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Wides is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Wides in a sentence

Related words

Wides | Wide | Widely | Widespread | Widest | Widescreen | Widescale

Wides meaning

plural of wide

Using Wides

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of wide
  • In the example corpus, wides often appears in combinations such as: three wides, wides and, wides in.

Context around Wides

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

five 1× thirteen 1× seven 1× half 1× eight 1× sprayed 1× bad 1× four 1×

Sentence patterns with Wides

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

away seven wides 1× bowling eight wides and nine 1× collection of wides no balls 1× first half wides had found 1× for four wides 1× had three wides with mitchelstown 1× hit five wides in seven 1× hits for wides and no 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

ball having been 1× bhuvi started off 1× by half time 1× england s seamers 1× fermanagh were beginning 1× indeed come the 1×

Common sentence endings:

a strong breeze 1× and no balls 1× away seven wides 1× for four wides 1× found their target 1× including 22 wides 1×

Words around Wides

Just before it in the word index:

wider 2.794 widepoint 2 wideouts 40 wideout 118 wideopenwest 4 wideopen 3

Just after it in the word index:

widescale 12 widescreen 77 widespread 3.475 widest 170 widevine 5 widewater 7

Similar in corpus frequency:

abad 22 abolishment 22 abr 22 abyad 22 accompanist 22 achmea 22

Corpus analysis for Wides

  • In this selection, "wides" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, five, thirteen and seven stand out and add context to how "wides" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include away seven wides and bowling eight wides and nine. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "wides" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with wides

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

They shot 12 wides and dropped another six efforts short. (10 words)

By half time Boherbue had three wides with Mitchelstown having four. (11 words)

What if a couple of seven first half wides had found their target? (13 words)

Longer example sentences

The play continued for the next 10 minutes with many wides from both sides but it was Clooney that was next to score a goal in the 25 minute leaving the half time score as follows Sixmilebridge 1-2 Clooney Quin 2-0. (43 words)

Indeed, come the full-time whistle Brian McMahon’s men had shot thirteen wides with a rate of return of just 36%, desperately poor and nowhere near what a super efficient Na Gaeil managed at 62%. (36 words)

England’s seamers rotated with shellshocked regularity but put together a long collection of wides, no-balls, full tosses and long-hops as Klaasen and Jansen cut loose – the latter smoking six sixes. (33 words)

Question examples

What if a couple of seven first half wides had found their target? (13 words)

Example sentences (18)

Fermanagh were beginning to assert themselves but hit five wides in seven minutes and landed a total of 10 wides.

By half time Boherbue had three wides with Mitchelstown having four.

England’s seamers rotated with shellshocked regularity but put together a long collection of wides, no-balls, full tosses and long-hops as Klaasen and Jansen cut loose – the latter smoking six sixes.

Indeed, come the full-time whistle Brian McMahon’s men had shot thirteen wides with a rate of return of just 36%, desperately poor and nowhere near what a super efficient Na Gaeil managed at 62%.

Jacob King, with 39 runs off 50 balls, top-scored for Nymagee with extras, the second top scorer with 27 (including 22 wides).

Mangold continued, “We had hundreds of hours of footage of him in close-ups, in mediums, in wides, in every kind of lighting, night and day.

They shot 12 wides and dropped another six efforts short.

They were playing the Dynamos version of the game, which is fast, with short overs and free hits for wides and no-balls.

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Though he also cut him in size, Shami was unable to find control, giving away seven wides.

What if a couple of seven first half wides had found their target?

Bhuvi started off with three wides but hit back with the wicket of David Warner.

Perhaps the scoreboard was unkind to the Déise men, chalking up 13 wides, that indicates a big improvement is needed for their next assignment.

The Mighty Ducks did not help themselves by bowling eight wides and nine no-balls.

Mark Wood was even more expensive, pummelled for 47 runs in three overs, including 23 from his second with three wides.

Scott Kuggeleijn sprayed wides both sides of the wicket in a nine-ball first over that somehow only went for five.

The play continued for the next 10 minutes with many wides from both sides but it was Clooney that was next to score a goal in the 25 minute leaving the half time score as follows Sixmilebridge 1-2 Clooney Quin 2-0.

Jimmy Hilliard gave Mountmellick hope with a brace of points but at the same time they struck three bad wides when aided by a strong breeze.

Ball, having been told he had bowled his bouncer for the over, does it again and even though it's his slower ball it trampolines up off the second bounce for four wides.

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Common combinations with wides

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "wides" in a sentence?
An example: "Fermanagh were beginning to assert themselves but hit five wides in seven minutes and landed a total of 10 wides." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "wides" from authentic English texts.
What does "wides" mean?
Wides means: plural of wide
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