Get to know Sightseeing better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like look or looking.
Sightseeing meaning
The activity of going out looking at things; tourism.
Using Sightseeing
- The main meaning on this page is: The activity of going out looking at things; tourism.
- Useful related words include: rubber-necking, look, looking, looking at.
- In the example corpus, sightseeing often appears in combinations such as: for sightseeing, sightseeing and, and sightseeing.
Context around Sightseeing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sightseeing
- In this selection, "sightseeing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, unique, wonderful, went, tour, opportunities and recreational stand out and add context to how "sightseeing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a belfast sightseeing bus and a sightseeing train in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sightseeing" sits close to words such as abeokuta, abstained and accenture, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sightseeing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He also went sightseeing. (4 words)
Going for sightseeing is not obligatory," Hanafi said. (8 words)
The Three Rivers Sightseeing Cruise is also free. (8 words)
The sightseeing boat, The Dorset Belle, which is at the centre of investigations, has been impounded by Dorset Police following the incident on Wednesday in which a 12-year-old girl from Buckinghamshire and a 17-year-old boy from Southampton died. (42 words)
Visa-free entry to China will be available for citizens of Singapore and Brunei with ordinary passports travelling for business, sightseeing, visiting relatives and friends, and in transit, the embassies said in notices on their websites. (36 words)
We all look forward to our travel excursions, but along with all the fun, relaxation and sightseeing some less pleasant things may hinder the overall experience – like jet lag. (29 words)
Perhaps you're a sucker for sightseeing and fell in love with the historic landmarks and authentic Tex-Mex cuisine in San Antonio? (23 words)
Thankfully for them, covered how the family still managed to fit in a bit of sightseeing including climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge (unharnessed too! (24 words)
Example sentences (20)
Bucharest excels in the unique sightseeing opportunities it offers to tourists.
Check out the fully removable bottom compartment that also serves as a packing cube (perfect for your shoes that got dirty from all that sightseeing!).
Coastal Maine as well as our inland lakes and mountains provide wonderful sightseeing, recreational and photographic opportunities.
Going for sightseeing is not obligatory," Hanafi said.
He also went sightseeing.
Meanwhile, Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) dispute over whether they should go sightseeing, Phil () tries to make the trip romantic for Claire (), and the kids get into mischief.
Meanwhile, the “peelers” are called in to deal with a half-naked man on a Belfast sightseeing bus.
On Tuesday morning, the plane was returning to Kathmandu after taking the passengers on a sightseeing tour of the world’s highest peak.
Perhaps you're a sucker for sightseeing and fell in love with the historic landmarks and authentic Tex-Mex cuisine in San Antonio?
Thankfully for them, covered how the family still managed to fit in a bit of sightseeing including climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge (unharnessed too!
The sightseeing boat, The Dorset Belle, which is at the centre of investigations, has been impounded by Dorset Police following the incident on Wednesday in which a 12-year-old girl from Buckinghamshire and a 17-year-old boy from Southampton died.
The sightseeing tour that promised to take passengers within feet of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Montecito mansion has been axed over privacy concerns.
The stranded students and staff have enjoyed an unscheduled sightseeing trip of New York.
The Three Rivers Sightseeing Cruise is also free.
Visa-free entry to China will be available for citizens of Singapore and Brunei with ordinary passports travelling for business, sightseeing, visiting relatives and friends, and in transit, the embassies said in notices on their websites.
We all look forward to our travel excursions, but along with all the fun, relaxation and sightseeing some less pleasant things may hinder the overall experience – like jet lag.
When the weather is nice I get to ride in the stroller and go sightseeing.
A sightseeing train in Japan connecting Tokyo and Saitama prefecture will offer passengers a taste of Singaporean cuisine from January.
A thief who walked into a private home and was caught by a vulnerable woman claimed he thought he had walked into a church and was "sightseeing".
But it’s unlikely guests are planning a sightseeing tour of Croydon courtesy of one of the lime green trams snaking through the town.
Common combinations with sightseeing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- for sightseeing 13×
- sightseeing and 12×
- and sightseeing 9×
- of sightseeing 8×
- sightseeing boat 7×
- sightseeing trip 6×
- sightseeing in 6×
- on sightseeing 5×
- sightseeing tour 5×
- the sightseeing 4×