Explore Anchor through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like fasten or fix. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Anchor in a sentence
Related words
Anchor meaning
- A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
- An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached.
- The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
Synonyms of Anchor
Using Anchor
- The main meaning on this page is: A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement. | An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. | The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
- Useful related words include: fasten, fix, secure, anchorperson.
- In the example corpus, anchor often appears in combinations such as: news anchor, the anchor, an anchor.
Context around Anchor
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 8 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Anchor
- In this selection, "anchor" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tonight, mushroom, prime, linsey, chain and david stand out and add context to how "anchor" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include live prime anchor linsey davis and news tonight anchor and managing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "anchor" sits close to words such as honestly, ammunition and peninsula, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with anchor
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It will be moderated by “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir and “Prime” anchor Linsey Davis. (16 words)
It was intended to be moderated by ABC World News Tonight anchor David Muir and ABC News Live Prime anchor Linsey Davis. (22 words)
The Anchor Inn, Eling Lane, TottonThe Anchor Inn boasts a superb waterfront spot at Eling Quay, next to the historic tide mill. (22 words)
The station that she works at, she was a reporter and getting moved up to anchor, and she had told me maybe a month in advance, two months in advance, of when I proposed that she was going to be anchor in the New Year’s Day show in the morning. (51 words)
Even when presented with absurdly abnormal anchor value, final values continue to reflect the bias introduced by the anchor, with adjustments moving the estimate to the edge of the range of uncertainty, but never as far as one would without the anchor. (42 words)
V-103 morning news anchor Dr. Maria Boynton, WBS-TV anchor and investigative reporter Sophia Choi, AJC DeKalb local reporter Sara Gregory will serve as the panelists for the debate with AJC senior editor Mike Jordan serving as the debate’s moderator. (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos, "World News Tonight" Anchor and Managing Editor David Muir and ABC News Live Anchor Linsey Davis will moderate the debate.
Starting at 9 p.m., anchor Lester Holt and co-anchor and NBC News chief legal correspondent Savannah Guthrie will anchor from NBC News Headquarters in New York.
Even when presented with absurdly abnormal anchor value, final values continue to reflect the bias introduced by the anchor, with adjustments moving the estimate to the edge of the range of uncertainty, but never as far as one would without the anchor.
Mushroom anchor Mushroom anchor on the lightship Portsmouth in Virginia The mushroom anchor is suitable where the seabed is composed of silt or fine sand.
David Ono, co-anchor for at 4 and 6 p.m., stepped past his anchor desk this year, touring his own multimedia production about the Japanese-American Nisei soldiers during World War II.
This makes it easy to replace one with the other, but then there isn't much that this anchor does that the regular anchor doesn't.
ABC News’ ‘World News Tonight’ anchor and Managing Editor David Muir and ABC News Live “Prime” anchor Linsey Davis will moderate the debate.
Award-winning investigative journalist and news anchor, Ben Hunte, is joining CNN as an Anchor & Correspondent, based at the network’s international headquarters in Atlanta.
Before taking over as president and COO, Alvarado was the founding anchor of the weekly television program passing the role of anchor to Catherine Hadro.
Both Raudsalu's evaluation and the French simulation show that if the anchor reaches the bottom of the ship at this speed, the anchor chain should break.
It was intended to be moderated by ABC World News Tonight anchor David Muir and ABC News Live Prime anchor Linsey Davis.
It will be moderated by “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir and “Prime” anchor Linsey Davis.
The Anchor Inn, Eling Lane, TottonThe Anchor Inn boasts a superb waterfront spot at Eling Quay, next to the historic tide mill.
V-103 morning news anchor Dr. Maria Boynton, WBS-TV anchor and investigative reporter Sophia Choi, AJC DeKalb local reporter Sara Gregory will serve as the panelists for the debate with AJC senior editor Mike Jordan serving as the debate’s moderator.
We believe this correction could be due to profit booking by anchor investors as anchor investors lock in a period of 30 days from the date of share allotment is over.
As the first Asian American woman to anchor a weekday morning newscast in Kansas City and then be a main anchor in Charlotte and Tampa Bay, Dion has seen it all and learned to navigate the career battlefield.
The station that she works at, she was a reporter and getting moved up to anchor, and she had told me maybe a month in advance, two months in advance, of when I proposed that she was going to be anchor in the New Year’s Day show in the morning.
In appreciation for the support that Kirsten, 43, received from the ANCHOR unit, Wrestlezone is holding a special show in aid of Friends of ANCHOR.
On the basis of Product, Stainless Steel Anchor Chain market report displays the production, revenue, price, market share and growth rate of each type: Marine Anchor Chain, Offshore Mooring Chain.
The anchor’s reportedly from Lahor’s news channel City 42 are seen on camera having a banter, with one anchor complaining to the production team about the latter’s behaviour.
Common combinations with anchor
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- news anchor 27×
- the anchor 25×
- an anchor 19×
- to anchor 15×
- anchor and 12×
- anchor in 12×
- anchor the 7×
- anchor to 6×
- mushroom anchor 5×
- anchor on 5×