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Pigsty is an English word with synonyms like sty or pigpen. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Pigsty in a sentence

Pigsty meaning

  1. An enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.
  2. A dirty or very untidy place.

Synonyms of Pigsty

sty pigpen pen

Related words

Other words often associated with Pigsty or its synonyms:

write stye penitentiary enclosure swan playpen compose infection

Using Pigsty

  • The main meaning on this page is: An enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one. | A dirty or very untidy place.
  • Useful related words include: sty, pigpen, pen.
  • In the example corpus, pigsty often appears in combinations such as: pigsty with.

Context around Pigsty

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Pigsty

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

beautiful or pigsty 1× entered the pigsty with a 1× into a pigsty with their 1× shed or pigsty 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

sherwood residents say 1× the best and 1× the decoy airfield 1× uncle entered the 1×

Common sentence endings:

beautiful or pigsty 1× shed or pigsty 1× take the bait 1× their refuse bags 1×

Words around Pigsty

Just before it in the word index:

pigskin 20 pigs 630 pigrome 2 pigpen 6 pigovian 4 pigou 5

Just after it in the word index:

pigtail 7 pigtails 17 piguet 6 pigweed 7 pih 3 piha 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Pigsty

  • In this selection, "pigsty" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include beautiful or pigsty and entered the pigsty with a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "pigsty" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with pigsty

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The decoy airfield control shelter could easily be mistaken for a sheep shed or pigsty. (15 words)

The best and worse Wetherspoons in Bath and Somerset: Every pub rated'Beautiful' or 'pigsty'? (15 words)

Sherwood residents say their yards have turned into a pigsty with their lawns and gardens destroyed as pigs feast on their refuse bags. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

Uncle entered the pigsty with a pail of slop in one hand and a syringe in the other, planning to lure them with the promise of slop and then inject them, but they didn’t take the bait. (38 words)

Sherwood residents say their yards have turned into a pigsty with their lawns and gardens destroyed as pigs feast on their refuse bags. (23 words)

The decoy airfield control shelter could easily be mistaken for a sheep shed or pigsty. (15 words)

Question examples

The best and worse Wetherspoons in Bath and Somerset: Every pub rated'Beautiful' or 'pigsty'? (15 words)

Example sentences (4)

Sherwood residents say their yards have turned into a pigsty with their lawns and gardens destroyed as pigs feast on their refuse bags.

Uncle entered the pigsty with a pail of slop in one hand and a syringe in the other, planning to lure them with the promise of slop and then inject them, but they didn’t take the bait.

The decoy airfield control shelter could easily be mistaken for a sheep shed or pigsty.

The best and worse Wetherspoons in Bath and Somerset: Every pub rated'Beautiful' or 'pigsty'?

Common combinations with pigsty

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "pigsty" in a sentence?
An example: "Sherwood residents say their yards have turned into a pigsty with their lawns and gardens destroyed as pigs feast on their refuse bags." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "pigsty" from authentic English texts.
What does "pigsty" mean?
Pigsty means: An enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.
What are synonyms of "pigsty"?
Common synonyms of "pigsty" include: sty, pigpen, pen.
How many example sentences with "pigsty" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "pigsty", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.