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

Wound Down in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: wound
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26.7 words

Words in this phrase

wound down

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • wound can mean: An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body. Frequent word
  • down can mean: From a higher position to a lower one; downwards. Very common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 7 start, 6 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

are being wound down 1× as battles wound down he said 1× as practice wound down working with 1× as time wound down rose set 1× bank has wound down its in 1× club career wound down with stints 1× first quarter wound down 1× fpis is wound down within six 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a man of 1× after 6pm north 1× as the clock 1× as the fifth 1× as the game 1× as the potter 1×

Common sentence endings:

1 this year 1× a beloved character 1× about the bullying 1× after eight minutes 1× assistant juwan howard 1× been wound down 1×

Context words

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

career 3× north 2× operations 2× van 2× seasons 2× season 2× single 2× last 2× court 2× alimony 2× fans 2× show 2×

Related phrases

shut down gunshot wound knocked down sat down breaks down stepped down slow down touched down doubled down burned down

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around wound:

gunshot wound 20× stab wound 17× wound care 8× wound healing 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

wound care wouldn stop wouldn let worth pointing worth noting worth exploring

Just after it in the phrase index:

wound healing wrestling team writer john writers guild writing poetry wti crude

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

wound care wound healing

Same ending:

shut down knocked down sat down breaks down stepped down slow down

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "wound down" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 26.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as are being wound down, as battles wound down he said, career, north and operations stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with shut down, gunshot wound, knocked down, gunshot wound, stab wound and wound care, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with wound down

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

Short example sentences

Unfortunately, as part of the process the company’s activities are being wound down. (14 words)

After 6pm, North Wales Police confirmed that operations at the site had been wound down. (15 words)

My upper lip was stitched and I had a gaping open wound down to my teeth. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Pat Perez of north Denver was the first person in a line that ended in the Mountain States Toyota parking lot, but wound down 70th Avenue and around Broadway by the time Adams County’s Operation Freebird opened at 10 a.m. Nov. 23. (44 words)

So much so that Deniro had to go back to court to beg for a hefty alimony reduction claiming he would have wound down his career much earlier if it wasn't for the massive alimony he has to pay. (40 words)

As the fifth season of the HBO mob drama wound down in spring 2004, gossip magazines breathlessly devoted “will they/won’t they” ink from “inside sources” weighing in on whether the show would kill such a beloved character. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

After 6pm, North Wales Police confirmed that operations at the site had been wound down.

A man of his word, Ferguson sold Van Nistelrooy to that very summer, where he spent four seasons before his club career wound down with stints at Hamburg and Malaga.

As the game wound down, Highland’s Max Erickson added a 7-yard rushing touchdown, securing a convincing 35-6 victory for the Rams and improving their season record to 3-2.

In Antakya, lots of of excavators stuffed dump vehicles which moved on in single file as operations to search out survivors wound down.

Once the private prom has wound down and everyone but Charlie has left, Nick at last coaxes his boyfriend to talk about the bullying.

So much so that Deniro had to go back to court to beg for a hefty alimony reduction claiming he would have wound down his career much earlier if it wasn't for the massive alimony he has to pay.

The Irish fans then took the show over, belting out “The Fields of Athenry” as the clock wound down, until hooker Rob Herring interrupting their singing with a final try which Byrne converted.

Thereafter he wound down his career with Morton for a couple of seasons before retiring in 1973.

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Unfortunately, as part of the process the company’s activities are being wound down.

As the clock wound down to end the period, the Leafs fans lustily booed their team off the ice.

As the fifth season of the HBO mob drama wound down in spring 2004, gossip magazines breathlessly devoted “will they/won’t they” ink from “inside sources” weighing in on whether the show would kill such a beloved character.

As the Potter saga wound down, Grint decided to live out his childhood dream and splashed out on his very own ice cream van.

As time wound down, Rose set up Mutagoma for a layup and the Knights held an 18-15 advantage after eight minutes.

Australia's fifth-largest, Macquarie Bank, has wound down its in-person services and made the switch to a digital only bank as of November 1 this year.

Injured Day’Ron Sharpe, who turned 23 on Wednesday, was on the court as practice wound down working with assistant Juwan Howard.

My upper lip was stitched and I had a gaping open wound down to my teeth.

Pat Perez of north Denver was the first person in a line that ended in the Mountain States Toyota parking lot, but wound down 70th Avenue and around Broadway by the time Adams County’s Operation Freebird opened at 10 a.m. Nov. 23.

Speedy rebel advances are “a reminder of how weak the regime is and, perhaps, how they have grown complacent in the last couple of years” as battles wound down, he said.

West Bladen sophomore guard Jackson Pait hit a three and junior center Chase Williams spun his defender in the post to go ahead 12-7 as the first quarter wound down.

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