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Rankling is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Rankling in a sentence

Related words

Rankling | Rankled | Rankles | Rankl

Rankling meaning

present participle and gerund of rankle

Using Rankling

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of rankle

Context around Rankling

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Rankling

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

are still rankling 1× nilly and rankling the nerves 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

overwhelmed states farther 1× you wonder if 1×

Common sentence endings:

are still rankling 1× other european publics 1×

Words around Rankling

Just before it in the word index:

rankles 9 rankled 42 rankle 11 rankl 4 rankireddy 6 rankins 11

Just after it in the word index:

ranko 3 ranks 2.572 rankuwa 2 ranky 3 ranma 23 rann 23

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadu 4 aafmaa 4

Corpus analysis for Rankling

  • In this selection, "rankling" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include are still rankling and nilly and rankling the nerves. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "rankling" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with rankling

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

You wonder if in some corner of their minds, the defeats to Manchester United and Almeria are still rankling. (19 words)

Overwhelmed, states farther down the trail, such as Austria and Hungary, closed their borders at various points, shifting migrant flows willy-nilly and rankling the nerves of other European publics. (30 words)

Longer example sentences

Overwhelmed, states farther down the trail, such as Austria and Hungary, closed their borders at various points, shifting migrant flows willy-nilly and rankling the nerves of other European publics. (30 words)

You wonder if in some corner of their minds, the defeats to Manchester United and Almeria are still rankling. (19 words)

Example sentences (2)

You wonder if in some corner of their minds, the defeats to Manchester United and Almeria are still rankling.

Overwhelmed, states farther down the trail, such as Austria and Hungary, closed their borders at various points, shifting migrant flows willy-nilly and rankling the nerves of other European publics.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "rankling" in a sentence?
An example: "You wonder if in some corner of their minds, the defeats to Manchester United and Almeria are still rankling." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "rankling" from authentic English texts.
What does "rankling" mean?
Rankling means: present participle and gerund of rankle
How many example sentences with "rankling" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "rankling", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.