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Unmooring is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Unmooring in a sentence

Related words

Unmooring | Unmoored

Unmooring meaning

present participle and gerund of unmoor

Using Unmooring

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of unmoor

Context around Unmooring

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 30.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

sexuality 1×

Sentence patterns with Unmooring

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

after unmooring sexuality from 1× emptiness was unmooring 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after unmooring sexuality 1× toledo appeared to 1×

Common sentence endings:

emptiness was unmooring 1× in this form 1×

Words around Unmooring

Just before it in the word index:

unmoored 27 unmonitored 10 unmolested 22 unmold 4 unmogip 5 unmodulated 5

Just after it in the word index:

unmortared 3 unmortgage 3 unmotivated 18 unmotorable 5 unmounted 6 unmourned 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 5 aacr 5 aacsb 5 aadar 5 aadk 5 aadvantage 5

Corpus analysis for Unmooring

  • In this selection, "unmooring" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, sexuality stand out and add context to how "unmooring" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include after unmooring sexuality from and emptiness was unmooring. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "unmooring" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with unmooring

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

Toledo appeared to be in somewhat better shape than other Rust Belt cities where I had spent time—Racine, Youngstown, River Rouge—but the emptiness was unmooring. (27 words)

After unmooring sexuality from biology, he anchored it in history, arguing that this thing we now call sexuality came into existence in the eighteenth-century West and did not exist previously in this form. (34 words)

Longer example sentences

After unmooring sexuality from biology, he anchored it in history, arguing that this thing we now call sexuality came into existence in the eighteenth-century West and did not exist previously in this form. (34 words)

Toledo appeared to be in somewhat better shape than other Rust Belt cities where I had spent time—Racine, Youngstown, River Rouge—but the emptiness was unmooring. (27 words)

Example sentences (2)

Toledo appeared to be in somewhat better shape than other Rust Belt cities where I had spent time—Racine, Youngstown, River Rouge—but the emptiness was unmooring.

After unmooring sexuality from biology, he anchored it in history, arguing that this thing we now call sexuality came into existence in the eighteenth-century West and did not exist previously in this form.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "unmooring" in a sentence?
An example: "Toledo appeared to be in somewhat better shape than other Rust Belt cities where I had spent time—Racine, Youngstown, River Rouge—but the emptiness was unmooring." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "unmooring" from authentic English texts.
What does "unmooring" mean?
Unmooring means: present participle and gerund of unmoor
How many example sentences with "unmooring" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "unmooring", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.