How to Use grouping in a Sentence
grouping
noun- They arranged the furniture in a grouping around the fireplace.
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It’s part of a grouping of rooms all open to each other.
— Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 18 July 2021 -
Place the grouping in an urn planter ($11, The Home Depot), then pour in the sand to help keep tubes in place.
— Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2021 -
The 52 three-man groupings for Rounds 1 and 2 will be announced next week.
— Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2023 -
In that grouping, the Ravens’ pass rate is 52%, a nearly equal run-pass split.
— Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 3 Nov. 2021 -
Playing on a tough course, and in the final grouping could make for a long round of golf.
— Garrett Johnston, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Jan. 2022 -
That’s tied with 15 other QBs for the largest grouping in our sample of 66.
— Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 13 Feb. 2022 -
Nestled among the flowers is a grouping of stone birds.
— Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024 -
In other words the grouping and analysis are new, but the blood isn't.
— Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2022 -
There are condiment stands all over the place, so there’s no large grouping of people.
— Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 22 July 2024 -
It’s a few hundred feet long, with a small grouping of trees at its center.
— New York Times, 12 Nov. 2021 -
Yet, as rock-solid as this grouping may be, there are times when a person gets the itch to shake things up.
— Melissa Clark, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2023 -
This American name is a grouping of the names Gem and Ayla.
— Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day, 6 July 2023 -
The way ideas form in my head is there is a swirling of things, and then ideas settle together in groupings.
— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 10 Aug. 2024 -
To the left, a grouping of people silhouetted against the sun.
— Brienne Walsh, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021 -
But the former Eagles and Ravens scout has 12 wide receivers — a rather large grouping — in his top-50 draft list.
— Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 29 Feb. 2024 -
This grouping is only about 1,000 light-years away in the Perseus star-forming region.
— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Dec. 2023 -
The Dirty Mechanics finished 41st out of 75 teams in their grouping.
— Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2022 -
Duplicate the look by adding a small grouping of leaves to each jar's side and secure by wrapping with twine.
— Blair Donovan, Country Living, 30 Sep. 2022 -
In that case, a grouping of cancer cells might form visible lumps under the skin.
— Barbara Brody, Health.com, 31 Jan. 2022 -
And what order will that final grouping of early states be in?
— Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2022 -
The grouping of these artists offers a visual and emotional preview of what’s to come.
— Brandi Addison, Dallas News, 5 Aug. 2021 -
On the left, a grouping of antique silver trays stacks neatly above a Windsor stool.
— Rachel Hardage Barrett, Country Living, 11 Oct. 2022 -
Even if the team plans to use more two-back personnel in 2021, that is far from their primary grouping.
— Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 5 Aug. 2021 -
That has been the tale for the entire Big 12 this season, as it’s been another gauntlet grouping of teams.
— Michael Haag, Dallas News, 11 Jan. 2023 -
The number of evaluative groupings has changed over the years.
— Dvora Meyers, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2024 -
Try one bunch of flowers in a single vase, or a grouping of bud vases. Candles.
— Helen Carefoot, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2022 -
Cucinelli’s padded ankle boots are in the latter grouping and fulfill both its aims.
— Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2021 -
The Bears had neither the proper personnel groupings nor the tenacity to finish an important drive in the end zone.
— Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2024 -
Kottler’s plates overlap chronologically, if not formally, with Bay Area Funk, but the most challenging grouping of his work dates from the late 1980s.
— Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 29 July 2024
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