Wondering how to use Skink in a sentence? Below are 5 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as lizard.
Skink meaning
- A shin of beef.
- A soup or pottage made from a boiled shin of beef.
- Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a soup or pottage made using other ingredients.
Synonyms of Skink
Using Skink
- The main meaning on this page is: A shin of beef. | A soup or pottage made from a boiled shin of beef. | Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a soup or pottage made using other ingredients.
- Useful related words include: scincid, scincid lizard, lizard.
Context around Skink
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Skink
- In this selection, "skink" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ago, tongued, rock, yes and cryptoblepharus stand out and add context to how "skink" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include adder a skink and various and and the skink cryptoblepharus boutonii. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "skink" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aapp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with skink
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In Swakopmund we were introduced to desert creatures from a horned adder, a skink and various lizards. (17 words)
Commonly seen are the mourning gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris) and the skink Cryptoblepharus boutonii; the four-clawed gecko (Gehyra mutilata) is less often encountered. (23 words)
Instead of trying to capture lightning in a bottle like they did with Cloud 9 restaurant decades ago, Skink will just focus on fun instead of staged fun. (28 words)
Hounslow Urban Farm also has a penchant for the exotic: cattle and chickens share the farm with reptilian friends, including a boa constrictor, bearded dragons and a blue-tongued skink – yes, that’s a real thing. (36 words)
Instead of trying to capture lightning in a bottle like they did with Cloud 9 restaurant decades ago, Skink will just focus on fun instead of staged fun. (28 words)
The Bermuda rock skink was long thought to have been the only indigenous land vertebrate of Bermuda, discounting the marine turtles that lay their eggs on its beaches. (28 words)
Example sentences (5)
Instead of trying to capture lightning in a bottle like they did with Cloud 9 restaurant decades ago, Skink will just focus on fun instead of staged fun.
Hounslow Urban Farm also has a penchant for the exotic: cattle and chickens share the farm with reptilian friends, including a boa constrictor, bearded dragons and a blue-tongued skink – yes, that’s a real thing.
In Swakopmund we were introduced to desert creatures from a horned adder, a skink and various lizards.
Commonly seen are the mourning gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris) and the skink Cryptoblepharus boutonii; the four-clawed gecko (Gehyra mutilata) is less often encountered.
The Bermuda rock skink was long thought to have been the only indigenous land vertebrate of Bermuda, discounting the marine turtles that lay their eggs on its beaches.