Explore Tumbledown through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Tumbledown in a sentence
Tumbledown meaning
In disrepair; poorly maintained.
Using Tumbledown
- The main meaning on this page is: In disrepair; poorly maintained.
Context around Tumbledown
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tumbledown
- In this selection, "tumbledown" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, nicknames, castle, mountain and conservation stand out and add context to how "tumbledown" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include hiking on tumbledown mountain and in a tumbledown castle with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tumbledown" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tumbledown
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Prodan serves on the board of directors of the Tumbledown Conservation Alliance. (12 words)
A Massachusetts woman was rescued Friday after she fell while hiking on Tumbledown Mountain. (14 words)
Royalists rejoiced at Cromwell's fall, and many satirical attacks surfaced, in which he was given the unflattering nicknames "Tumbledown Dick" and "Queen Dick". (24 words)
The story follows teenage sisters, Rose (Rose Byrne) and Cassandra (Romola Garai), whose life in a tumbledown castle with their eccentric family is turned upside down by the arrival of new neighbours. (32 words)
Royalists rejoiced at Cromwell's fall, and many satirical attacks surfaced, in which he was given the unflattering nicknames "Tumbledown Dick" and "Queen Dick". (24 words)
A Massachusetts woman was rescued Friday after she fell while hiking on Tumbledown Mountain. (14 words)
Example sentences (4)
The story follows teenage sisters, Rose (Rose Byrne) and Cassandra (Romola Garai), whose life in a tumbledown castle with their eccentric family is turned upside down by the arrival of new neighbours.
A Massachusetts woman was rescued Friday after she fell while hiking on Tumbledown Mountain.
Prodan serves on the board of directors of the Tumbledown Conservation Alliance.
Royalists rejoiced at Cromwell's fall, and many satirical attacks surfaced, in which he was given the unflattering nicknames "Tumbledown Dick" and "Queen Dick".