Wondering how to use Toboggan in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as sled or sleigh.
Toboggan meaning
- A long sled without runners, with the front end curled upwards, which may be pulled across snow by a cord or used to coast down hills.
- A similar sled of wood, pulled by dogs, possibly with steel runners, made to transport cargo.
- Something which, once it starts going (figuratively) downhill, is unstoppable until it reaches the bottom.
Using Toboggan
- The main meaning on this page is: A long sled without runners, with the front end curled upwards, which may be pulled across snow by a cord or used to coast down hills. | A similar sled of wood, pulled by dogs, possibly with steel runners, made to transport cargo. | Something which, once it starts going (figuratively) downhill, is unstoppable until it reaches the bottom.
- Useful related words include: sled, sleigh, sledge, luge.
- In the example corpus, toboggan often appears in combinations such as: the toboggan.
Context around Toboggan
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Toboggan
- In this selection, "toboggan" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, loved, national, wooden, ride, championships and ahead stand out and add context to how "toboggan" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a loaded toboggan behind me and a red toboggan black m. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "toboggan" sits close to words such as abdulrasheed, abhinav and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with toboggan
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
One toboggan will hold up to four riders. (8 words)
You may need gloves, a toboggan, a heavy coat or even a blanket. (13 words)
Toboggan slides were often set up near the skating rinks on the river. (13 words)
One for the big kids out there this winter, this well-made steel toboggan is a must for mums and dads who want to get in on the action with its 100kg max weight. (34 words)
They used snow plows to dig their way into the area near the home — then went the rest of the way to the house on foot, lugging assistant fire chief Dave Hillman’s toboggan. (34 words)
It turned up at the top of a narrow chute in the French Alps, below a cornice on the Beartooth Pass, halfway down an icy headwall with a loaded toboggan behind me. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
For younger visitors, the much-loved toboggan ride and Frozen Swing returns as well as the Helter Skelter bar and slide.
This event kicks off the National Toboggan Championships weekend festivities at the Camden Snow Bowl.
It was the six blokes filming from the wooden toboggan ahead of me who I was most worried about – it just wouldn’t happen now.
Not to be confused with the classic Toboggan spiral rollercoaster, basically this is a giant “snow” slide.
People in Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Park toboggan down a hill during a snowstorm on Jan.
Police say the toboggan was being towed by a Ford F150 along Oyama Road last Wednesday afternoon, with the pickup truck doing approximately 30 km/h.
The merch van had been stripped bare, and an impromptu toboggan chute emerged, parting the crowd on the Hill.
Henry Cleveland, city park commissioner, said yesterday a toboggan slide and new ski slide could be built on the land.
It turned up at the top of a narrow chute in the French Alps, below a cornice on the Beartooth Pass, halfway down an icy headwall with a loaded toboggan behind me.
One for the big kids out there this winter, this well-made steel toboggan is a must for mums and dads who want to get in on the action with its 100kg max weight.
We had a big farm and it had a huge hill on it, we'd always ski and toboggan on it.
You may need gloves, a toboggan, a heavy coat or even a blanket.
Marcus was last seen wearing a red toboggan, black M&Ms race jacket, baggy blue pants and black shoes with white soles.
One toboggan will hold up to four riders.
Toboggan slides were often set up near the skating rinks on the river.
I love that in two days the days will start to get longer again and that’s a down hill slide on a toboggan of fun into the springtime of another year.
Stumpy’s Hatchet House will open on the waterfront, near the Tipsy Toboggan, this winter.
The toboggan does not move until someone gives it a small shove to overcome the static friction factor, then the dynamic friction factor takes over and away you go.
They used snow plows to dig their way into the area near the home — then went the rest of the way to the house on foot, lugging assistant fire chief Dave Hillman’s toboggan.
In the final strip, Calvin and Hobbes depart on their toboggan to go exploring.
Common combinations with toboggan
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: