Below you will find example sentences with "cutting off". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Cutting Off in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: cutting
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 12
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 24.6 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "cutting off" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and considered cutting off the boy, but cutting off hamas completely, supply, man and supplies stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with off balls, laid off, pull off, cutting down, cutting board and ribbon cutting, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with cutting off
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
But cutting off Hamas completely will likely be impossible. (9 words)
But cutting off supplies, cutting off heat, cutting off water to civilians. (12 words)
Cutting off wood and hauling it to Poughkeepsie and other places was quite an important business. (16 words)
A dozen inches of rain flooded Georgetown's downtown, trapping cars and cutting off streets, while the storm spun off a tornado in Horry County that damaged homes in Forestbrook and Socastee. (32 words)
They performed various experiments to test the theory, such as removing the ovaries of females (cutting off their supply of estrogen) and castrating male mice (cutting off their supply of testosterone). (31 words)
Because addiction was viewed as a medical problem rather than an indulgence, doctors were permitted to allow patients to wean themselves off opiates rather than cutting off any opiate use altogether. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
But cutting off supplies, cutting off heat, cutting off water to civilians.
They performed various experiments to test the theory, such as removing the ovaries of females (cutting off their supply of estrogen) and castrating male mice (cutting off their supply of testosterone).
A dozen inches of rain flooded Georgetown's downtown, trapping cars and cutting off streets, while the storm spun off a tornado in Horry County that damaged homes in Forestbrook and Socastee.
In China, the world’s second-largest economy, cities have been shut off, flights cancelled and factories closed, cutting off supply lines crucial to international businesses.
She suffered a traumatic brain injury after her head bounced off the tarmac, causing the organ to swell and press against her skull, cutting off oxygen and blood.
Fortunately, the occupier was alerted by a smoke detector and quickly turned off the stove, cutting off the source of the flames.
Police: Man Detoxing From Alcohol Cuts Off GenitalsPolice say a Washington State man was taken to the hospital after cutting off his own testicles with a pocket knife.
Because addiction was viewed as a medical problem rather than an indulgence, doctors were permitted to allow patients to wean themselves off opiates rather than cutting off any opiate use altogether.
After revealing her face, however, the CCP arrested her family members in China and forced her father to sign cutting off contact with his daughter.
And all of the intrigue and drama and cutting off of metaphorical heads is done, you're absolutely right, Genese, behind closed doors.
But cutting off Hamas completely will likely be impossible.
But what really made it deadly—and virtually unkillable—was its unique power of regeneration where cutting off one head would result in two more heads growing back in its place.
By cutting off the episode before Naruto engages Pain in battle, the cliffhanger signals the duel won't be simple; it will be a gripping showdown.
Cutting off wood and hauling it to Poughkeepsie and other places was quite an important business.
Earlier in the day, high winds crumpled cell phone towers, cutting off communications in much of the area.
Gift Kanyoza, a 29-year-old man from Phalombe, has been found guilty by a magistrate court for cutting off his own biological son’s private parts.
He said there was a risk of two threatening wildfires merging and cutting off the highway out of town.
Israel launched retaliatory strikes and ordered a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip, home to more than 2 million people, cutting off supplies of water, food, and fuel.
MMA is a star driven business, lowballing and cutting off one of your big stars when it’s uncertain how good a Mcgregor for example will be upon returning is foolish.
Prosecutors alleged during a 2016 bond hearing that Doty told other inmates that he shot Tyshawn and considered cutting off the boy’s fingers and ears, the Tribune reported.