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Tripping is an English word with synonyms like lilting or swinging. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Tripping in a sentence

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Tripping meaning

present participle and gerund of trip

Synonyms of Tripping

Using Tripping

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of trip
  • Useful related words include: lilting, swinging, swingy, rhythmical.
  • In the example corpus, tripping often appears in combinations such as: tripping over, tripping on, for tripping.

Context around Tripping

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 12 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Tripping

  • In this selection, "tripping" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, avoid, fairyland, hither, hazard, minor and hither stand out and add context to how "tripping" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a huberdeau tripping minor and after tripping on the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "tripping" sits close to words such as aback, alexei and alligator, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with tripping

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

After tripping on the sandbag, he sought to laugh that off too. (12 words)

And a minute into Denver’s power play, Logan Will got called for tripping. (14 words)

He said: “It’s a waste of money and I’ve seen people tripping over them. (16 words)

Poison Ivy's most recent journey began with Pamela road-tripping across the United States, slowly spreading the dangerous fungal plague called "lamia spores," in her latest attempt to wipe out humanity and return the full power of the Green. (40 words)

He had visited the concert stage but decided that the story was elsewhere — the hundreds of thousands of audience members, some tripping, others building tents, skinny-dipping in a pond and sharing crates of bananas and loaves of bread. (39 words)

He also throws in a heap of magic mushrooms, magic tomatoes, and two “very fine slices of cactus, glazed with honey”, that have Moctezuma and Cortés tripping so hard they don’t even need translators. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

One way to avoid tripping over the extended track segment is by putting a large house plant or piece of furniture alongside it, blocking it from becoming a tripping hazard.

After the passage of 25 years, the fairies, still missing Iolanthe deeply, plead with their Queen to pardon Iolanthe and to restore her place in fairyland ("Tripping hither, tripping thither").

After tripping on the sandbag, he sought to laugh that off too.

Amen to that, and here’s hoping the regents have the fortitude to stand up to power-tripping legislators demanding that Lassner be forced out earlier and a president of their choosing installed.

And a minute into Denver’s power play, Logan Will got called for tripping.

But his unusual tripping penalty led to Orlov’s power-play goal that turned the game in the second period.

Criminals use cars, knives, rope, clubs their own hands for strangling and punching and their feet for kicking and tripping their victims.

Determining the real-life tolerances of the transmission grid at any given time is also important to avoid unintentional tripping of protection measures.

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He also throws in a heap of magic mushrooms, magic tomatoes, and two “very fine slices of cactus, glazed with honey”, that have Moctezuma and Cortés tripping so hard they don’t even need translators.

He had visited the concert stage but decided that the story was elsewhere — the hundreds of thousands of audience members, some tripping, others building tents, skinny-dipping in a pond and sharing crates of bananas and loaves of bread.

He said: “It’s a waste of money and I’ve seen people tripping over them.

His unorthodox approach even saw him commit a foul by tripping a Hibs player with his head in the first half.

However, John said he has been left ‘heartbroken’ after overgrowth has left the lake hidden behind the weeds, and the path to June’s grave has become a tripping hazard for him.

Momentum had swung on special teams as the Kings emerged from a post-whistle scrum with a power play and, 30 seconds later, a two-man advantage thanks to winger Zach Parise’s tripping minor.

On second and eight, Morgan and Bell tangle feet, tripping up the latter and touched down for a loss of three, timeout Tampa Bay.

Paddy said: "I mainly wanted to lose weight due to health reasons, especially because I have and my legs would be constantly aching and I was tripping over a lot.

Perron's milestone goal came at 1:29 of the third after Pat Maroon was penalized for tripping.

Poison Ivy's most recent journey began with Pamela road-tripping across the United States, slowly spreading the dangerous fungal plague called "lamia spores," in her latest attempt to wipe out humanity and return the full power of the Green.

Small, round buttons are the most cozy, familiar and recognizable of our edible mushrooms now, but there are hundreds of varieties we can eat (without tripping).

Stecher knotted the score 1-1 at 7:41 of the second period within seconds of Calgary killing off a Huberdeau tripping minor.

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Common combinations with tripping

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "tripping" in a sentence?
An example: "One way to avoid tripping over the extended track segment is by putting a large house plant or piece of furniture alongside it, blocking it from becoming a tripping hazard." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "tripping" from authentic English texts.
What does "tripping" mean?
Tripping means: present participle and gerund of trip
What are synonyms of "tripping"?
Common synonyms of "tripping" include: lilting, swinging, swingy, rhythmical, rhythmic, light, lightsome, light-footed.
How many example sentences with "tripping" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "tripping", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.