How do you use Widening in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like broadening or narrowing, plus the exact meaning.
Widening in a sentence
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Widening meaning
Growing wider or farther apart.
Synonyms of Widening
Using Widening
- The main meaning on this page is: Growing wider or farther apart.
- Useful related words include: broadening, narrowing, increase, increment.
- In the example corpus, widening often appears in combinations such as: the widening, widening of, widening the.
Context around Widening
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Widening
- In this selection, "widening" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, road, lane, bridge, bridge, work and chasm stand out and add context to how "widening" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include alarming geographical widening of the and allow for widening activities. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "widening" sits close to words such as accuse, advertisers and bi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with widening
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Beijing needs lower interest rates, rather than widening interest-rate differentials. (11 words)
He introduces a world that's "grappling with overpopulation and widening social divides," stated. (14 words)
At the front, frustration leads to escalation and an alarming geographical widening of the war. (15 words)
Work to enable lane widening on Forest Road and facilitate the installation of high voltage cabling, BT and WightFibre ducts, lane widening work at the B&Q roundabout and Dodnor Lane and works to Medina Way have also been progressing well. (41 words)
As Wilson Lo’s campaign platform calling for the widening of four roads in his ward suggests, its premise is that the current reliance on cars as the primary means of motorized transportation will not just continue but increase. (39 words)
Following concerns of their non-performance with the road widening project from Conversation Tree to Dennis Street, Georgetown, Kalco Guyana Inc. has since engaged with the Public Works Ministry and has now moved to being a performing contractor. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
The $11.7 million Sage Creek highway and bridge improvement project consists of road widening, bridge widening over the Shoshone River, replacement of the Sage Creek and railroad bridges, asphalt paving, and other work.
Work to enable lane widening on Forest Road and facilitate the installation of high voltage cabling, BT and WightFibre ducts, lane widening work at the B&Q roundabout and Dodnor Lane and works to Medina Way have also been progressing well.
According to reports in Israeli media, the conversation also focused on the Iranian threat and widening the circle of peace between Israel and other Arab states.
And all you can feel is the space between yourself and others, a widening chasm of disconnection in relationships that were once so easy.
An FBI agent on the scene near Houston acknowledged they have little to go on in the widening manhunt for 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza, who has.
A provision of Rs 2,538 crore is proposed for widening/strengthening and new works of major/other district roads, Mr Khanna said.
As for the widening, at present, the state highway is not evenly wide, somewhere the highway being four meters wide, while at some points 4.5 metres wide.
As Wilson Lo’s campaign platform calling for the widening of four roads in his ward suggests, its premise is that the current reliance on cars as the primary means of motorized transportation will not just continue but increase.
At the front, frustration leads to escalation and an alarming geographical widening of the war.
Beginning the week of Sunday, May 21, eastbound travelers will encounter a new traffic configuration from west of College Parkway to east of Portside Drive as lanes will be shifted slightly south to allow for widening activities.
Beijing needs lower interest rates, rather than widening interest-rate differentials.
But the effects of a widening conflict — particularly a spike in energy prices — are weighing heavily on policymakers.
But the relative superiority of either model is probably less important to the nation’s future than the widening separation, and growing antagonism, between them that was displayed so vividly in the debate.
Council members say if they can’t afford $2 billion for the West Ashley extension, taxpayers sure can’t afford $4 billion for widening an existing road.
Especially as schoolwork becomes increasingly digital in the wake of the pandemic, the gap is only widening.
Extensive cutting of hill slopes for construction and widening of roads, blasting for tunnels, hydro projects and mining are cited as reasons behind the increase in landslides, geological expert Prof. Virender Singh Dhar said.
Following concerns of their non-performance with the road widening project from Conversation Tree to Dennis Street, Georgetown, Kalco Guyana Inc. has since engaged with the Public Works Ministry and has now moved to being a performing contractor.
Fraudsters are taking advantage of the widening knowledge gap, outlining the urgent need for banks to educate and protect their customers with technology, according to Feedzai.
Hamas—no doubt acting with the knowledge and support of Iran—seeks to derail the widening circle of peace in which Arab states have embraced normalized relations with Israel.
He introduces a world that's "grappling with overpopulation and widening social divides," stated.
Common combinations with widening
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the widening 36×
- widening of 24×
- widening the 19×
- and widening 18×
- road widening 13×
- of widening 9×
- for widening 7×
- widening and 7×
- widening gap 7×
- widening project 5×