Napping is an English word with synonyms like unready. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Napping meaning
present participle and gerund of nap
Synonyms of Napping
Using Napping
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of nap
- Useful related words include: off-guard, off guard, off one's guard, off his guard.
- In the example corpus, napping often appears in combinations such as: caught napping, napping and, and napping.
Context around Napping
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 1 questions, 2 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Napping
- In this selection, "napping" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 18.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, caught, baby, defence, instead, although and day stand out and add context to how "napping" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a baby napping and about baby napping instead of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "napping" sits close to words such as abducting, accentuate and accomplishes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with napping
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Avoid napping for too long. (5 words)
March 13 is National Napping Day! (6 words)
Relief for Ireland, who had been caught napping. (8 words)
Gwangi is brought into town in an enormous wooden cage apparently erected in the week that he was napping, and Bromley tells Zorina — from a literal high horse — that “he’s no more evil than an alligator! (37 words)
The results showed those with the "napping gene", who take daytime snoozes, had larger total brain volume than those who didn’t, which equated to between 2.6 and 6.5 fewer years of ageing. (35 words)
Share the play pin with the kids who spend their time relishing the attention, fighting over napping spots, getting random zoomies, or having a tasty snack — whether it be clothing or grass. (32 words)
What about baby-napping (instead of a baby, napping)? (9 words)
Gwangi is brought into town in an enormous wooden cage apparently erected in the week that he was napping, and Bromley tells Zorina — from a literal high horse — that “he’s no more evil than an alligator! (37 words)
March 13 is National Napping Day! (6 words)
Example sentences (20)
What about baby-napping (instead of a baby, napping)?
A driven corner from Liam Renton then caught the home defence napping but Craig Johnstone’s shot came off the bar.
Albeit, another time, it incorrectly suspect me of napping — although I had been reclining and not moving for a while which presumably confused the algorithms.
Blades are caught napping in front of their goal, and Gallagher springs the offside trap by seeing Egan is keeping them onside.
Gwangi is brought into town in an enormous wooden cage apparently erected in the week that he was napping, and Bromley tells Zorina — from a literal high horse — that “he’s no more evil than an alligator!
Ireland will be kicking themselves for being caught napping so early.
March 13 is National Napping Day!
My kids' rooms seemed to get SO hot when they were napping and tower fans became one of my favorite parenting items.
Share the play pin with the kids who spend their time relishing the attention, fighting over napping spots, getting random zoomies, or having a tasty snack — whether it be clothing or grass.
Sleeping experts have debunked several popular myths around sleeping, from counting sheep to napping and waking up sleepwalkers.
The Glens carved out another good chance just before the interval when goalkeeper Aaron McCarey’s long clearance caught the United defence napping.
The researchers, however, caution that napping cannot serve as a substitute for prolonged sleep deprivation.
The results showed those with the "napping gene", who take daytime snoozes, had larger total brain volume than those who didn’t, which equated to between 2.6 and 6.5 fewer years of ageing.
Whatever the fabric, flannel gets its softness by being brushed on either or both sides to raise its fibers—a process called napping.
At about 2:30 p.m. I was napping at home.
Avoid napping for too long.
Favourite activities: Betty enjoys the simple things in life: eating and napping.
Its head was turned, its bill across its back in normal napping fashion.
Relief for Ireland, who had been caught napping.
That was the curfew put in place by my parents on most school nights to prevent me from napping through the following morning’s pre-algebra.
Common combinations with napping
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- caught napping 11×
- napping and 6×
- and napping 5×
- napping on 5×
- was napping 4×
- were napping 3×
- that napping 3×
- napping at 3×
- defence napping 2×
- napping in 2×