Explore Shinty through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Shinty in a sentence
Shinty meaning
- A game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland.
- The stick used to strike the ball in this game, similar to a hockey stick.
Using Shinty
- The main meaning on this page is: A game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland. | The stick used to strike the ball in this game, similar to a hockey stick.
- In the example corpus, shinty often appears in combinations such as: shinty season, shinty club, the shinty.
Context around Shinty
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shinty
- In this selection, "shinty" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, playing, new, rules, season, hurling and club stand out and add context to how "shinty" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include beauly shinty club has and beyond the shinty community john. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shinty" sits close to words such as abattoirs, aberrant and abike, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shinty
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
New shinty season set for the off! (7 words)
Shinty side Kingussie complete their 2022 grand slam. (8 words)
Beauly Shinty Club has released a book to mark its 125th anniversary. (12 words)
To celebrate his 40th, he’s released a tunebook filled with stories behind some of his compositions and tales from a varied life that’s taken him from the shinty pitches of the Highlands to huge music festivals around the world. (41 words)
It's a mistake to think that unless you're winning a big cup, shinty doesn't matter – it's just as important for every club, no matter what league you're in. (33 words)
One account of the last New Year shinty match on Iona in 1881 told how it was played out on the Machair; an epic battle which was likened to the plains of Troy. (33 words)
New shinty season set for the off! (7 words)
Example sentences (20)
Zambia has also strangely provided a shinty international, Zambian-born Eddie Tembo representing Scotland in the compromise rules Shinty/Hurling game against Ireland in 2008.
Director of RICruden, Callum Cruden said: “We’re delighted to support shinty and the Camanachd Association’s commitment to developing the sport at grassroots level.
Genini is a man for the great outdoors even when he’s not playing shinty.
I didn’t start playing shinty until a little later than a lot of my friends.
It's a mistake to think that unless you're winning a big cup, shinty doesn't matter – it's just as important for every club, no matter what league you're in.
Lochgilphead High School made a happy return to competitive shinty for the first time in more than a decade, writes Fergus MacKay.
New shinty season set for the off!
One account of the last New Year shinty match on Iona in 1881 told how it was played out on the Machair; an epic battle which was likened to the plains of Troy.
Shinty side Kingussie complete their 2022 grand slam.
Skye Camanachd have suffered a double injury blow ahead of the new shinty season.
Watching my uncle Ben Holton who played his club shinty at Glenorchy at a North v South game in 2008.
The Glen Urquhart Rural Community Association is working with the Glen Urquhart Shinty Club and Football Club to develop a sport-focused health and wellbeing centre.
Innes, shinty’s first ambassador, took just over 40 per cent of the 595 votes cast.
To celebrate his 40th, he’s released a tunebook filled with stories behind some of his compositions and tales from a varied life that’s taken him from the shinty pitches of the Highlands to huge music festivals around the world.
Camanachd Association president Keith Loades added: ‘I would like to congratulate all the players who have been called up for the Mowi shinty /hurling International.
Kingussie were playing nice shinty, using the Mossfield pitch to good effect by playing the ball into spaces and they took their two-goal lead into the break.
Kinlochshiel, who lost 5-0 at the same venue on the opening day of the shinty season, got off to the best possible start.
Beauly Shinty Club has released a book to mark its 125th anniversary.
Before the official rules for hockey were codified a similar game called Shinty was spread through British colonies.
Beyond the shinty community, John Willie was one of the best-known voices in Scottish broadcasting and an outstanding chronicler of the game’s playing side.
Common combinations with shinty
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: