Explore Bosporus through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like strait or sound. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Bosporus in a sentence
Bosporus meaning
Alternative spelling of Bosphorus.
Using Bosporus
- The main meaning on this page is: Alternative spelling of Bosphorus.
- Useful related words include: strait, sound.
- In the example corpus, bosporus often appears in combinations such as: the bosporus, bosporus and, bosporus strait.
Context around Bosporus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bosporus
- In this selection, "bosporus" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, proposed, strait and straits stand out and add context to how "bosporus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include crossed the bosporus and invaded and baltic and bosporus during world. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bosporus" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bosporus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In the 1400s, the Ottoman Turkish army crossed the Bosporus and invaded west. (13 words)
Most surviving yalis are on the Asian side of the Bosporus, which is quieter and greener. (16 words)
The firefighters prevented the fire from reaching a forest behind the mosque and the houses that line the Bosporus. (19 words)
Halting the fuel supply to Turkey would likely provoke a negative reaction from an important country that is the only gateway for Russian commodities coming from its interior waterways, the Caspian and Black Seas, to leave through the Bosporus Strait. (40 words)
By the early 20th century, just before the outbreak of World War I, there was much economic activity seeing Russia sending most of its coal and grain through the Bosporus and Dardanelles to different parts of the world. (38 words)
Galanopoulos, Angelos Geōrgiou, and Edward Bacon, Atlantis: The Truth Behind the Legend, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1969 In the area of the Black Sea the following locations have been proposed: Bosporus and Ancomah (a legendary place near Trabzon ). (37 words)
Example sentences (14)
Halting the fuel supply to Turkey would likely provoke a negative reaction from an important country that is the only gateway for Russian commodities coming from its interior waterways, the Caspian and Black Seas, to leave through the Bosporus Strait.
The TQ Samsun bulk carrier, the last grain ship to leave Ukraine under the Black Sea grain initiative, transits the Bosporus during the early morning hours on July 18, 2023 in Istanbul, Turkey.
The “Black Sea Deluge” theory holds that the Mediterranean Sea broke through the Bosporus around 5600 BCE, flooding an ancient littoral civilization within months.
The firefighters prevented the fire from reaching a forest behind the mosque and the houses that line the Bosporus.
By the early 20th century, just before the outbreak of World War I, there was much economic activity seeing Russia sending most of its coal and grain through the Bosporus and Dardanelles to different parts of the world.
In the 1400s, the Ottoman Turkish army crossed the Bosporus and invaded west.
Most surviving yalis are on the Asian side of the Bosporus, which is quieter and greener.
Turkish Navy vessels are docked at a military port base in the Bosporus strait, in the outskirts of Istanbul, close to the Black Sea, Thursday, April 27, 2017.
Additionally, two bridges over the Bosporus Strait have been closed. citation After the failed military coup, thousands of soldiers have been arrested and hundreds of judiciary members removed.
After Constantinople became the East Roman capital, emperors in the 4th and 5th centuries would retire from the humid summer weather on the Bosporus to the drier mountain atmosphere of Ancyra.
Galanopoulos, Angelos Geōrgiou, and Edward Bacon, Atlantis: The Truth Behind the Legend, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1969 In the area of the Black Sea the following locations have been proposed: Bosporus and Ancomah (a legendary place near Trabzon ).
Sometime between 266–267, the Goths raided Greece but when they attempted to move into the Bosporus straits to attack Byzantium, they were repulsed.
The conference was cut short, however, when news reached Licinius that his rival Maximin had crossed the Bosporus and invaded European territory.
This had been a very successful tactic used by British submarines in the Baltic and Bosporus during World War I, but it could not be successful if port approaches were well patrolled.
Common combinations with bosporus
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: