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

Started Getting in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: started
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 21.9 words

Words in this phrase

started getting

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • started can mean: simple past and past participle of start Common word
  • getting can mean: present participle and gerund of get Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

air packs started getting low and 1× and it started getting end to 1× and it started getting intense 1× and she started getting a bit 1× and things started getting better and 1× as tsvetanov started getting more of 1× fame photos started getting traction again 1× grow sponsors started getting interested and 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after covid we 1× as tsvetanov started 1× compensation payments to 1× decades later the 1× i started getting 1× i think they 1×

Common sentence endings:

a huge comeback 1× a way back 1× alarm started sounding 1× and demeaning her 1× and tonsil aches 1× began stacking points 1×

Context words

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

game 2× making 2× bit 2× ball 2× bodies 2× end 2× hand 2× people 2× newsletters 2× year 2× water 2× tied 2×

Related phrases

getting bigger getting stuck getting better getting worse getting closer getting harder getting stronger started dating getting ready started playing

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around started:

started playing 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

started dating start talking start collecting starring role stark contrast star wars

Just after it in the phrase index:

started playing started searching started throwing starting lineup starting quarterback stated earlier

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

started dating started playing started throwing started searching

Same ending:

aren getting

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "started getting" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 21.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as air packs started getting low and, and it started getting end to, game, making and bit stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with getting bigger, getting stuck, getting better and started playing, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with started getting

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

Short example sentences

So, I started touring and it started getting intense. (9 words)

But as the hole started getting bigger, the habits started slipping. (11 words)

The air packs started getting low and the alarm started sounding. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

He said: "She started facing this toxic environment and she started getting a bit more worried and tearful and sometimes when she was coming back from work will say that people are belittling her and demeaning her. (37 words)

Naismith added: “The game was getting a bit more stretched, we weren’t keeping the ball when we should be, because they were committing more bodies forward and it started getting end to end. (34 words)

Right in front of my house that is where the police brutality started I started getting beat up by these officers, they have witness because there are people who videoed what took place. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

But as the game started to grow, sponsors started getting interested and Mizuno - who had just started making small leather boots - started to sponsor me.

Naismith added: “The game was getting a bit more stretched, we weren’t keeping the ball when we should be, because they were committing more bodies forward and it started getting end to end.

Then what happened, by making weird turns and this and that, my hand was getting tight and then I started getting pain in the tendons… everything was starting to get worse.

He said: "She started facing this toxic environment and she started getting a bit more worried and tearful and sometimes when she was coming back from work will say that people are belittling her and demeaning her.

But as the hole started getting bigger, the habits started slipping.

I think they’re doomed, because I started signing up for newsletters and paying for newsletters as soon as my friends started getting laid off.

Compensation payments to states started getting delayed since October last year as GST revenues started to slow down.

Right in front of my house that is where the police brutality started I started getting beat up by these officers, they have witness because there are people who videoed what took place.

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So, I started touring and it started getting intense.

The air packs started getting low and the alarm started sounding.

Some years back, the water used to be very clean but when companies started sprouting up in Nairobi, the water started getting dirty,” Mr Luka said.

When crime started getting out of hand here, they started finding bodies on the street with their hands tied behind their back and then legs tied, shot, and disposed of like garbage.

After Covid we were able to return to the unit and things started getting better and ever since then we made a huge comeback.

And then when demand, predictably, returned to normal they started getting rid of all those new employees again.

As Tsvetanov started getting more of the ball, Bengaluru found a way back.

Decades later, the Walk of Fame photos started getting traction again.

However, she then started getting ear infections, sinus infections and tonsil aches.

I started getting my days mixed up on Wednesday & Thursday this week.

I was a preteen in the late 2000s, and I received unsolicited comments from my older siblings (who had the same brows!) and classmates when I started getting unibrow hairs.

Miller only started getting a look on the second unit later in the season, right around the time when the 23-year-old began stacking points.

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