Wondering how to use Billeted in a sentence? Below are 5 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Billeted meaning
having a billet
Using Billeted
- The main meaning on this page is: having a billet
- In the example corpus, billeted often appears in combinations such as: billeted in, were billeted.
Context around Billeted
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Billeted
- In this selection, "billeted" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include he was billeted in one and soldiers were billeted here during. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "billeted" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with billeted
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Students are grouped together and billeted in the host community. (10 words)
In Baghdad, he was billeted in one of Saddam Hussein’s old palaces. (13 words)
In the build-up to D-Day American troops were billeted in the hotel leaving the building in a bad state. (21 words)
Soldiers were billeted here during the English Civil War and Oliver Cromwell visited for discussions with the general and parliamentary commander-in-chief Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron in 1646. (32 words)
Figaro advises the Count to disguise himself as a drunken soldier, ordered to be billeted with Bartolo, so as to gain entrance to the house. (25 words)
In the build-up to D-Day American troops were billeted in the hotel leaving the building in a bad state. (21 words)
Example sentences (5)
In Baghdad, he was billeted in one of Saddam Hussein’s old palaces.
Students are grouped together and billeted in the host community.
Figaro advises the Count to disguise himself as a drunken soldier, ordered to be billeted with Bartolo, so as to gain entrance to the house.
In the build-up to D-Day American troops were billeted in the hotel leaving the building in a bad state.
Soldiers were billeted here during the English Civil War and Oliver Cromwell visited for discussions with the general and parliamentary commander-in-chief Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron in 1646.
Common combinations with billeted
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- billeted in 3×
- were billeted 2×