How do you use Piggy in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like porcine or swinish, plus the exact meaning.
Piggy in a sentence
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Piggy meaning
- A pig (the animal).
- A guinea pig.
- A toe.
Synonyms of Piggy
Using Piggy
- The main meaning on this page is: A pig (the animal). | A guinea pig. | A toe.
- Useful related words include: hoggish, piggish, porcine, swinish.
- In the example corpus, piggy often appears in combinations such as: piggy bank, miss piggy, the piggy.
Context around Piggy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Piggy
- In this selection, "piggy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, miss, devin, yuh, bank, backing and stardust stand out and add context to how "piggy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as a piggy bank to and beard as piggy stardust confronted. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "piggy" sits close to words such as advani, afi and allred, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with piggy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Thus, the opposition’s concern and piggy-backing! (8 words)
It appears as if it was used like a piggy bank by the Noticees,” the notice says. (17 words)
One little piggy went to West Valley Wildlife Management Area and birthed a litter of littler piggies. (17 words)
This week, as part of the L-istrina BOV l-Istrina Piggy Bank Campaign, Mrs Miriam Vella visited Gozitan students in the schools of Ghajnsielem, Xaghra, the Victoria Secondary School, and the Bishop’s Conservatory Junior School in Victoria. (39 words)
Later that day he broke into a woman’s flat and stole around £200 she kept in a piggy bank for her children, along with a number of collectable 50p pieces she had been saving for them. (37 words)
For a virus that causes infection by piggy-backing on droplets of moisture coming out of someone's airways, like Covid-19, its ability to float in the air is critical for infecting people. (34 words)
Thus, the opposition’s concern and piggy-backing! (8 words)
Example sentences (20)
Disgusting,” "Miss Piggy,” “she was the winner and she gained a massive amount of weight, and it was a real problem for us.
Finally, Coach Beard (as Piggy Stardust) confronted Ted who was devising several new plays for the team on the bus.
For the "Best Non-Human Characters" category, Kermit the Frog took the top spot while Miss Piggy nabbed fifth place.
From Miss Piggy and Kermit making an appearance to Olly Murs debuting an American accent, there were a lot of awkward moments.
In his defense, Nick claimed on that calling Devin "Piggy" is meant as a term of endearment and nothing so sinister.
It appears as if it was used like a piggy bank by the Noticees,” the notice says.
It’s like yuh see yuh piggy bank suddenly looking less plump, and you don’t even raise an eyebrow.
Later that day he broke into a woman’s flat and stole around £200 she kept in a piggy bank for her children, along with a number of collectable 50p pieces she had been saving for them.
Matulis who plays Vane is also the incubus George and the Devil Therapist in American Horror Story's Piggy Man, where the actor also wears masks and prosthetics.
One little piggy went to West Valley Wildlife Management Area and birthed a litter of littler piggies.
The Biebers can be seen lounging in a plush jet along with their pets, Piggy Lou and Oscar.
This is the most common coin given to children to keep in their piggy banks, a tradition that seeks to establish solid patterns of saving and deferred gratification at an early age.
This week, as part of the L-istrina BOV l-Istrina Piggy Bank Campaign, Mrs Miriam Vella visited Gozitan students in the schools of Ghajnsielem, Xaghra, the Victoria Secondary School, and the Bishop’s Conservatory Junior School in Victoria.
After Amos, his partner in crime Colin "Piggy" Joyce and several other Gooch members were jailed, it was reported shootings fell by 92 per cent.
The great-granddaughter of billionaire J. Paul Getty wore a butterfly necklace and colourful vintage Versace dress with blue straps and a green bust to match her Miss Piggy cake.
They’re using our country as a piggy bank to rebuild China, and many other countries are doing the same thing.
Thus, the opposition’s concern and piggy-backing!
Ariana Grande may not exactly be a “big cat” person, but she does have a few dogs and even a pet pig, named Piggy Smallz.
For a virus that causes infection by piggy-backing on droplets of moisture coming out of someone's airways, like Covid-19, its ability to float in the air is critical for infecting people.
Her paintings include images of people huddled behind a barricade waiting for food, images of older parents being carried by piggy back as workers try to walk home.
Common combinations with piggy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- piggy bank 26×
- miss piggy 15×
- the piggy 6×
- piggy banks 5×
- piggy back 4×
- in piggy 3×
- their piggy 3×
- as piggy 2×
- little piggy 2×
- by piggy 2×