Retweeting is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Retweeting meaning
present participle and gerund of retweet
Using Retweeting
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of retweet
- In the example corpus, retweeting often appears in combinations such as: for retweeting, and retweeting, by retweeting.
Context around Retweeting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 13 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Retweeting
- In this selection, "retweeting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, liking, behaviour, repeatedly, posts, videos and criticism stand out and add context to how "retweeting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after retweeting a series and are also retweeting and promoting. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "retweeting" sits close to words such as abdur, abrasion and abscess, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with retweeting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Retweeting an article about police reform without reading it is a bare minimum. (13 words)
Trump has promoted those recordings by retweeting posts that include or reference them. (13 words)
Tweeting and retweeting is the most effective method of promoting a cause on the platform. (15 words)
Cross checking information you see on social media with current information on official health websites such as the WHO and CDC—before retweeting or forwarding—can help slow the spread of inaccurate information that can hurt communities and arouse fear. (40 words)
The comments came a day after Rahul Gandhi offered a nuanced reaction to the Scindian rebellion by retweeting an image he had posted after Kamal Nath was appointed chief minister of Madhya Pradesh in December 2018. (36 words)
Almost as predicted, Semana pundit Vicky Davila announced criminal charges against Mendoza for retweeting a French blog post about the Gnecco crime family she married into that mentioned she had a son. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
It did get ugly when he gave publicity to a foul racist organization in the UK by retweeting a dodgy video from them.
Much of his recent timeline has seen him retweeting videos posted by Animal Rising about the group's disruption.
That is because the new followers will interact with your content by liking, retweeting, and commenting.
The new microblogging platform allows users to repost others' content in a similar manner to retweeting, but deleting reposted threads requires a few steps.
Other Twitter influencers with large followings are also retweeting and promoting Safo Newman, the new music sensation.
After tweeting and retweeting posts about what President Trump called "Obamagate," Trump was unable to name which specific crime he was accusing his predecessor of having committed.
Almost as predicted, Semana pundit Vicky Davila announced criminal charges against Mendoza for retweeting a French blog post about the Gnecco crime family she married into that mentioned she had a son.
Another user wrote, “Not only did JK Rowling delete her tweet praising Stephen King for retweeting her tweet – saying she had ‘always revered him – she also immediately unfollowed him.
Cross checking information you see on social media with current information on official health websites such as the WHO and CDC—before retweeting or forwarding—can help slow the spread of inaccurate information that can hurt communities and arouse fear.
Kim appeared to endorse her husband's claim he was running for the presidency but retweeting his post with an emoji of the US flag.
Meanwhile, editor at large Adam Boulton was public in his disdain for the behaviour, retweeting criticism of Burley, including a comment calling her and other guests at the event ‘morons’.
President Trump continues to to Q, repeatedly retweeting Q followers, featuring Q fans in his ad campaign, and making a public display of a “Q baby” at a rally.
Retweeting an article about police reform without reading it is a bare minimum.
The comments came a day after Rahul Gandhi offered a nuanced reaction to the Scindian rebellion by retweeting an image he had posted after Kamal Nath was appointed chief minister of Madhya Pradesh in December 2018.
The cosmetics mogul also recognised healthcare professionals, retweeting an image featuring doctors and nurses caught up in the state of emergency.
Trump has promoted those recordings by retweeting posts that include or reference them.
Tweeting and retweeting is the most effective method of promoting a cause on the platform.
After retweeting a series of advisories from the National Hurricane Center and other accounts on Sunday morning, Donald Trump sent a more personal message to residents of the Southeast: Be careful.
Aside from himself—enriching himself and celebrating himself, exonerating himself and retweeting himself—Donald Trump’s signature issue is immigration, though to use that term is to frame the issue incorrectly.
Cllr Andrew Bowles was readmitted to the party after a 13-day suspension for retweeting a post describing the far-right leader Tommy Robinson as a patriot.
Common combinations with retweeting
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- for retweeting 6×
- and retweeting 5×
- by retweeting 4×
- retweeting and 4×
- retweeting an 3×
- retweeting posts 2×
- retweeting it 2×
- retweeting the 2×