Explore Ragging through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Ragging meaning
present participle and gerund of rag
Using Ragging
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of rag
- In the example corpus, ragging often appears in combinations such as: ragging on, to ragging, the ragging.
Context around Ragging
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ragging
- In this selection, "ragging" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, complaint, accused and issues stand out and add context to how "ragging" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are always ragging on that and assault and ragging issues highlighted. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ragging" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ragging
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Even in-house committees to stop the ragging were put in place. (12 words)
The ragging accused have also been debarred from participating in cultural activities in any form. (15 words)
The commission has sought details of how a ragging complaint is dealt with in the hospital. (16 words)
We're not ragging on it for being what it is, but after the first few viewings, it's slowly starting to become one of those movies we put on in the background of our regular Christmas celebrations. (38 words)
It was a news story about a boy’s death caused by ragging at a medical college that became I felt it had the potential for a film and he came up with a brilliant script. (36 words)
If Buet VC had acted to stop the torment that the BCL cadres were subjecting the students to in the name of ragging in the “torture cell”, such a painful outcome could have been averted. (35 words)
Example sentences (16)
The Committee will inquire on who resorted to ragging, when and at which place the seniors resorted to ragging and other details.
Even in-house committees to stop the ragging were put in place.
The team of doctors asked as many as 40 students in a block of the college about ragging but they maintained silence and didn’t confirm the incident.
It was a news story about a boy’s death caused by ragging at a medical college that became I felt it had the potential for a film and he came up with a brilliant script.
Ragging would not be allowed on school campuses in the State at any rate, the Minister said.
It’s quite relaxing for a while, but you could make that argument for “watching paint dry”, and people are always ragging on that.
Called ‘DaaZana’, the application will enable individuals to anonymously report incidents of sexual harassment, racism, bullying, discrimination on the basis of sex, caste, creed, colour, sexism and ragging by entering their nonpersonal demographic data.
If Buet VC had acted to stop the torment that the BCL cadres were subjecting the students to in the name of ragging in the “torture cell”, such a painful outcome could have been averted.
The commission has sought details of how a ragging complaint is dealt with in the hospital.
We're not ragging on it for being what it is, but after the first few viewings, it's slowly starting to become one of those movies we put on in the background of our regular Christmas celebrations.
But it’s clear they still aren’t the best of friends, unless they’re ragging on the Jets.
The ragging accused have also been debarred from participating in cultural activities in any form.
The University of Sydney is reeling from a barrage of sexual assault and ragging issues highlighted in a report by End Rape on Campus Australia.
They also chanted slogans demanding withdrawal of the expulsion order on two students of their department, who were expelled for their alleged involvement in ragging.
Converting a non-ragtime piece of music into ragtime by changing the time values of melody notes is known as "ragging" the piece.
The first form of the sport was a rudimentary form of coursing known as 'ragging', and dogs who participated were said to be 'trained to the rag'.
Common combinations with ragging
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- ragging on 3×
- to ragging 2×
- the ragging 2×
- and ragging 2×