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Sportswash in a sentence

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Sportswash | Sportswashing

Sportswash meaning

To use sporting events to improve a polity's reputation, especially to distract from human rights abuses.

Using Sportswash

  • The main meaning on this page is: To use sporting events to improve a polity's reputation, especially to distract from human rights abuses.
  • In the example corpus, sportswash often appears in combinations such as: sportswash its.

Context around Sportswash

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 34 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

clean 1×

Sentence patterns with Sportswash

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

spring clean sportswash its deplorable 1× trying to sportswash its reputation 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

critics of liv 1× the fight was 1×

Common sentence endings:

human rights abuses 1× human rights record 1×

Words around Sportswash

Just before it in the word index:

sportsters 2 sportster 10 sportstar 3 sportsradio 2 sportsplex 18 sportspersons 20

Just after it in the word index:

sportswashing 7 sportswatch 2 sportswear 101 sportswoman 28 sportswomen 11 sportswriter 38

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadu 4 aafmaa 4

Corpus analysis for Sportswash

  • In this selection, "sportswash" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 34 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, clean stand out and add context to how "sportswash" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include spring clean sportswash its deplorable and trying to sportswash its reputation. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sportswash" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sportswash

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The fight was billed as the start to ‘Riyadh Season’, with Saudi Arabia heavily criticised for trying to ‘sportswash’ its reputation and distract from its long history history of human rights abuses. (32 words)

Critics of LIV Golf are equal parts horrified and mystified that the league’s funder, Saudi Arabia, is using the imprimatur of sport sponsorship to hose down and spring clean – ‘sportswash’ - its deplorable human rights record. (36 words)

Longer example sentences

Critics of LIV Golf are equal parts horrified and mystified that the league’s funder, Saudi Arabia, is using the imprimatur of sport sponsorship to hose down and spring clean – ‘sportswash’ - its deplorable human rights record. (36 words)

The fight was billed as the start to ‘Riyadh Season’, with Saudi Arabia heavily criticised for trying to ‘sportswash’ its reputation and distract from its long history history of human rights abuses. (32 words)

Example sentences (2)

Critics of LIV Golf are equal parts horrified and mystified that the league’s funder, Saudi Arabia, is using the imprimatur of sport sponsorship to hose down and spring clean – ‘sportswash’ - its deplorable human rights record.

The fight was billed as the start to ‘Riyadh Season’, with Saudi Arabia heavily criticised for trying to ‘sportswash’ its reputation and distract from its long history history of human rights abuses.

Common combinations with sportswash

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sportswash" in a sentence?
An example: "Critics of LIV Golf are equal parts horrified and mystified that the league’s funder, Saudi Arabia, is using the imprimatur of sport sponsorship to hose down and spring clean – ‘sportswash’ - its deplorable human rights record." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "sportswash" from authentic English texts.
What does "sportswash" mean?
Sportswash means: To use sporting events to improve a polity's reputation, especially to distract from human rights abuses.
How many example sentences with "sportswash" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "sportswash", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.