the mangy tail that and boots and mangy fur coats. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "mangy" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with mangy

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

Taylor Faulkner’s "The Mangy Little Dog” is made from pastel and charcoal on paper. (15 words)

If it's mangy, then it has little-to-no fur, and coloration is moot. (15 words)

The women wear black slips, combat boots and mangy fur coats; the men, gray suits and conservatively wide ties. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

The mean roads and mangy cats of Stephen King’s “Pet Sematary” are back from the dead in Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer’s vividly acted, blandly condensed remake of Mary Lambert’s 1989 movie, adapted from King’s 1983 novel. (41 words)

White-haired and shabbily cardigan-ed, inhabiting his chair like some stubborn mangy old bull, Holm extracted all the gleeful comedy in the part without losing the pathos of Max’s decline and looming usurpation. (35 words)

I thought I was playing a kind of, you know, mangy old cat who didn’t have much fur who was at the end of her life. (27 words)

Example sentences (9)

The women wear black slips, combat boots and mangy fur coats; the men, gray suits and conservatively wide ties.

Taylor Faulkner’s pastel “The Mangy Little Dog” is a comic-like rendering of a chihuahua snapping his teeth at a human hand.

Taylor Faulkner’s "The Mangy Little Dog” is made from pastel and charcoal on paper.

I thought I was playing a kind of, you know, mangy old cat who didn’t have much fur who was at the end of her life.

White-haired and shabbily cardigan-ed, inhabiting his chair like some stubborn mangy old bull, Holm extracted all the gleeful comedy in the part without losing the pathos of Max’s decline and looming usurpation.

The mean roads and mangy cats of Stephen King’s “Pet Sematary” are back from the dead in Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer’s vividly acted, blandly condensed remake of Mary Lambert’s 1989 movie, adapted from King’s 1983 novel.

Because we are the big dog and they are the mangy tail that would wag us, the Kremlin tried to influence us via Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat.

If it's mangy, then it has little-to-no fur, and coloration is moot.

Despite his lack of formal education, he wrote many books, including his autobiography, Groucho and Me (1959) and Memoirs of a Mangy Lover (1963).

Common combinations with mangy

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "mangy" in a sentence?
An example: "The women wear black slips, combat boots and mangy fur coats; the men, gray suits and conservatively wide ties." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "mangy" from authentic English texts.
What does "mangy" mean?
Mangy means: Afflicted, or looking as if afflicted, with mange.
What are synonyms of "mangy"?
Common synonyms of "mangy" include: mangey, worn.
How many example sentences with "mangy" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "mangy", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.