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Trawling in a sentence

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Trawling meaning

  1. A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat. Not to be confused with trolling, which drags (one or more) lines.
  2. A laborious search.

Using Trawling

  • The main meaning on this page is: A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat. Not to be confused with trolling, which drags (one or more) lines. | A laborious search.
  • In the example corpus, trawling often appears in combinations such as: trawling through, bottom trawling, began trawling.

Context around Trawling

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Trawling

  • In this selection, "trawling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, bottom, began, sea, scotland, wouldn and especially stand out and add context to how "trawling" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and bottom trawling are strongly and as bottom trawling and large. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "trawling" sits close to words such as aachen, abayomi and abbots, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with trawling

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

Atmospheric carbon emissions from benthic trawling depend on water depth and ocean circulation. (13 words)

Damaging activities such as bottom trawling and large development must not take place in protected areas. (16 words)

With my basket in hand, I began trawling the aisles to put this theory to the test. (17 words)

These bots scout destinations, plan itineraries, search for accommodations and flights, map out road trips and do more — grabbing a lot of information at once and saving you all that time-consuming web trawling. (34 words)

The organisation says research in Lyme Bay in England has shown that where reef features alone were protected from bottom trawling, the abundance of marine life increased by a small amount: 15%. (32 words)

O’Flynn said that urgently banning bottom trawling on seamounts and in the Hauraki Gulf marine park needed to be bottom lines for any coalition agreement that the Greens entered into. (31 words)

Example sentences (20)

A night out with a muscly Eastern European guy was a better prospect than trawling through Netflix yet again for something to watch.

A sitting of the Trawling (Scotland) Committee was held in Wick, with evidence coming from fishermen based at Cromarty, Helmsdale, Wick, Ackergill, Keiss and Thurso.

Illegal fishing practices such as spearfishing with a scuba tank and bottom trawling are strongly enforced elsewhere, he said.

Intrigued, Mills began trawling through the annals of the British Library in order to uncover the story of blindness.

It’s been decimated by deep sea trawling, but has been making a remarkable comeback – thanks in no small part to their determination.

O’Flynn said that urgently banning bottom trawling on seamounts and in the Hauraki Gulf marine park needed to be bottom lines for any coalition agreement that the Greens entered into.

Trawling through darkweb markets and listings sites, there are pages of hackers offering their services for hire, as well as the 'fruits' of cybercrime - stolen cards, stolen accounts, stolen PayPal logins.

With my basket in hand, I began trawling the aisles to put this theory to the test.

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A 2018 study suggested that more than half of high-seas fishing, including much deep-sea bottom trawling, wouldn’t be economical without those subsidies.

All of this has evident since the practice began in the 14th century — but what has been less well-known is the other impacts trawling, especially climate change.

Atmospheric carbon emissions from benthic trawling depend on water depth and ocean circulation.

Bottom trawling also plays a big role as it rips the seagrass and impairs its further growth.

Damaging activities such as bottom trawling and large development must not take place in protected areas.

He said the commission will today be trawling through Black Friday offers to make sure they are genuine.

In terms of visuals, the game is not exactly high-tech, but that doesn’t mean you’re just left trawling through pages of endless text.

The organisation says research in Lyme Bay in England has shown that where reef features alone were protected from bottom trawling, the abundance of marine life increased by a small amount: 15%.

These bots scout destinations, plan itineraries, search for accommodations and flights, map out road trips and do more — grabbing a lot of information at once and saving you all that time-consuming web trawling.

The Sri Lankan Tamil fishermen observe that if bottom trawling continues unabated, there will be no fish in Sri Lankan waters.

Two ways in which it has been suggested that bottom trawling could be impacting on cod populations is through damage to their nursery grounds and by cod moralities in their bycatch.

With many sports fans gearing up to watch the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, live or virtually, viewers are warned to be on the lookout for cybercriminals trawling for victims.

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Common combinations with trawling

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "trawling" in a sentence?
An example: "A night out with a muscly Eastern European guy was a better prospect than trawling through Netflix yet again for something to watch." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "trawling" from authentic English texts.
What does "trawling" mean?
Trawling means: A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat. Not to be confused with trolling, which drags (one or more) lines.
How many example sentences with "trawling" are there?
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