Below you will find example sentences with "rough sleeping". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Rough Sleeping in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: rough
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 28 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 3 start, 8 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "rough sleeping" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 28 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as risk of rough sleeping, bills and rough sleeping on the, homelessness, people and housing stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with sleeping rough, rough sleepers, sleeping bag, sleeping rough, rough sleepers and rough patch, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with rough sleeping
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Since 2010, rough sleeping alone has rocketed by 74 per cent. (11 words)
She also called for improved communication from State bodies to those who are rough sleeping. (15 words)
St Helens Council is to receive £65,000 this Winter to support its efforts to combat rough sleeping. (18 words)
Cllr Berriman said he was inspired to spend a night sleeping rough due to the cost-of-living pressures experienced by so many, as well as rising housing costs and cuts to services – which is causing a spike in rough sleeping across Wales. (43 words)
He was concerned that restrictions on rough sleeping in the city centre were disproportionate to the problem that was trying to be addressed – the obstruction of the footpath and anti-social behaviour creating an unsafe or intimidating environment. (38 words)
The Isle of Wight Council has been successful in securing £288,700 from the government’s Rough Sleeping Initiative to fund a range of measures to help the Island’s rough sleepers find accommodation and support. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Cllr Berriman said he was inspired to spend a night sleeping rough due to the cost-of-living pressures experienced by so many, as well as rising housing costs and cuts to services – which is causing a spike in rough sleeping across Wales.
Other measures the councillors say are urgently needed to prevent a rough sleeping disaster include increasing the homelessness prevention grant and discretionary housing payments, as well as increasing funding for rough sleeping initiatives.
West Norfolk Council recently launched its Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy - the way that the borough plans to address homelessness and rough sleeping person by person.
The Isle of Wight Council has been successful in securing £288,700 from the government’s Rough Sleeping Initiative to fund a range of measures to help the Island’s rough sleepers find accommodation and support.
During PMQs yesterday Prime Minister Rishi Sunak falsely claimed that rough sleeping in the country is down by 35% when challenged by Keir Starmer about rising rates of homelessness.
Rishi Sunak did not accept that his home secretary Suella Braverman’s description of rough sleeping as a “lifestyle choice” was offensive – but did not back her comments.
Rough sleeping is one kind of homelessness, with other situations including someone in temporary accommodation, living in inadequate housing, or staying with family and friends in what is known as sofa-surfing.
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper accused Ms Braverman of picking “a fight over tents” as Labour said ministers were “blaming homeless people rather than themselves” after rough sleeping rose dramatically since 2010.
This would place more than 40 people who have complex support needs at immediate risk of homelessness, with far-reaching and long-lasting consequences for homelessness and rough sleeping in Exeter.
As a result, they “may have not been deemed as priority need” and with little opportunities to source accommodation of their own quickly may be at risk of rough sleeping.
From the Shropshire countryside idyll of breeding sheep and raising children, to brutal winter nights trying to avoid drug addicts and fights while rough sleeping in Shrewsbury town centre.
He said a cross-party agreement to end rough sleeping by the end of the parliament “seems further away than ever”.
He was concerned that restrictions on rough sleeping in the city centre were disproportionate to the problem that was trying to be addressed – the obstruction of the footpath and anti-social behaviour creating an unsafe or intimidating environment.
It will create 35 homes on brownfield land, including 16 move-on homes for people at risk of rough sleeping.
Jamie-Lee Cole, senior communications manager at homelessness and rough sleeping charity The Wallich says: “Temporary accommodation in Wales is creaking.
Looking for somewhere to do voluntary work, Richard was drawn to HHP by its vision of ending rough sleeping in the Harrogate district and providing support for people experiencing homelessness.
Ms Brabin says: "Britain is in the grip of the worst housing crisis in living memory, with millions of working people struggling to afford their mortgages, rents and heating bills, and rough sleeping on the rise.
She also called for improved communication from State bodies to those who are rough sleeping.
Since 2010, rough sleeping alone has rocketed by 74 per cent.
St Helens Council is to receive £65,000 this Winter to support its efforts to combat rough sleeping.