Workings is an English word with synonyms like works or mechanism. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Workings meaning
plural of working.
Synonyms of Workings
Using Workings
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of working.
- Useful related words include: works, mechanism, working, excavation.
- In the example corpus, workings often appears in combinations such as: workings of, inner workings, the workings.
Context around Workings
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Workings
- In this selection, "workings" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, inner, main, ancient and resembles stand out and add context to how "workings" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include the inner workings of the, of the workings of the and inner workings. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "workings" sits close to words such as ailments, bilingual and bombings, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with workings
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And maybe it would help us understand the real inner workings of sports and heroes. (15 words)
That included earthworks aiming to reduce the generation of acid mine water that discharges from underground workings. (17 words)
Kyle Entwistle, Turbine Services Manager, explains some of the workings of the Byron Generating Station Tuesday in Byron. (18 words)
Since the Brian Baker Vs. the Town of Stephentown regarding the Hanson’s Trailer Park case more or less started to weave its way into more of the workings, and non-workings, of the Town’s government, one never knows what to expect next. (44 words)
John Wick: Chapter 4 gave the fans an action-packed ending to the story of Baba Yaga, will explore the beginnings of a fan-favorite character with a little extra focus on the story to enlighten fans on the inner workings of the hotel. (44 words)
It's to the film's credit that we don't wait long for John and Caine to face off; before John escapes the inner workings of the Osaka Continental in the first third, he's got to do battle with Caine. (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
The GFZ is located approximately 500m east-southeast of the main workings at Aladdin’s Hill, and is expressed at surface as a series of dark chocolate brown gossanous carbonates, again with abundant ancient workings.
Since the Brian Baker Vs. the Town of Stephentown regarding the Hanson’s Trailer Park case more or less started to weave its way into more of the workings, and non-workings, of the Town’s government, one never knows what to expect next.
And maybe it would help us understand the real inner workings of sports and heroes.
An extra lane is being added in each direction along ten miles of the M6, but work has been delayed by 'a variety of factors' including difficult ground conditions due to old mine workings in the area.
As the Chinese Communist Party maintains its tight control on information, the world will eagerly await further developments to gain insight into the inner workings of one of the world’s most influential nations.
BOJ" and “The Prince” in the media, Amamiya possesses deep political connections useful for setting policy and in-depth knowledge of the bank’s internal workings.
Crucially, Merrimen doesn't explain he knows so much about the inner workings of the Federal Reserve, but everyone trusts him because of their military and high school sports connection (which Gerard Butler's Big Nick identifies during his investigation).
Final Readers — the freaks and geeks that you are — are likely intimately familiar with the workings of the Statehouse.
He answered quite a few questions from us concerning the inner workings of the scouting process and much more.
However, the workings of this technique were later changed entirely in a bid to rectify a glaring mistake on the author’s part, becoming another one of the series’ many incongruities.
I have yet to publish an article showing my workings here, but following the same logic that I used for the US FSI, I came to an interesting conclusion.
I intend to provide oversight on financial matters and other inner workings of the district so taxpayers have transparency on how their money is used, and we identify and halt unnecessary expenses.
It's to the film's credit that we don't wait long for John and Caine to face off; before John escapes the inner workings of the Osaka Continental in the first third, he's got to do battle with Caine.
John Wick: Chapter 4 gave the fans an action-packed ending to the story of Baba Yaga, will explore the beginnings of a fan-favorite character with a little extra focus on the story to enlighten fans on the inner workings of the hotel.
Kyle Entwistle, Turbine Services Manager, explains some of the workings of the Byron Generating Station Tuesday in Byron.
Learning about the ins and outs of the workings of the Region has most definitely presented a steeper learning curve than becoming Mayor of West Lincoln has done.
Meanwhile, Royals head coach Jason Sabolic and his players have received minimal word on the inner workings of their field.
Mosseri’s opening up about Instagram’s ranking and technical workings resembles in some ways the promise from Musk during the early days of his Twitter ownership that he would provide more transparency or even “open source” the company’s algorithm.
She told lawmakers this year the settlement evinced a bad habit of relying on negotiated settlements rather than formal rate proceedings that would allow regulators a deeper dive into the utility’s inner workings and finances.
That included earthworks aiming to reduce the generation of acid mine water that discharges from underground workings.
Phrases with workings
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with workings
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- workings of 127×
- inner workings 72×
- the workings 64×
- workings and 9×
- internal workings 7×
- mine workings 6×
- workings in 4×
- and workings 4×
- underground workings 3×
- historic workings 3×