Skying is an English word. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Skying meaning
present participle and gerund of sky
Using Skying
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of sky
- In the example corpus, skying often appears in combinations such as: before skying.
Context around Skying
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Skying
- In this selection, "skying" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, brewer, water and jordan stand out and add context to how "skying" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 75 before skying a short and aaron brewer skying a snap. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "skying" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with skying
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Playing just his 10th Test, Brook scored 75 before skying a short ball from Starc towards mid-off. (18 words)
Dowrich chased quick runs before he was last out, skying an ill-timed heave to Woakes at mid on. (19 words)
World Cup: England's Jason Roy opened to throttle as he neared 150, clocking three straight sixes before skying out. (20 words)
Amid darkening skies Adam Lyth began by belting one from Worrall into the stands but he should have been out for eight when skying Jordan Thompson to Bopara at short third, only for the Sussex man to spill the regulation chance. (41 words)
Báez, a lefty at everything in his life except baseball, took a mighty hack at Farmer’s first pitch and honestly got a pretty good chunk of it, skying a fly ball to center for the final out of the inning. (41 words)
Plenty to pick out of that one, though, not least Raheem Sterling being booed after missing a penalty and a sitter then skying a terrible free-kick. (27 words)
Example sentences (8)
Amid darkening skies Adam Lyth began by belting one from Worrall into the stands but he should have been out for eight when skying Jordan Thompson to Bopara at short third, only for the Sussex man to spill the regulation chance.
Playing just his 10th Test, Brook scored 75 before skying a short ball from Starc towards mid-off.
Plenty to pick out of that one, though, not least Raheem Sterling being booed after missing a penalty and a sitter then skying a terrible free-kick.
The ugly football continued with Dolphins center Aaron Brewer skying a snap over Huntley’s head while the offense was also getting flagged for an illegal shift.
Dowrich chased quick runs before he was last out, skying an ill-timed heave to Woakes at mid on.
Báez, a lefty at everything in his life except baseball, took a mighty hack at Farmer’s first pitch and honestly got a pretty good chunk of it, skying a fly ball to center for the final out of the inning.
The 88 Sq Kms crystal clear blue water lake has emerged as an ideal spot for water games, canoeing, kayaking, surf riding, water skying and para sailing.
World Cup: England's Jason Roy opened to throttle as he neared 150, clocking three straight sixes before skying out.
Common combinations with skying
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: