Sawing is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Sawing meaning
present participle and gerund of saw
Using Sawing
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of saw
- In the example corpus, sawing often appears in combinations such as: and sawing, sawing off, for sawing.
Context around Sawing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sawing
- In this selection, "sawing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, see, log, opposition, off, away and contest stand out and add context to how "sawing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 75 for sawing trees into and a see sawing contest in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sawing" sits close to words such as aberrant, abloh and absurdities, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sawing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Minimum charge $75 for sawing trees into lumber. (8 words)
These challenges include spike driving, jackleg drilling, bow sawing, mucking. (10 words)
She drew her figures on to deceased trees before sawing into them to reveal flamboyant forms. (16 words)
The mixture of high jinks and deep dread is entirely Rice’s: her centres on a stage magician who specialises in throwing knives at women and sawing them in half; the goriest moments take place under a glitter ball. (39 words)
It was the crucial moment of a see-sawing encounter in which Saracens surged into a 15-point lead only to be pegged back by Sale, who led by four themselves before the hosts found the. (36 words)
Farming When grown for sawing timber, pine plantations can be harvested after 30 years, with some stands being allowed to grow up to 50 (as the wood value increases more quickly as the trees age). (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
The force previously released footage showing how the gang had made their way into the museum by sawing a hole through the floor between 2.40am and 3.30am.
The Indigenous All Stars have defeated the Maori All Stars 28-24 in a see-sawing contest in Rotorua.
The second day was mate against mate, as the 2 XI and Bucheurs battled in a see-sawing match.
Trent Prinz cuts for all he’s worth in the log-sawing competition, sponsored by Rusty Steve’s.
She drew her figures on to deceased trees before sawing into them to reveal flamboyant forms.
The mixture of high jinks and deep dread is entirely Rice’s: her centres on a stage magician who specialises in throwing knives at women and sawing them in half; the goriest moments take place under a glitter ball.
It was then that one of the local crews spotted the opposition sawing off the end of the exhaust pipe.
Minimum charge $75 for sawing trees into lumber.
Their music must’ve come from France, and they’re sitting in a chair beating single time with one foot and double time with the other and sawing away on a fiddle.
Another promo video showed millennials tipping tasting glasses at Camino brewery and sawing into farm-to-table steaks at the Grandview restaurant.
Had I been paid for my labors detangling and sawing off roots, I’d have made enough to buy a new lawn mower.
If you have to use a sawing motion or use the tip of the knife to pierce the flesh, your knife is too dull.
They vandalized some lampposts, and one group managed to fell one by sawing the metal base and and using ropes.
Every hour they do a little jig, the cat sawing away at a cello, the dish running away with the spoon.
It was the crucial moment of a see-sawing encounter in which Saracens surged into a 15-point lead only to be pegged back by Sale, who led by four themselves before the hosts found the.
The doctor who did the sawing—as they hauled Hood away—put the leg alongside him in the ambulance, assuming he would die and would want it in the casket.
These challenges include spike driving, jackleg drilling, bow sawing, mucking.
Chorus: :Heart of oak Reference to the rift sawing of hardwoods used in boat and ship construction.
Digory helps construct the raft, but ends up sawing a branch from a talking tree necessary to complete it, in order not to lose face with Polly.
Farming When grown for sawing timber, pine plantations can be harvested after 30 years, with some stands being allowed to grow up to 50 (as the wood value increases more quickly as the trees age).
Common combinations with sawing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: