Example sentences for: ling

How can you use “ling” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • While heath, heather , and ling represent the Germanic input into English, only grig (Cornish) has made it directly from Celtic into English.

  • gang geng ling,

  • As a child, I took more field trips and family outings to visit Hsing-Hsing and cellmate Ling-Ling than I can count.

  • While gardeners today make the distinction between heath and heather plants, these words are said to derive by separate paths from some ancient word for wasteland; heath via the Anglo-Saxon, and heather via Norse hadder . In Scandinavia, the plant itself is called lyng or ling , which is a common name in Yorkshire and northern England generally for what the Scots and Irish call heather . Ling is used as a name in parts of Scotland too, but this includes the rough grasses as well as the heathers that grow on the wasterland.

  • The tomb of Emperor Kangxi (Jing Ling) is also unopened, but its magnificent above-ground halls contain many original imperial treasures, including Kangxi’s Dragon Throne.


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