Explore Stirling through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Stirling meaning
- A placename:
- A city in Stirling council area, Scotland, originally in Stirlingshire.
- A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996, with its administrative centre in the city.
Using Stirling
- The main meaning on this page is: A placename: | A city in Stirling council area, Scotland, originally in Stirlingshire. | A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996, with its administrative centre in the city.
- In the example corpus, stirling often appears in combinations such as: in stirling, stirling and, of stirling.
Context around Stirling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 6 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stirling
- In this selection, "stirling" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, jennifer, laurence, highlands, numbers, switched and dropping stand out and add context to how "stirling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1960s jennifer stirling shailene woodley and a former stirling doctor who. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stirling" sits close to words such as ambush, buckets and comey, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stirling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Both were remanded and will be sentenced next month in Stirling. (11 words)
A trial is to occur in the City of Stirling (Perth) later this year. (14 words)
Ben Stirling is determined to get back to full fitness after an injury setback. (14 words)
A total of 48 buildings are included on the register for the Stirling area - with city sites including the former Bank of Scotland building in King Street, the former West End Bar in Lower Bridge Street, Kerse Corn Mill and the Alhambra Theatre. (43 words)
Stirling piston engine Rhombic Drive – Beta Stirling Engine Design, showing the second displacer piston (green) within the cylinder, which shunts the working gas between the hot and cold ends, but produces no power itself. (34 words)
Glasgow Caledonian University and the University of Stirling switched places in this year’s rankings, with the Glasgow-based university coming in at seventh and Stirling dropping down one place to eighth. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Glasgow Caledonian University and the University of Stirling switched places in this year’s rankings, with the Glasgow-based university coming in at seventh and Stirling dropping down one place to eighth.
To mark this trip, Burr has a new exhibition at Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum in Stirling.
In the 1960s, Jennifer Stirling (Shailene Woodley) is a socialite in a lifeless marriage to a wealthy businessman, Laurence Stirling (Joe Alwyn).
Known as the “Gateway to the Highlands,” Stirling boasts a rich history and numerous attractions, including the iconic Stirling Castle, the Wallace Monument, and the picturesque Old Town.
The Stirling Lakers girls basketball team made history on March 1 by playing the first game in the Stirling School’s brand new gym.
Connection with Stirling numbers of the second kind If denotes Stirling numbers of the second kind L. Comtet, Advanced combinatorics.
Field Marshal Montgomery described Stirling as "mad, quite mad" but believed that men like Stirling were needed in time of war.
Stirling piston engine Rhombic Drive – Beta Stirling Engine Design, showing the second displacer piston (green) within the cylinder, which shunts the working gas between the hot and cold ends, but produces no power itself.
A care worker for the Clackmannanshire and Stirling Health and Social Care Partnership has been named as a finalist for the NHS Local Staff Awards.
According to Ms Stirling, Elizabeth’s ordeal began on 14 July as she went through the international hub of Dubai Airport on her way home to New York with a pal.
A former Stirling doctor who helped invent the world’s first insulin pen for people with diabetes has been awarded a CBE in the King’s Birthday Honours list.
Along with the aforementioned cast, the movie also stars Sarah Gadon as Linda Christian, Jack O’Connell as Peter Collins, Michele Savoia as Carlo Chiti, and Ben Collins as Stirling Moss.
As well as whisky, the UK delegation discussed cooperation around Vietnam's offshore wind power ambitions and a new partnership between the British University in Vietnam and Stirling University.
A total of 48 buildings are included on the register for the Stirling area - with city sites including the former Bank of Scotland building in King Street, the former West End Bar in Lower Bridge Street, Kerse Corn Mill and the Alhambra Theatre.
A trial is to occur in the City of Stirling (Perth) later this year.
Ben Stirling is determined to get back to full fitness after an injury setback.
Big Noise launched its first orchestra in Raploch in 2008 and is s funded by Stirling Council and other private sources.
Both were remanded and will be sentenced next month in Stirling.
CarboFix was created by a London, Ontario-based health and fitness specialist named Matt Stirling.
Carolyn Booth, Pets Farm team leader at the park near Stirling, said: “Our pups emerged from their den on August 11, so we estimate that they are just over a month old.
Common combinations with stirling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in stirling 24×
- stirling and 21×
- of stirling 17×
- and stirling 11×
- the stirling 10×
- at stirling 7×
- stirling council 7×
- stirling university 5×
- near stirling 5×
- stirling albion 5×