Below you will find example sentences with "social distancing". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Social Distancing in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: distancing
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 147
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 24.4 words

Words in this phrase

social distancing

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • social can mean: Being extroverted or outgoing. Common word
  • distancing can mean: present participle and gerund of distance Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

and not social distancing 1× are available social distancing including masks 1× areas where social distancing is not 1× but social distancing doesn t 1× dislocations of social distancing 1× distancing vs social distancing which emphasizes 1× distancing when social distancing wasn t 1× during mandated social distancing if everyone 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a first year 1× although it may 1× an insider said 1× anderson joked that 1× attendees are asked 1× but social distancing 1×

Common sentence endings:

mean social isolation 2× about social distancing 1× choices this weekend 1× connections are essential 1× contact with anybody 1× distancing among users 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

physical 4× people 4× isolation 3× home 3× same 2× small 2× group 2× practice 2× wear 2× city 2× encourage 2× single 2×

Related phrases

social media social security social sciences social worker physical distancing distancing measures social democrats social isolation social welfare social capital

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around distancing:

physical distancing 18× distancing measures 15× distancing guidelines 10× distancing themselves 9× distancing rules 6× distancing itself 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

social democrats social capital social anxiety soccer tournament soccer team soccer player

Just after it in the phrase index:

social enterprise social housing social interaction social isolation social justice social media

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

social media social security social sciences social worker social democrats social isolation

Same ending:

physical distancing

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "social distancing" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.4 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and not social distancing, are available social distancing including masks, physical, people and isolation stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with social media, social security, social sciences, physical distancing, distancing measures and distancing guidelines, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with social distancing

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

But social distancing doesn’t mean social isolation! (8 words)

Social distancing is actually physical distancing; it does not mean social isolation. (12 words)

Anderson joked that he was social distancing when social distancing wasn’t cool. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

Patel: Social distancing ‘in every single work area’ after lockdownThere will be “new norms” when the UK comes out of lockdown and social distancing will be expected “in every single work area”, the Home Secretary has. (36 words)

If you go in there and you can’t practice social distancing or personal distancing, you have no idea the folks you’re working next to if they’ve come in contact with anybody. (34 words)

Although it may not seem like a big deal to visit a friend’s house during mandated social distancing, if everyone made that same decision, then this is no longer social distancing. (32 words)

Exclamation examples

But social distancing doesn’t mean social isolation! (8 words)

Example sentences (20)

Some, including the WHO, that we should be using the term "physical distancing" vs. "social distancing," which emphasizes a sense of social isolation during a time when social connections are essential.

Although it may not seem like a big deal to visit a friend’s house during mandated social distancing, if everyone made that same decision, then this is no longer social distancing.

Anderson joked that he was social distancing when social distancing wasn’t cool.

An insider said, “Kendall and friends have a small social circle amongst the group, who have been following the same social distancing and physical distancing guidelines.

Attendees are asked to practice social distancing and to wear a mask if social distancing is not possible.

City lifeguards, park patrol and police officers have been monitoring the beaches to encourage social distancing and look for problem areas where social distancing is not being practiced.

He’s of himself “social distancing” while he was not social distancing at all.

Patel: Social distancing ‘in every single work area’ after lockdownThere will be “new norms” when the UK comes out of lockdown and social distancing will be expected “in every single work area”, the Home Secretary has.

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Social distancing is actually physical distancing; it does not mean social isolation.

The Computer Science and Business student’s social distancing simulator is designed to encourage social distancing among users.

Until both a vaccine and drug treatments are available, “social distancing, including masks, gloves, and spacing, is key,” Halstead said, and social distancing on stage would make it impossible to perform.

If you go in there and you can’t practice social distancing or personal distancing, you have no idea the folks you’re working next to if they’ve come in contact with anybody.

Social distancing, or physical distancing, means keeping space between yourself and others outside of your home.

The public address announcer reminded those in attendance, “Please wear face coverings at all times, maintain six feet social distancing” and to comply with proper distancing on the marked stands.

In the early days, this meant people barely left their homes as cities and states implemented stay-at-home orders and social distancing measures which inevitably placed limits on peoples’ social lives.

A first-year student at Cornell posted videos on social media showing a small group of students gathering without masks on, and not social distancing.

But social distancing doesn’t mean social isolation!

But the political, economic and social will to issue another round of sweeping business closures and gathering bans had evaporated as people grew weary of the dislocations of social distancing.

City workers put up to tape to maintain separation between people and social workers will be at the sites to teach people about social distancing.

Gov. Beshear called on reporters and news anchors to post videos about social distancing on social media to help convince their followers to make the right choices this weekend.

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