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Get to know Alewife better with 6 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like fish.

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Alewife in a sentence

Alewife meaning

A woman who keeps an alehouse.

Synonyms of Alewife

fish alosa pseudoharengus pomolobus pseudoharengus clupeid fish clupeid

Related words

Other words often associated with Alewife or its synonyms:

food somebody person sign soul someone house pisces mortal individual mansion

Using Alewife

  • The main meaning on this page is: A woman who keeps an alehouse.
  • Useful related words include: fish, alosa pseudoharengus, pomolobus pseudoharengus, clupeid fish.
  • In the example corpus, alewife often appears in combinations such as: the alewife.

Context around Alewife

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

example 1×

Often after:

festival 1× alosa 1× priority 1× first 1×

Sentence patterns with Alewife

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

another example alewife alosa pseudoharengus 1× be an alewife festival this 1× citation the alewife first entered 1× dmr s alewife priority 1× extended to alewife in the 1× like the alewife and sea 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

another example alewife 1× even though there 1× invasive species like 1× the tunnel was 1×

Common sentence endings:

19th century canals 1× highly altered landscapes 1× s alewife priority 1× the alewives journeys 1× the early 1980s 1× the great lakes 1×

Words around Alewife

Just before it in the word index:

alevi 4 aleve 2 alev 2 aleuts 13 aleutians 9 aleutian 40

Just after it in the word index:

alewine 4 alewives 5 alewo 2 aleworks 4 alex 3.889 alexa 757

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 8 aacc 8 aacs 8 aafes 8 aankh 8 aapp 8

Corpus analysis for Alewife

  • In this selection, "alewife" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, example, festival, alosa and priority stand out and add context to how "alewife" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include another example alewife alosa pseudoharengus and be an alewife festival this. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "alewife" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with alewife

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

How does this jibe with DMR’s alewife priority? (9 words)

Invasive species like the alewife and sea lamprey can be found in the Great Lakes. (15 words)

The tunnel was partially reconfigured when the Red Line was extended to Alewife in the early 1980s. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that the economic impact of the zebra mussel could be about $5 billion over the next decade. citation The alewife first entered the system west of Lake Ontario via 19th-century canals. (40 words)

Even though there will not be an Alewife Festival this year because there is a replacement footbridge being put in, there are still some events to mark the excitement of the alewives’ journeys. (33 words)

Another example: Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), a type of anadromous river herring found in the northwest Atlantic that today are found in highly altered landscapes. (24 words)

Question examples

How does this jibe with DMR’s alewife priority? (9 words)

Example sentences (6)

Even though there will not be an Alewife Festival this year because there is a replacement footbridge being put in, there are still some events to mark the excitement of the alewives’ journeys.

Another example: Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), a type of anadromous river herring found in the northwest Atlantic that today are found in highly altered landscapes.

How does this jibe with DMR’s alewife priority?

Invasive species like the alewife and sea lamprey can be found in the Great Lakes.

The tunnel was partially reconfigured when the Red Line was extended to Alewife in the early 1980s.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that the economic impact of the zebra mussel could be about $5 billion over the next decade. citation The alewife first entered the system west of Lake Ontario via 19th-century canals.

Common combinations with alewife

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "alewife" in a sentence?
An example: "Even though there will not be an Alewife Festival this year because there is a replacement footbridge being put in, there are still some events to mark the excitement of the alewives’ journeys." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "alewife" from authentic English texts.
What does "alewife" mean?
Alewife means: A woman who keeps an alehouse.
What are synonyms of "alewife"?
Common synonyms of "alewife" include: fish, alosa pseudoharengus, pomolobus pseudoharengus, clupeid fish, clupeid.
How many example sentences with "alewife" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "alewife", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.