How do you use Slumbering in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Slumbering meaning
present participle and gerund of slumber
Using Slumbering
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of slumber
- In the example corpus, slumbering often appears in combinations such as: some slumbering.
Context around Slumbering
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Slumbering
- In this selection, "slumbering" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, soul, game, usually, mentality, passively and hound stand out and add context to how "slumbering" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include alive a slumbering franchise and and americans are slumbering when the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "slumbering" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with slumbering
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They were all aimed at waking up the usually-slumbering human mind. (12 words)
But the game – slumbering not so long before – was well and truly alive. (13 words)
Worse, the forest has an ancient slumbering beast that may pose a greater threat. (14 words)
When the car is packed for a holiday, there’s not always room for a full-size dog bed – but that’s where the snuggle sack from Slumbering Hound can help. (31 words)
He pledged to work “flat out” and spoke of “a new era of the can-do spirit” in which Britain will awake from its Brexit torpor “like some slumbering giant”. (30 words)
The loss ended a spectacular season for the Cubs, one that brought alive a slumbering franchise and made the Cubs relevant for a whole new generation of Cubs fans. (29 words)
Example sentences (13)
Until we wake up from our slumbering mentality we will not realise that our mindset is being infested by notorious beliefs and attitudes.
That is, unlike large-scale conflicts, that activate the rational brain, intimate ones awaken the soul slumbering passively in banal liberal reality.
When the car is packed for a holiday, there’s not always room for a full-size dog bed – but that’s where the snuggle sack from Slumbering Hound can help.
But the game – slumbering not so long before – was well and truly alive.
Flex warehouse has been a slumbering workhorse but is showing signs of responding to a wake-up call, Integra Realty Resources said in the 2020 Viewpoint.
With less than 150 visiting last year, it’s the perfect trip for an age in which the fantasy of slumbering ski towns has all but disappeared.
He pledged to work “flat out” and spoke of “a new era of the can-do spirit” in which Britain will awake from its Brexit torpor “like some slumbering giant”.
It is a sad situation, but Americans are slumbering when the bad have become powerful.
They were all aimed at waking up the usually-slumbering human mind.
This image depicts a priest climbing on a slumbering drunk in order to saw an electricity pylon with a crucifix.
Worse, the forest has an ancient slumbering beast that may pose a greater threat.
The loss ended a spectacular season for the Cubs, one that brought alive a slumbering franchise and made the Cubs relevant for a whole new generation of Cubs fans.
This is evidenced by Theseus commenting on some slumbering youths, that they "observe The rite of May" (Act 4, Scene 1).
Common combinations with slumbering
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: