Example sentences for: referring

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

  • A solution is suggested in my comments on racquetball: racquetball , while officially referring to the four-wall game played with a strung paddle, would unofficially also include the same sport played with a wooden paddle; this would leave the term paddleball as the sole designation for the one-wall game.

  • Bald Pates is almost self-explanatory, being a name used in Kent rural areas for silver Roman coinage ploughed up, found in barrows, etc., and possibly referring to the poor design or baldness of the effigy on some of the coins.

  • A baby is often it , but a cat not obviously a tomcat is more likely to be called she and a dog or horse he , while generally in English the masculine singular pronoun comes naturally when one is referring to an animal.

  • And I only mention this because I now realize that no way was I the only person who had no idea to whom you were referring yesterday.

  • As for postprandial , that is usually applied to something edible or drinkable, as referring to something that comes after a meal; in my language (and culture), postprandial appetite would be a rare collocution.


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