Explore Trough through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like receptacle or exchequer. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Trough meaning
- A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.
- Any similarly shaped container.
Synonyms of Trough
Using Trough
- The main meaning on this page is: A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals. | Any similarly shaped container. | Any similarly shaped container.
- Useful related words include: natural depression, receptacle, exchequer, treasury.
- In the example corpus, trough often appears in combinations such as: the trough, trough of, trough and.
Context around Trough
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Trough
- In this selection, "trough" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, shortwave, main, broad, move, fall and slides stand out and add context to how "trough" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a broad trough over the and a trough on the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "trough" sits close to words such as altman, apprehension and archery, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with trough
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Another trough is moving from Vidarbha to South Tamil Nadu. (10 words)
AMC experienced a trough-to-peak surge of approximately 93% in late-February. (13 words)
And they were only down 4.5% peak to trough during the GFC. (13 words)
After falling nearly 7% from a cycle high in June 2022 - well short of predictions made late last year for a 12% peak-to-trough fall - average house prices started rising again in February and are now only around 1% below their peak. (43 words)
Model guidance has been consistently showing an upper level shortwave trough move down the island chain early next week, then pinch off from the main trough to form a cutoff low south of the state before slowly retrograding westward through the week. (42 words)
An upper low over the Hawaiian Islands will continue to weaken the surface winds by producing a broad trough over the region, keeping trade winds in the moderate to locally fresh range through Tuesday. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Model guidance has been consistently showing an upper level shortwave trough move down the island chain early next week, then pinch off from the main trough to form a cutoff low south of the state before slowly retrograding westward through the week.
After falling nearly 7% from a cycle high in June 2022 - well short of predictions made late last year for a 12% peak-to-trough fall - average house prices started rising again in February and are now only around 1% below their peak.
AMC experienced a trough-to-peak surge of approximately 93% in late-February.
And they were only down 4.5% peak to trough during the GFC.
Another trough is moving from Vidarbha to South Tamil Nadu.
An upper low over the Hawaiian Islands will continue to weaken the surface winds by producing a broad trough over the region, keeping trade winds in the moderate to locally fresh range through Tuesday.
A risk of showers Friday through the weekend but as I mentioned earlier, drier than wet as the next low splits and the center of the trough slides down off our coastline into California.
As a result the "ground round the trough was in a deplorable condition and was unapproachable".
A trough on the edge of the west coast of the Top End was causing showers and thunderstorms across the Territory, especially north of Barrow Creek, the Bureau said.
But in the meantime, he’s still got his snout firmly wedged in the trough.
Due to the LPA’s trough, cloudy skies and rain should be expected over Caraga Region, as well as Davao Oriental, while scattered rain showers will prevail over Eastern Visayas.
Due to the passing of the cyclonic circulation system and trough line, rain is expected in the eastern part of the state for the next few days.
Following the strong report, BofA raised its 2023 earnings outlook, so the hope here is that we are near trough profits.
Further, as the picture below shows, consumer sentiment, in recent months, has been recovering from its trough as inflation continued its downward trend showcasing the resilience of consumers during the current economic conditions.
He might’ve left a few minutes later with John Jensen to pick up some crab the Petersens had caught earlier that day down at the Water Trough.
High clouds will thicken as an upper trough to the west drifts eastward.
However, these estimates might be a bit optimistic because the average trough forward PE during non-financial crisis recessions is actually 13 to 15.
In 1928 the gas plant was discontinued, and the light changed to vapourised paraffin, the lantern was rebuilt, and a reconstructed two-tier optic, rotating in a trough of mercury was installed.
In other words, the chemicals that were in cars that had not leaked were released to prevent an explosion, and vinyl chloride was poured into a trough and burned to contain its spread.
In our assessment, this sector has likely gone through - or is currently going through - the recent cycle’s trough.
Common combinations with trough
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the trough 31×
- trough of 18×
- trough and 16×
- upper trough 13×
- trough in 8×
- trough is 6×
- water trough 6×
- trough moves 6×
- trough to 5×
- to trough 5×