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Occupying is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Occupying in a sentence

Occupying | Occupy

Occupying meaning

present participle and gerund of occupy

Using Occupying

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of occupy
  • In the example corpus, occupying often appears in combinations such as: occupying the, the occupying, an occupying.

Context around Occupying

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 11 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Occupying

  • In this selection, "occupying" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, specialties, soldiers, biggleswade, russian, forces and essential stand out and add context to how "occupying" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include an occupying military force and and the occupying country s. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "occupying" sits close to words such as admired, canterbury and dough, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with occupying

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Israel was genocidal; Israel was an apartheid state; Israel was illegally occupying Palestine. (13 words)

Agbebaku said: “these seats we are occupying are not for us but for Edo people. (15 words)

And the occupying country's (Russia's) leadership is ready for such losses," Cherniak said. (15 words)

A servicewomen cries as she lays flowers to commemorate those killed in the war, as the city marks one year since Ukraine retook the city of Kherson from occupying Russian forces in Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. (38 words)

But soon after Russian forces pulled back from Kyiv, Ukraine launched a lightning double-pronged counterattack in the north and south of the country, and Kharkiv was later liberated from Putin's occupying forces. (34 words)

Above all else, ensure that the faculty members teaching are qualified professionals with actual nursing experience, should current practitioners who have already navigated their way through varying complex specialties occupying essential roles today. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

Above all else, ensure that the faculty members teaching are qualified professionals with actual nursing experience, should current practitioners who have already navigated their way through varying complex specialties occupying essential roles today.

According to the book “Historical Catalogue of the University of Mississippi 1849-1909,” which was compiled by UM,the university would also be saved by the soldiers occupying it.

Agbebaku said: “these seats we are occupying are not for us but for Edo people.

And the occupying country's (Russia's) leadership is ready for such losses," Cherniak said.

An occupying military force like Israel transferring civilian populations into occupied territory such as the West Bank is a war crime under the Fourth Geneva Convention.

A proposed investment of about £100,000 would provide two 50kW units for Biggleswade occupying four spaces in the Mill Lane car park, according to a report to the town council.

A servicewomen cries as she lays flowers to commemorate those killed in the war, as the city marks one year since Ukraine retook the city of Kherson from occupying Russian forces in Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023.

A woman died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023 when a large tree fell on the SUV she was occupying at an Anaheim park.

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Bucha is on the outskirts of and is an area where war crimes were allegedly carried out by the Kremlin’s occupying forces.

Bucha, outside Kyiv, is the site of a mass grave that was filled with the bodies of civilians murdered by occupying Russian troops.

But soon after Russian forces pulled back from Kyiv, Ukraine launched a lightning double-pronged counterattack in the north and south of the country, and Kharkiv was later liberated from Putin's occupying forces.

Chief operating officer Mark Mould said there were still too many people occupying beds when they were ready to leave hospital.

During the Second World War, occupying Nazis behaved in a not dissimilar manner as Israel towards the occupied nation of Palestine.

Ejercito said he was aghast that some Filipinos are even willing to side with “those who are occupying” the territory of the Philippines.

For one thing, it was forced onto users, occupying their screen real estate without their permission.

He had already crossed the age limit that had been prescribed by the BJP for occupying positions when he took over as CM in 2019.

He says Russian troops can’t count on such support in Ukraine, and he has heard of cases of tainted food being given to occupying Russians.

If they see that it is, they will unite on the basis of occupying the same class.

Israel, having withdrawn from Gaza in 2005 and showing no intention of returning as an occupying force, is cautious about such a scenario.

Israel was genocidal; Israel was an apartheid state; Israel was illegally occupying Palestine.

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Common combinations with occupying

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "occupying" in a sentence?
An example: "Above all else, ensure that the faculty members teaching are qualified professionals with actual nursing experience, should current practitioners who have already navigated their way through varying complex specialties occupying essential roles today." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "occupying" from authentic English texts.
What does "occupying" mean?
Occupying means: present participle and gerund of occupy
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