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Explore Tortious through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like wrongdoing or misconduct. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Tortious in a sentence

Tortious meaning

  1. Wrongful; harmful.
  2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of torts.

Synonyms of Tortious

wrongdoing wrongful conduct misconduct actus reus

Related words

Other words often associated with Tortious or its synonyms:

activity manage behave error direction mishandle move evilness misbehave deal management mismanage

Using Tortious

  • The main meaning on this page is: Wrongful; harmful. | Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of torts.
  • Useful related words include: wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus.
  • In the example corpus, tortious often appears in combinations such as: tortious interference, for tortious, and tortious.

Context around Tortious

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

alleges 1× include 1× alleged 1×

Often after:

interference 5× offence 1× acts 1× liability 1× duties 1× breaches 1×

Sentence patterns with Tortious

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

and include tortious interference with 1× contractual and tortious duties 1× criminal and tortious acts 1× defendants for tortious interference with 1× defenses to tortious liability 1× further alleged tortious breaches of 1× him for tortious interference which 1× is no tortious offence of 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

any other approach 1× apart from proof 1× business torts main 1× habersberger j held 1× klayman is suing 1× legislators like senator 1×

Common sentence endings:

000 in remuneration 1× abetting employment discrimination 1× and negligent misrepresentation 1× and tortious acts 1× and tortious duties 1× duty of care 1×

Words around Tortious

Just before it in the word index:

tortilleria 3 tortillas 112 tortilla 100 torticollis 2 tortfeasor 2 tortes 4

Just after it in the word index:

tortoise 146 tortoises 51 tortoiseshell 9 tortola 46 tortora 2 tortorella 27

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 13 aamer 13 aave 13 abdelmadjid 13 abdulkarim 13 abdulsalami 13

Corpus analysis for Tortious

  • In this selection, "tortious" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, alleges, include, alleged, interference, offence and acts stand out and add context to how "tortious" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and include tortious interference with and contractual and tortious duties. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "tortious" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with tortious

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

Any other approach would create potential liability for tortious interference with business interests. (13 words)

He said: “What many people don’t realise is there is no tortious offence of bullying. (16 words)

Apart from proof that there was no breach of duty, there are three principal defenses to tortious liability. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

Naming Avenatti would suggest she's trying to hit him for tortious interference, which sounds like a sexxxx thing, but isn't, unless Avenatti wants to make it sexxxxy, in which case we are right here waiting. (37 words)

Tapoohi, a lawyer herself, alleged that the mediator breached his contractual duty, given the lack of any formal agreement; and further alleged tortious breaches of his duty of care. (29 words)

Business torts main Business or economic torts typically involve commercial transactions, and include tortious interference with trade or contract, fraud, injurious falsehood, and negligent misrepresentation. (25 words)

Example sentences (10)

He said: “What many people don’t realise is there is no tortious offence of bullying.

Any other approach would create potential liability for tortious interference with business interests.

Klayman is suing the defendants for tortious interference with business relations and is asking for up to $75,000 in remuneration.

Legislators like Senator Al Franken lost his position for doing one percent of Donald's criminal and tortious acts.

The suit alleges "tortious interference with economic advantage, defamation, false light invasion of privacy and aiding and abetting employment discrimination".

Naming Avenatti would suggest she's trying to hit him for tortious interference, which sounds like a sexxxx thing, but isn't, unless Avenatti wants to make it sexxxxy, in which case we are right here waiting.

Apart from proof that there was no breach of duty, there are three principal defenses to tortious liability.

Business torts main Business or economic torts typically involve commercial transactions, and include tortious interference with trade or contract, fraud, injurious falsehood, and negligent misrepresentation.

Habersberger J held it "not beyond argument" that the mediator could be in breach of contractual and tortious duties.

Tapoohi, a lawyer herself, alleged that the mediator breached his contractual duty, given the lack of any formal agreement; and further alleged tortious breaches of his duty of care.

Common combinations with tortious

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "tortious" in a sentence?
An example: "He said: “What many people don’t realise is there is no tortious offence of bullying." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "tortious" from authentic English texts.
What does "tortious" mean?
Tortious means: Wrongful; harmful.
What are synonyms of "tortious"?
Common synonyms of "tortious" include: wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus.
How many example sentences with "tortious" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "tortious", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.