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Scuttling meaning

present participle and gerund of scuttle

Using Scuttling

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of scuttle
  • In the example corpus, scuttling often appears in combinations such as: scuttling the, for scuttling, scuttling around.

Context around Scuttling

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Scuttling

  • In this selection, "scuttling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, scavengers, someone, facehuggers, towards, crab and across stand out and add context to how "scuttling" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include abruptly scuttling its big and again by scuttling protections that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "scuttling" sits close to words such as aditi, aegon and aerobics, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with scuttling

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

Like a scuttling crab, the sun would then reverse and head south. (12 words)

Abruptly scuttling its Big Apple plans blindsided Amazon’s allies and opponents alike. (13 words)

Now, the canal is filled with tiny fish, scuttling crabs, and an array of multicoloured plants. (16 words)

And that was the tenor of the statement he sent to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency this week, warning Israel’s leaders against scuttling the two-state solution — which he sees as critical to Israel’s survival — by annexing parts of the West Bank. (43 words)

The ideal set up for 503’s intimate auditorium, the play is set in a cottage in the woods where the window won’t stay shut and feathers fall from the ceiling –- and every now and then, you hear a scuttling. (41 words)

A distributor for Co-Diagnostics offered Maryland more than 500,000 tests at a cheaper cost during a call on 10 April, according to a person familiar with the pitch who requested anonymity to avoid scuttling future potential business. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

Ah yes, I’ll think, as I hear scavengers scuttling towards my body across the trashscape, grunting and hooting for meat: that was the moment.

Biden officials have suggested that scuttling the normalization effort may have been a motivation of Hamas but the president’s remarks appear the furthest anyone in his administration has gone to suggest a direct correlation.

He blamed conspiracy theories for scuttling the company’s chances of winning business in Yavapai County, a conservative rural county north of Phoenix.

Like a scuttling crab, the sun would then reverse and head south.

She said: “The Labour controlled city of Birmingham Council following the Labour controlled Liverpool City council into scuttling around, handing out redundancy notices to its own workers in the wake of bankruptcy.

The ideal set up for 503’s intimate auditorium, the play is set in a cottage in the woods where the window won’t stay shut and feathers fall from the ceiling –- and every now and then, you hear a scuttling.

It was rather disquieting to think of someone scuttling up the dark staircase some 500 years ago with just a candle to light their way.

Red lights and sirens took over Hall H followed by animatronic facehuggers scuttling across the stage and an actor succumbing to a chestbuster.

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Scuttling the nuclear deal with Iran had no effect on Tehran’s mullahs, except to spur them to revive their uranium-enrichment program, which the deal had halted.

Some courageous attacking play in the wide channels worked nicely against the Kiwi blitz defence but the Wallabies also cost themselves with pushed passes and handling errors, scuttling chances to score and keep the contest tight.

While the majority stayed with Harris, Election Day surveys suggest some in those groups either shifted in Trump’s direction or shunned the polls, scuttling the Democrats’ hopes of holding on to the White House.

A distributor for Co-Diagnostics offered Maryland more than 500,000 tests at a cheaper cost during a call on 10 April, according to a person familiar with the pitch who requested anonymity to avoid scuttling future potential business.

And that was the tenor of the statement he sent to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency this week, warning Israel’s leaders against scuttling the two-state solution — which he sees as critical to Israel’s survival — by annexing parts of the West Bank.

But her brother later any further military actions aimed at scuttling the relatively warm relationship that had developed between the two Koreas in recent years.

It makes former Senate President Olusola Saraki appear like one with a halo for simply scuttling the barbarous counsel that would have made the draconian bills such disturbers of the peace in the Eight Senate.

Now, the canal is filled with tiny fish, scuttling crabs, and an array of multicoloured plants.

The open streets initiative was unveiled in late April, in partnership with the City Council, after transportation advocates and elected officials to revisit the concept, after scuttling a car-free streets pilot only 11 days after its launch.

Trump and his cronies are making America more dangerous again by scuttling protections that reduce deaths, injuries, and illnesses.

Abruptly scuttling its Big Apple plans blindsided Amazon’s allies and opponents alike.

And then a match that has damply pulsed for days can explode into gory visceral life, tearing through the caul to land fully birthed on the ward's linoleum floor before scuttling off into the night.

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Common combinations with scuttling

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "scuttling" in a sentence?
An example: "Ah yes, I’ll think, as I hear scavengers scuttling towards my body across the trashscape, grunting and hooting for meat: that was the moment." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "scuttling" from authentic English texts.
What does "scuttling" mean?
Scuttling means: present participle and gerund of scuttle
How many example sentences with "scuttling" are there?
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