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How do you use Shirkers in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Shirkers in a sentence

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Shirkers | Shirker

Shirkers meaning

plural of shirker

Using Shirkers

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of shirker
  • In the example corpus, shirkers often appears in combinations such as: and shirkers, shirkers but.

Context around Shirkers

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

real 1× life 1×

Sentence patterns with Shirkers

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

benefits as shirkers but would 1× mid life shirkers can labour 1× strivers and shirkers 1× the real shirkers are the 1× were not shirkers but newcomers 1× workers and shirkers when the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

in an article 1× share or comment 1× the realities of 1×

Common sentence endings:

bankers and bosses 1× dignity and respect 1× enriched british culture 1× love work again 1× strivers and shirkers 1×

Words around Shirkers

Just before it in the word index:

shirker 2 shirked 13 shirk 38 shiritori 2 shirish 3 shirin 18

Just after it in the word index:

shirkey 8 shirking 13 shirks 4 shirkuh 9 shirl 3 shirland 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 8 aacc 8 aacs 8 aafes 8 aankh 8 aapp 8

Corpus analysis for Shirkers

  • In this selection, "shirkers" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, real and life stand out and add context to how "shirkers" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include benefits as shirkers but would and mid life shirkers can labour. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "shirkers" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with shirkers

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

They were not shirkers, but newcomers who have enriched British culture. (11 words)

The realities of this crisis have punctured the divisive myth of strivers and shirkers. (14 words)

It was another attempt to divide working class people between “workers and shirkers”—when the real shirkers are the bankers and bosses. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

In an article for the Mail on Sunday, Mr Starmer said the reforms will not "sow division" by describing people on benefits as "shirkers", but would instead "treat people with dignity and respect". (33 words)

It was another attempt to divide working class people between “workers and shirkers”—when the real shirkers are the bankers and bosses. (22 words)

Share or comment on this article: Rise of the mid-life shirkers: Can Labour get the over-50s to love work again? (22 words)

Question examples

Share or comment on this article: Rise of the mid-life shirkers: Can Labour get the over-50s to love work again? (22 words)

Example sentences (5)

It was another attempt to divide working class people between “workers and shirkers”—when the real shirkers are the bankers and bosses.

In an article for the Mail on Sunday, Mr Starmer said the reforms will not "sow division" by describing people on benefits as "shirkers", but would instead "treat people with dignity and respect".

Share or comment on this article: Rise of the mid-life shirkers: Can Labour get the over-50s to love work again?

The realities of this crisis have punctured the divisive myth of strivers and shirkers.

They were not shirkers, but newcomers who have enriched British culture.

Common combinations with shirkers

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "shirkers" in a sentence?
An example: "It was another attempt to divide working class people between “workers and shirkers”—when the real shirkers are the bankers and bosses." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "shirkers" from authentic English texts.
What does "shirkers" mean?
Shirkers means: plural of shirker
How many example sentences with "shirkers" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "shirkers", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.