Explore Shoveling through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Shoveling in a sentence
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Shoveling meaning
present participle and gerund of shovel
Using Shoveling
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of shovel
- In the example corpus, shoveling often appears in combinations such as: shoveling snow, and shoveling, snow shoveling.
Context around Shoveling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shoveling
- In this selection, "shoveling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, snow, office, winter, snow, down and news stand out and add context to how "shoveling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all about shoveling down a and as if shoveling snow. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shoveling" sits close to words such as abdulrazaq, adan and adolphus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shoveling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I asked, shoveling the dead animals into my mouth. (9 words)
Strenuous activities like snow shoveling increase blood pressure and heart rate. (11 words)
The city has to take on plowing neighborhood streets and shoveling/melting pedestrian ways. (14 words)
He will be fondly remembered for his love of his family, literature, chocolate, ice cream drumsticks, making snow shoveling an art, and his swimming pool on Cartier St. which was enjoyed by his family, many friends and, on rare occasions, Neil himself. (42 words)
He’s got Karl-Anthony Towns acting like he deserves a parade for reaching the first round of the NBA Playoffs and his front office shoveling news to Woj before the player whose contract they’re essentially terminating. (38 words)
Lifting improperly ie., shoveling snow is a large cause of low back pain, daily posture, increased cellphone use and sitting for long periods of time are all major stressors in the neck and spine. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
And by taking this brief sojourn into the Gaslight Zone now, it may save you later from being duped by the crap that Republicans will be shoveling out to win your vote.
Chris Tunnell, 47, pauses from shoveling his driveway on Thursday, March 30, 2023 at his home in Salem, Idaho, just down the street from Chad Daybell’s property.
Forget about having a peaceful meal - it's all about shoveling down a few nuts and chugging water like it's the end of the world.
He’s got Karl-Anthony Towns acting like he deserves a parade for reaching the first round of the NBA Playoffs and his front office shoveling news to Woj before the player whose contract they’re essentially terminating.
He's out there in the winter shoveling off our track or the track at Lundahl (Middle School).
Players can complete tasks like shoveling snow, fishing, or playing mini-games to gain coins which will allow them to buy new houses and decorate them any way they please.
The city has to take on plowing neighborhood streets and shoveling/melting pedestrian ways.
Yes, you would be at-fault for that accident and you can be sued for not shoveling your sidewalk if someone gets injured.
Feet upon feet of snow and ice, days of shoveling, multiple school closings, and freezing temperatures.
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was spotted last April shoveling asphalt repair mix into a hole on a Brentwood street.
He spent the morning plowing and shoveling several inches of snow from sidewalks and driveways.
One volunteer pushed a layer of mud from her front porch, as if shoveling snow.
Some gym classes during the winter months of that era consisted of snow shoveling.
Strenuous activities like snow shoveling increase blood pressure and heart rate.
He will be fondly remembered for his love of his family, literature, chocolate, ice cream drumsticks, making snow shoveling an art, and his swimming pool on Cartier St. which was enjoyed by his family, many friends and, on rare occasions, Neil himself.
I asked, shoveling the dead animals into my mouth.
If you’d rather not do the snow shoveling, hire someone to plow the driveway.
It says something about Kessler that he resisted the obvious punchline, that shoveling manure prepared him for covering politics.
Lifting improperly ie., shoveling snow is a large cause of low back pain, daily posture, increased cellphone use and sitting for long periods of time are all major stressors in the neck and spine.
Northern Utah will get hit by one snowstorm Thursday through Friday and another Saturday through Monday, but unless you live in the mountains, you probably won’t have to do much shoveling.
Common combinations with shoveling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- shoveling snow 9×
- and shoveling 4×
- snow shoveling 4×
- shoveling the 3×
- shoveling out 2×
- shoveling his 2×
- of shoveling 2×
- shoveling manure 2×
- much shoveling 2×
- shoveling it 2×