Explore Mothballs through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Mothballs meaning
plural of mothball
Using Mothballs
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of mothball
- In the example corpus, mothballs often appears in combinations such as: mothballs and, of mothballs, the mothballs.
Context around Mothballs
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mothballs
- In this selection, "mothballs" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ever stand out and add context to how "mothballs" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include battleships in mothballs since world and go into mothballs the victim. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mothballs" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mothballs
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He repeated the experiment with 40 or 50 mothballs. (9 words)
Three such older carriers were modified, and the Iowa-class again stayed in mothballs. (14 words)
There are people who could make far better use of government properties than the mothballs ever will. (17 words)
The four -class battleships, in mothballs since World War II, were briefly reactivated during the Korean War to provide gunfire support for U.N. forces—and retired after the war was over. (32 words)
The production and shipment of camphor (used in herbal medicines and mothballs) was then a significant industry on the island, lasting up to and including the period of Japanese rule. (30 words)
Tag team champs Finn Balor and JD McDonagh finally took the belts out of mothballs and overcame a spirited effort (and miscommunication) from all-time greats New Day. (28 words)
Example sentences (12)
Scotty joked that a better use for mothballs is to use them as they were intended in order to keep the creatures from eating clothes.
Tag team champs Finn Balor and JD McDonagh finally took the belts out of mothballs and overcame a spirited effort (and miscommunication) from all-time greats New Day.
There are people who could make far better use of government properties than the mothballs ever will.
A simple solution is to cover your exhaust pipe with steel wool and to place some mothballs along the perimeter of your car.
During the workup to her second tour her crew learned that the ship was scheduled to once again go into mothballs, the victim of cost cutting.
The four -class battleships, in mothballs since World War II, were briefly reactivated during the Korean War to provide gunfire support for U.N. forces—and retired after the war was over.
Three such older carriers were modified, and the Iowa-class again stayed in mothballs.
Trudeau, who began using medical marijuana to manage a seizure disorder, compared the pot’s flavor to a mix of mothballs and tropical fruit.
Trump’s stupid and futile effort with Ukraine gave his enemies the chance to take it out of the mothballs.
He repeated the experiment with 40 or 50 mothballs.
Maybe you heard it from your weird roommate who smelled like mothballs and had a very active Etsy account.
The production and shipment of camphor (used in herbal medicines and mothballs) was then a significant industry on the island, lasting up to and including the period of Japanese rule.
Common combinations with mothballs
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- mothballs and 3×
- of mothballs 2×
- the mothballs 2×
- in mothballs 2×