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Bay in a sentence
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Bay meaning
- A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.
- A bank or dam to keep back water.
Synonyms of Bay
Using Bay
- The main meaning on this page is: A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline. | A bank or dam to keep back water.
- Useful related words include: colored, alcove, compartment, laurel.
- In the example corpus, bay often appears in combinations such as: the bay, bay and, green bay.
Context around Bay
- Average sentence length in these examples: 33.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 7 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bay
- In this selection, "bay" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 33.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, east, montego, stokes, area, gardens and street stand out and add context to how "bay" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after the bay of bengal, alameda to bay farm island, bay area, east bay and tampa bay. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bay" sits close to words such as female, ask and direct, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bay
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In its eventual formal incorporation, it was named Walfish Bay, which was changed to Walvish Bay, and ultimately to Walvis Bay. (21 words)
Here some of it settled, eventually filling in Suisun Bay, San Pablo Bay, and San Francisco Bay, in decreasing order of severity. (22 words)
Description Hudson Bay drainage basin Hudson Bay encompasses convert, making it the second-largest bay in the world (after the Bay of Bengal ). (23 words)
Another nearby right-hand point wave at St Francis Bay (Bruce's Beauty) was first idolised and promoted in the cult classic surf movie The Endless Summer in the 1960s (although both Jeffreys Bay and St. Francis Bay had probably been surfed much earlier). (44 words)
He’s called on the Bay Area’s nine counties to scrap two regional bodies – the Association of Bay Area Governments and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission — in favor of a new regional body comprised of 45 of the Bay Area’s county supervisors. (43 words)
Montego Bay Mayor Homer Davis will be challenging Monday’s Supreme Court ruling that granted the gay-rights group Montego Bay Pride an interim order that allows them to rent the Montego Bay Cultural Centre for an upcoming event. (39 words)
Oak Bay Marine Group owns and operates Oak Bay Marina, North Saanich Marina, Ladysmith Marina and Pedder Bay RV Resort and Marina in Metchosin, several restaurants and Ripley’s Believe It or Not! (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
The biggest of them are the Southern Bay (within Bay of Sevastopol), the Archer Bay, a gulf complex that consist of the Deergrass Bay, the Bay of Cossack, the Salty Bay, and many others.
Areas including Flinders Chase, Vivonne Bay, Hansen Bay, Kelly Hill, Western River and Stokes Bay towards Parndana in the central area, Stokes Bay in the north and Seal Bay in the south continue to be affected.
Located in St. Lucia’s Rodney Bay area, Bay Gardens Resorts also includes three Green Globe-certified hotels: Bay Gardens Inn, Bay Gardens Hotel and Bay Gardens Beach Resort & Spa.
Description Hudson Bay drainage basin Hudson Bay encompasses convert, making it the second-largest bay in the world (after the Bay of Bengal ).
Ungava Bay and the Bay of Fundy lie similar distances from the continental shelf edge, but Ungava Bay is free of pack ice for only about four months every year while the Bay of Fundy rarely freezes.
Oak Bay Marine Group owns and operates Oak Bay Marina, North Saanich Marina, Ladysmith Marina and Pedder Bay RV Resort and Marina in Metchosin, several restaurants and Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
South Africans took to social media platforms sharing videos of massive waves lifting stationary vehicles in Gordon’s Bay, Stilbaai, Mossel Bay, and Three Anchor Bay in Cape Town.
The Winter Weather Advisory has been extended in the North Bay through 10 p.m. and will remain in the East Bay and South Bay through 4 p.m.
East Bay, of Coach Mike Gottman, has a bye this week but must tangle with tough Tampa Bay Tech in a hurricane-postponed contest set for Thursday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. in East Bay.
Storm surge and hurricane warnings on Friday were in effect for Baffin Bay to Sargent, Texas, and a tropical storm warning was in effect for Baffin Bay to Mesquite Bay, Texas, the National Hurricane Center reported.
He’s called on the Bay Area’s nine counties to scrap two regional bodies – the Association of Bay Area Governments and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission — in favor of a new regional body comprised of 45 of the Bay Area’s county supervisors.
Montego Bay Mayor Homer Davis will be challenging Monday’s Supreme Court ruling that granted the gay-rights group Montego Bay Pride an interim order that allows them to rent the Montego Bay Cultural Centre for an upcoming event.
Nassau – Pure chaos was again presented to Bay Street as truckers carrying pieces for the Genesis Junkanoo Group blocked the holding area near the British Colonial-Bay Street area and went to rush on Bay Street.
Another nearby right-hand point wave at St Francis Bay (Bruce's Beauty) was first idolised and promoted in the cult classic surf movie The Endless Summer in the 1960s (although both Jeffreys Bay and St. Francis Bay had probably been surfed much earlier).
Connections from Alameda to Bay Farm Island is provided via the Bay Farm Island Bridge for vehicular traffic as well as the Bay Farm Island Bicycle Bridge (the only pedestrian/bicycle-only drawbridge in the United States citation ).
Flora and fauna Food chain diagram for waterbirds of the Chesapeake Bay The Chesapeake Bay is home to numerous fauna that either migrate to the bay at some point during the year or live there year round.
Here some of it settled, eventually filling in Suisun Bay, San Pablo Bay, and San Francisco Bay, in decreasing order of severity.
History Spanish explorers were sailing into the area of Mobile Bay as early as 1500, with the bay being marked on early maps as the Bahía del Espíritu Santo (Bay of the Holy Spirit).
In its eventual formal incorporation, it was named Walfish Bay, which was changed to Walvish Bay, and ultimately to Walvis Bay.
The Blowing Point ferry terminal is visible in the lower right, as are (right to left) Shaddick Point, Rendezvous Bay, Cove Bay and Maundays Bay.
Phrases with bay
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with bay
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the bay 60×
- bay and 43×
- green bay 27×
- bay area 22×
- east bay 18×
- tampa bay 18×
- bay of 12×
- north bay 11×
- bay the 10×
- bay in 10×