On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Waving. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as flaring or flying and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Waving meaning
present participle and gerund of wave
Using Waving
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of wave
- Useful related words include: aflare, flaring, flying, moving.
- In the example corpus, waving often appears in combinations such as: and waving, waving to, waving flags.
Context around Waving
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Waving
- In this selection, "waving" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, flag, teenager, anarchist, flags, brexiteers and remainers stand out and add context to how "waving" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a teenager waving an israeli and after waving to the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "waving" sits close to words such as compass, constructive and dissent, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with waving
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Capitol dome with an American flag waving in the wind. (10 words)
Bucket-waving volunteers from York Hospital were also on hand to collect donations. (13 words)
As Bill Foley, the Bournemouth owner, stood frantically waving a red flag, Leeds raised a white one. (17 words)
By many accounts, Trump loved nothing more than entertaining foreign leaders and officials on the dining room terrace, and at those meetings even casual onlookers could see him waving around state papers as if they were floor plans for some condo opening. (42 words)
About five minutes into the event, two trans activists emerged from the audience waving rainbow flags and threw leaflets before they were drowned out by shouting from the crowd - who clapped and cheered as security pulled the pair out. (39 words)
A second video released on the morning of the coronation, was captioned, Today’s the Day, and sought to capture the growing excitement as people streamed into London wearing paper crowns and waving Union flags. (35 words)
Biden chuckled and walked away, waving at the media, when a reporter asked the president, “Did you see that Ron DeSantis said that if he became president, he would pardon Trump? (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
And then they were waving at us and we were waving, like, this is awfully close," one woman said.
Somewhere between a teenager waving an Israeli flag and a grizzled octogenarian anarchist waving a black one Razi tripped and fell down.
Once again, the entrance is besieged by flag-waving Brexiteers crying treason and flag-waving Remainers also crying treason.
About five minutes into the event, two trans activists emerged from the audience waving rainbow flags and threw leaflets before they were drowned out by shouting from the crowd - who clapped and cheered as security pulled the pair out.
A couple were asleep in their Caribbean hotel room when a masked thief waving a gun around broke into their room at 3am.
After several minutes of stillness, thousands were on their feet, waving flags and shrieking with excitement at one of several viewing parties held across the nation.
After the game, footage emerged of Haaland’s father, Alf-Inge, being escorted from his seat having goaded the home support by cupping his ear and sarcastically waving to the fans below him.
After waving to the crowd and embracing one another, Springsteen stepped to the side so Strait — a native Texan — could make his way to the microphone and talk to the crowd.
Allin led the Southern Cali crowd in an ovation for Sting, who shared a moment with his son ringside before waving goodbye to LA for the last time.
A man in orange can be seen waving a lit mosquito coil at the creature, scaring it away into the darkness.
And, just like most of the past month, the streets were packed with joyous Napoli fans, chanting and waving flags, and the air was tinged in blue — the team’s colors — from flares.
As Bill Foley, the Bournemouth owner, stood frantically waving a red flag, Leeds raised a white one.
A second video released on the morning of the coronation, was captioned, Today’s the Day, and sought to capture the growing excitement as people streamed into London wearing paper crowns and waving Union flags.
A small friendly robot called Pepper is blinking cheerfully, waving and nodding from a room in the midst of the Australian National University (ANU).
As rain poured outside the church, was in position to take a picture of Princess Charlotte waving from a carriage.
A video shows around 15 teens stood in front of a police van dancing in front of it and waving hand gestures at officers sat in the cab.
Biden chuckled and walked away, waving at the media, when a reporter asked the president, “Did you see that Ron DeSantis said that if he became president, he would pardon Trump?
Bucket-waving volunteers from York Hospital were also on hand to collect donations.
By many accounts, Trump loved nothing more than entertaining foreign leaders and officials on the dining room terrace, and at those meetings even casual onlookers could see him waving around state papers as if they were floor plans for some condo opening.
Capitol dome with an American flag waving in the wind.
Common combinations with waving
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and waving 28×
- waving to 20×
- waving flags 14×
- waving the 13×
- waving at 11×
- waving his 10×
- waving goodbye 7×
- waving her 7×
- were waving 5×
- seen waving 5×