Wondering how to use Bayou in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as lake.
Bayou meaning
- A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.
- A swamp; a marshy (stagnant) body of water.
Synonyms of Bayou
Using Bayou
- The main meaning on this page is: A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river. | A swamp; a marshy (stagnant) body of water.
- Useful related words include: lake.
- In the example corpus, bayou often appears in combinations such as: the bayou, bayou city, buffalo bayou.
Context around Bayou
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 1 questions, 2 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bayou
- In this selection, "bayou" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, brays, pottawatomie, jubb, bend, adventure and bass stand out and add context to how "bayou" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include along the bayou some get and and eastmanville bayou. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bayou" sits close to words such as amnesia, amphibians and appetizers, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bayou
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
When will Tiana's Bayou Adventure open? (7 words)
Cougars compete at Windon Memorial Classic and Bayou. (8 words)
At least ever other day I walk or ride my bike through Clam Bayou. (14 words)
We exited the Blue Bayou just as Fantasmic!, the nightly live-action multimedia show featuring Mickey Mouse and friends, was about to begin on the Rivers of America in front of Tom Sawyer Island. (34 words)
A radio program playing in the queue of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will feature jazz versions of “Down in New Orleans” and “Ma Belle Evangeline” from the 2009 “Princess and the Frog” animated film. (34 words)
Before there was a city called New Orleans, there was a landmass that stretched from Bayou Saint John to the mouth of the Mississippi River with an elevated passageway running through it. (32 words)
When will Tiana's Bayou Adventure open? (7 words)
And here in the Bayou State, we are blessed with an incredible population of God's best work! (18 words)
Every Christmas Eve, residents burn log structures, all along the bayou - some get as tall as 30 feet! (18 words)
Example sentences (20)
About 75 volunteers covered boat launches and parks including Dewey Hill, East End Park, Harbor Island, Pottawatomie Bayou, Bass River Recreation Area, Riverside Park, Jubb Bayou and Eastmanville Bayou.
Focusing on the two most heavily populated watersheds in Houston's Harris County, Brays Bayou and Greens Bayou, the scholars did fieldwork to understand the diversity of Houston's flood victims.
The name of the parish is derived from the French phrase ; Bayou Lafourche, or Fork Bayou, is a fork of the Mississippi River.
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens has been decorated with 100,000 dazzling lights for Christmas Village at Bayou Bend With Santa and His Reindeer.
Officers were dispatched to Brays Bayou in the 6200 block of Gulf Freeway around 1 p.m. in response to a body being found in the bayou.
And here in the Bayou State, we are blessed with an incredible population of God's best work!
At least ever other day I walk or ride my bike through Clam Bayou.
Before there was a city called New Orleans, there was a landmass that stretched from Bayou Saint John to the mouth of the Mississippi River with an elevated passageway running through it.
Compulsion’s South of Midnight, a spooky game set in the bayou, got a sneak peek today.
Since the water in the bayou was moving swiftly, there may have been debris, and it was still dark, HFD didn't rescue them by boat.
The “Building the Bayou State” website features a dashboard with an interactive map to provide details on awarded BIL projects across the state.
This, while parents like Tomas Bayou say it's not fair to have discussions on things like reparations for Black students - one of the union's common good goals - without community input.
We exited the Blue Bayou just as Fantasmic!, the nightly live-action multimedia show featuring Mickey Mouse and friends, was about to begin on the Rivers of America in front of Tom Sawyer Island.
When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed what was his first skin for another to live down by the bayou in their small Louisiana town.
When will Tiana's Bayou Adventure open?
A radio program playing in the queue of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will feature jazz versions of “Down in New Orleans” and “Ma Belle Evangeline” from the 2009 “Princess and the Frog” animated film.
Concerns like Valdez's are partly what prompted the Bayou City Waterkeeper, a water justice organization, to file a notice of intent to sue the City of Baytown.
Cougars compete at Windon Memorial Classic and Bayou.
Del Rey exchanged vows in a rustic ceremony in Des Allemandes, Louisiana, at the same bayou where Dufrene operates his swamp boat tours.
Every Christmas Eve, residents burn log structures, all along the bayou - some get as tall as 30 feet!
Common combinations with bayou
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the bayou 33×
- bayou city 9×
- buffalo bayou 8×
- at bayou 4×
- bayou state 4×
- bayou dorcheat 4×
- bayou and 3×
- greens bayou 3×
- bayou is 3×
- bayou bend 3×