This page shows Anchor in 20 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like secure or support. Useful when writing or proofreading a text.

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Anchor in a sentence

Anchor | Anchored | Anchorage | Anchors | Anchoring | Anchorman | Anchorages | Anchorite | Anchorperson

Anchor meaning

  1. A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
  2. An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached.
  3. The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)

Synonyms of Anchor

fasten fix secure anchorperson anchorman support lynchpin linchpin backbone keystone mainstay claw hook ground tackle television reporter

Example sentences (20)

Arla, which owns Lurpak and Anchor, told us the new pack sizes “were driven by research with over 2,500 shoppers.

A team of 10 will be working on Anchor’s Seymour Court retirement housing scheme for over 55s in Elizabethan Way.

Former Channel 4 News anchor, Jon Snow has said he is “at complete ease” with becoming a father again in his 70s.

He speaks in the seven-minute video below with a Sky News anchor with the attitude to which we have become accustomed.

For the last six months, Lemon has been a co-anchor of Lemon spent 17 years at CNN as a correspondent and host.

Correct me if I’m wrong: this proposal seems to anchor all trade inside the newcoin zone and all external trade to gold.

And the point to anchor to is for full-year, we expect contract pricing to be down roughly 10% on a year-over-year basis.

A young person or child will have life-long impact and trauma from experiencing homelessness,” Anchor CEO Ms Tucker said.

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By- Courts in Harare Friday jailed former ZBC Television presenter and news anchor Oscar Pambuka for six years for fraud.

Chip Chop is an iconic Island property, and was owned by former ABC News Anchor, Diane Sawyer, before the sale on Friday.

For HN Haus, the podcast has become the anchor platform, serving as the central hub for content creation and distribution.

ABC-owned WLS Chicago has promoted to lead sports anchor, succeeding the retiring Jim Rose in that role.

At 23, central defender is expected to anchor the back line with captain forced to miss the trip Down Under because of injury.

ABC7 anchor Tanja Babich sat down with world-renowned architect Jeanne Gang for an exclusive interview.

From the Main Mine Shaft Space Anchor, go to the bridge and take the elevator down to the lower floor.

Charlamagne couldn’t believe the anchor had been fired over the phrase and even suggested she might not know what it truly meant.

He was a man of great character, an anchor to many, and he will be deeply missed as Dad, Grandpa, Brother, Friend, and Colleague.

Anchor Wolf Blitzer said, “As you heard, many of these Proud Boy members, they looked to the former President Trump for direction.

Early in the war, Ahmed was an anchor based in Aleppo, Syria, for an Arabic-language news station.

Employers should choose two or three “anchor” days a week that all employees come into the office.

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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
  • anchor to
  • mushroom anchor
  • anchor on

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "anchor" in a sentence?
An example: "Arla, which owns Lurpak and Anchor, told us the new pack sizes “were driven by research with over 2,500 shoppers." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "anchor" from real English texts.
What does "anchor" mean?
Anchor means: A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
What are synonyms of "anchor"?
Common synonyms of "anchor" include: fasten, fix, secure, anchorperson, anchorman, support, lynchpin, linchpin. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "anchor" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "anchor", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

About these examples

The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word anchor. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.