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Shrivelling is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Shrivelling in a sentence

Related words

Shrivelling | Shrivelled

Shrivelling meaning

present participle and gerund of shrivel

Using Shrivelling

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

Context around Shrivelling

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 32 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

soul 1×

Often after:

tedium 1×

Sentence patterns with Shrivelling

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

sizzling and shrivelling up like 1× the soul shrivelling tedium of 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

using the fly 1×

Common sentence endings:

look forward to 1× pan too long 1×

Words around Shrivelling

Just before it in the word index:

shrivelled 10 shriveling 4 shriveled 12 shrivel 12 shrivastava 16 shrivastav 10

Just after it in the word index:

shrivels 4 shrivenham 5 shriver 60 shrividya 2 shrivtiel 2 shriya 9

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 5 aaah 5 aacl 5 aak 5 aapke 5 aarav 5

Corpus analysis for Shrivelling

  • In this selection, "shrivelling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 32 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, soul and tedium stand out and add context to how "shrivelling" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include sizzling and shrivelling up like and the soul shrivelling tedium of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "shrivelling" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with shrivelling

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

We're all going to die on this rock, sizzling and shrivelling up like rashers left on the pan too long. (21 words)

Using the fly-on-the-wall documentary style of the period, The Office was also the arguably the first workplace sitcom to capture the soul-shrivelling tedium of sitting at a desk all day, nothing but your fag break to look forward to. (43 words)

Longer example sentences

Using the fly-on-the-wall documentary style of the period, The Office was also the arguably the first workplace sitcom to capture the soul-shrivelling tedium of sitting at a desk all day, nothing but your fag break to look forward to. (43 words)

We're all going to die on this rock, sizzling and shrivelling up like rashers left on the pan too long. (21 words)

Example sentences (2)

Using the fly-on-the-wall documentary style of the period, The Office was also the arguably the first workplace sitcom to capture the soul-shrivelling tedium of sitting at a desk all day, nothing but your fag break to look forward to.

We're all going to die on this rock, sizzling and shrivelling up like rashers left on the pan too long.

Common combinations with shrivelling

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "shrivelling" in a sentence?
An example: "Using the fly-on-the-wall documentary style of the period, The Office was also the arguably the first workplace sitcom to capture the soul-shrivelling tedium of sitting at a desk all day, nothing but your fag break to look forward to." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "shrivelling" from authentic English texts.
What does "shrivelling" mean?
Shrivelling means: present participle and gerund of shrivel
How many example sentences with "shrivelling" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "shrivelling", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.