On this page you'll find 4 example sentences with Slighting. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as belittling or deprecating and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Slighting in a sentence
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Slighting meaning
present participle and gerund of slight
Synonyms of Slighting
Using Slighting
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of slight
- Useful related words include: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory.
Context around Slighting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Slighting
- In this selection, "slighting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, off and characters stand out and add context to how "slighting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include aren t slighting characters who and during the slighting. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "slighting" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with slighting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The north side of the outer bailey wall was almost entirely destroyed during the slighting. (15 words)
People who are slighting off-colour welcomed her support and her acknowledgement that they are fundamentally funny looking. (18 words)
ABC and broad-appeal network CBS could reasonably argue they aren’t slighting characters who, like the Conners of “Roseanne,” are small-town, not coastal urbanites. (26 words)
However, Trajan's Dacian Wars may have led to troop reductions in the area or even total withdrawal followed by slighting of the forts by the Picts rather than an unrecorded military defeat. (33 words)
ABC and broad-appeal network CBS could reasonably argue they aren’t slighting characters who, like the Conners of “Roseanne,” are small-town, not coastal urbanites. (26 words)
People who are slighting off-colour welcomed her support and her acknowledgement that they are fundamentally funny looking. (18 words)
Example sentences (4)
People who are slighting off-colour welcomed her support and her acknowledgement that they are fundamentally funny looking.
ABC and broad-appeal network CBS could reasonably argue they aren’t slighting characters who, like the Conners of “Roseanne,” are small-town, not coastal urbanites.
However, Trajan's Dacian Wars may have led to troop reductions in the area or even total withdrawal followed by slighting of the forts by the Picts rather than an unrecorded military defeat.
The north side of the outer bailey wall was almost entirely destroyed during the slighting.