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Bab in a sentence

Related words

Bab | Baby | Babies | Baba | Babe | Babylon | Babu | Babylonian | Babajide

Bab meaning

  1. A baby.
  2. A bait for eels, consisting of a bundle of live worms.

Using Bab

  • The main meaning on this page is: A baby. | A bait for eels, consisting of a bundle of live worms.
  • In the example corpus, bab often appears in combinations such as: the bab, bab el-mandeb, bab al-hawa.

Context around Bab

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 13 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

khadra 1× town 1× west 1× british 1× easy 1×

Often after:

quad 2× zuwayla 1× jedid 1× zanata 1× hawara 1× off 1× top 1× elmandeb 1× lay 1×

Sentence patterns with Bab

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

aden the bab al mandeb 1× and the bab el mandeb 1× at le bab top floor 1× bab quad a 1× bhar and bab jedid but 1× deliveries through bab al hawa 1× el khadra bab el bhar 1× futuh and bab al nasr 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a massive crowd 1× after the earthquake 1× an injured child 1× another resolution to 1× anti assad protests 1× bab quad a 1×

Common sentence endings:

1 million people 1× a converter dolly 1× a temporary basis 1× court w1b 5pw 1× failed as well 1× glory of god 1×

Words around Bab

Just before it in the word index:

baazigar 4 baazaar 2 baaton 8 baati 3 baathists 3 baathist 3

Just after it in the word index:

baba 483 babacar 4 babachir 13 babadook 10 babaeko 3 babaev 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aficionados 102 aiadmk 102 airships 102 baptists 102 basements 102 bayou 102

Corpus analysis for Bab

  • In this selection, "bab" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, khadra, town, west, quad, zuwayla and jedid stand out and add context to how "bab" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include aden the bab al mandeb and and the bab el mandeb. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "bab" sits close to words such as aficionados, aiadmk and airships, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with bab

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

Rest easy Bab, lay one on our joe for me. (10 words)

BAB quad A BAB quad consists of two B-double units linked with a converter dolly. (16 words)

Another resolution, to keep the Bab al-Hawa border open for just six months, failed as well. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

The Houthis have a decade-long history of harassing and attacking commercial vessels operating in the Gulf of Aden, the Bab al Mandeb Strait, and the Red Sea, and have stepped up attacks on shipping and the U.S. military over the past two weeks. (45 words)

Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree claimed Sunday's attacks, saying the first vessel was hit by a missile and the second by a drone while in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. (43 words)

The spokesperson said, “The Bab was born Siyyid Ali Muhammad but he assumed the title of the Bab which in Arabic means Gate, that he was the Gate leading to the coming of Baha’u’llah, Arabic for the Glory of God. (42 words)

Example sentences (20)

Fayard, p. 62. parts of which survive today at Bab Zuwayla in the south and Bab al-Futuh and Bab al-Nasr in the north.

The city retains some of these gates including Bab El Khadra, Bab El Bhar and Bab Jedid but some of the earlier ones have long disappeared.

Three gates provided access to the old town: Bab Zanata in the west, Bab Hawara in the southeast and Bab Al-Bahr in the north wall.

The spokesperson said, “The Bab was born Siyyid Ali Muhammad but he assumed the title of the Bab which in Arabic means Gate, that he was the Gate leading to the coming of Baha’u’llah, Arabic for the Glory of God.

The Great British Bab Off will take place in two sittings on Sunday 11 February at Le Bab, Top Floor, Kingly Court, W1B 5PW.

BAB quad A BAB quad consists of two B-double units linked with a converter dolly.

After the earthquake, Assad agreed to the opening of two new crossing points from Turkey, at Bab al-Salam and al-Raee on a temporary basis.

A massive crowd streamed through the Bab al-Silsilah entrance to the compound with prayer mats in hand, an AFP correspondent said, while some posed for photos in front of the iconic golden Dome of the Rock.

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An injured child awaiting treatment at the emergency ward of the Bab al-Hawa hospital, in the opposition-held northern countryside of Syria’s Idlib Province, on the day of the earthquake.

Another resolution, to keep the Bab al-Hawa border open for just six months, failed as well.

Anti-Assad protests took part in other rebel-held cities, including Al-Bab and Afrin, where a crowd unfurled a large opposition flag.

Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree claimed Sunday's attacks, saying the first vessel was hit by a missile and the second by a drone while in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.

However, it did say the Syrian government's offer could be a "basis for the United Nations to lawfully conduct cross-border humanitarian operations via the Bab al-Hawa border crossing".

It followed Tuesday’s failure of the Security Council to renew authorization of aid deliveries through Bab al-Hawa, a U.N. operation that had been vital to helping a region of 4.1 million people.

Its region includes the Bab elMandeb Strait off Yemen and the Red Sea stretching up to the Suez Canal, the Egyptian waterway linking the Mideast to the Mediterranean Sea.

Most of the attacks have taken place in the Red Sea area, and the Bab el-Mandeb straits off the Yemeni coast.

On Nov. 15 the USS Thomas Hudner, another destroyer, was sailing toward the Bab-el-Mandeb strait when the crew saw a drone reported to have originated in Yemen.

Rest easy Bab, lay one on our joe for me.

The cross-border aid accord originally allowed for four entry points into rebel-held Syria before being reduced to one -- Bab al-Hawa -- after years of pressure from China and Russia at the Security Council.

The Houthis have a decade-long history of harassing and attacking commercial vessels operating in the Gulf of Aden, the Bab al Mandeb Strait, and the Red Sea, and have stepped up attacks on shipping and the U.S. military over the past two weeks.

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Common combinations with bab

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "bab" in a sentence?
An example: "Fayard, p. 62. parts of which survive today at Bab Zuwayla in the south and Bab al-Futuh and Bab al-Nasr in the north." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "bab" from authentic English texts.
What does "bab" mean?
Bab means: A baby.
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Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "bab", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.