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Sundowning in a sentence

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Sundowning | Sundowns | Sundown | Sundowner | Sundowners

Sundowning meaning

A state of agitation, confusion, or delirium, especially in patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease, which begins daily at nightfall and which is alleviated by daylight.

Using Sundowning

  • The main meaning on this page is: A state of agitation, confusion, or delirium, especially in patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease, which begins daily at nightfall and which is alleviated by daylight.

Context around Sundowning

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 11.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

exacerbate 1×

Often after:

symptoms 1× krowel 1×

Sentence patterns with Sundowning

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

can exacerbate sundowning symptoms diaz 1× symptoms of sundowning krowel noted 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

narcotics and certain 1× pain stress and 1×

Common sentence endings:

sundowning krowel noted 1× symptoms diaz said 1×

Words around Sundowning

Just before it in the word index:

sundowners 4 sundowner 9 sundown 75 sundome 3 sundog 6 sundman 2

Just after it in the word index:

sundowns 161 sundquist 5 sundqvist 7 sundre 2 sundresh 2 sundress 9

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Sundowning

  • In this selection, "sundowning" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 11.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, exacerbate, symptoms and krowel stand out and add context to how "sundowning" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include can exacerbate sundowning symptoms diaz and symptoms of sundowning krowel noted. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sundowning" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sundowning

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

Narcotics and certain psychotropic drugs can exacerbate sundowning symptoms, Diaz said. (11 words)

Pain, stress and anxiety can worsen the symptoms of sundowning, Krowel noted. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

Pain, stress and anxiety can worsen the symptoms of sundowning, Krowel noted. (12 words)

Narcotics and certain psychotropic drugs can exacerbate sundowning symptoms, Diaz said. (11 words)

Example sentences (2)

Narcotics and certain psychotropic drugs can exacerbate sundowning symptoms, Diaz said.

Pain, stress and anxiety can worsen the symptoms of sundowning, Krowel noted.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sundowning" in a sentence?
An example: "Narcotics and certain psychotropic drugs can exacerbate sundowning symptoms, Diaz said." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "sundowning" from authentic English texts.
What does "sundowning" mean?
Sundowning means: A state of agitation, confusion, or delirium, especially in patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease, which begins daily at nightfall and which is alleviated by daylight.
How many example sentences with "sundowning" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "sundowning", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.