Below you will find example sentences with "sleeping rough". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Sleeping Rough in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: rough
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 12
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 27.9 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "sleeping rough" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as population are sleeping rough, 150 people sleeping rough in the, people, city and services stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with rough sleepers, sleeping bag, sleeping beauty, rough sleepers, rough patch and rough seas, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with sleeping rough
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Meanwhile, eight of the total homeless population are sleeping rough. (10 words)
Meanwhile, five of the total homeless population are sleeping rough. (10 words)
He was sleeping rough after his relationship with the mother of his daughter came to an end. (17 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)
Halifax councillors have approved a list of parks where new designated homeless encampments could go as a "pressure release," because the handful of current sites are overcrowded and only hold about half of the 150 people sleeping rough in the city. (41 words)
On this scheme, the response from the Executive said: “Since 2015 the Council has commissioned a short term accommodation service to help people who are sleeping rough or at risk of sleeping rough in the district. (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.
On this scheme, the response from the Executive said: “Since 2015 the Council has commissioned a short term accommodation service to help people who are sleeping rough or at risk of sleeping rough in the district.
According to government figures, there’s an average of two people sleeping rough in Winchester but the pastors suspect it is higher.
A report to the city council's cabinet in November stated that the last physical count of people sleeping rough took place in September, when 27 people were identified.
But instead, the housing crisis means he is just one of a growing number of people sleeping rough after being squeezed out of the market.
Meanwhile, eight of the total homeless population are sleeping rough.
Meanwhile, five of the total homeless population are sleeping rough.
Mohamed Mohamud, 34, who is sleeping rough in Tottenham Court Road near Oxford Street has experienced similar problems to Kathy.
Mrs Braverman gave an interview criticising Mr Sunak after he sacked her in the wake of her suggesting people sleeping rough was a “lifestyle choice” and her accusing police of bias over pro-Palestine rallies.
Officials would use the same response they used with other vulnerable residents "sleeping rough" in the community, including having Regina Fire & Protective Services monitor their health and safety.
THE CEO OF the Irish Refugee Council has said that the charity has “grave concerns” for the safety of asylum seekers sleeping rough in Dublin city.
The Ward 4 councillor has been critical in the past of SafeSpace London and of the city's response to homelessness, including plans to open neighbourhood hubs with services and supports for those sleeping rough.
Tragically, however, after struggling to find a job he’s ended up sleeping rough, spending his nights at times in Pimlico and nearby Victoria by Westminster Cathedral.
But it’s better than how struggling New Orleans residents sleeping rough outside the Superdome were treated a few weeks ago for her last stop on home soil.
Halifax councillors have approved a list of parks where new designated homeless encampments could go as a "pressure release," because the handful of current sites are overcrowded and only hold about half of the 150 people sleeping rough in the city.
He was found sleeping rough and was taken to A&E before being transferred to Hollins Park Hospital in Winwick, where he was sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983.
He was sleeping rough after his relationship with the mother of his daughter came to an end.
James Kennedy began sleeping rough after telling a nurse at Hairmyers Hospital in Lanarkshire that he believed he could hear Joanne Gallacher’s thoughts and that she was going to attack him as he slept.
Last year, figures from London Councils, a cross-party group representing the capital's local authorities showed Over 4,000 people were recorded as sleeping rough on the capital's streets between July and September.
Murphy, who had been sleeping rough in the area to be near his children, was forced at gunpoint to empty his pockets, the court was told.