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Boulogne is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Boulogne in a sentence

Boulogne meaning

  1. A former commune in Vendée department, Pays de la Loire, France.
  2. Ellipsis of Boulogne-sur-Mer: a commune of Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France.
  3. Boulogne-Billancourt

Using Boulogne

  • The main meaning on this page is: A former commune in Vendée department, Pays de la Loire, France. | Ellipsis of Boulogne-sur-Mer: a commune of Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France. | Boulogne-Billancourt
  • In the example corpus, boulogne often appears in combinations such as: de boulogne, of boulogne, boulogne and.

Context around Boulogne

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

near 1× joseph 1×

Often after:

sur 7× avenue 1× park 1× ave 1×

Sentence patterns with Boulogne

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

coast of boulogne sur mer 2× aboard to boulogne for treatment 1× bois de boulogne and the 1× bois de boulogne ave police 1× bois de boulogne avenue 1× bois de boulogne from the 1× bois de boulogne park on 1× bois de boulogne that rafa 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a group of 1× a rescue boat 1× charities working in 1× fishing boats stopped 1× george gershwin s 1× he told kentonline 1×

Common sentence endings:

00 00 bst 1× 40am on wednesday 1× ave police said 1× boulogne sur mer 1× by emergency services 1× came from boulogne 1×

Words around Boulogne

Just before it in the word index:

boullock 2 boullier 2 boulliau 2 boulle 7 bouli 2 boulger 5

Just after it in the word index:

boulos 10 bouloukos 2 boult 64 boultbee 2 boulter 34 boulting 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

acrimony 58 aerosmith 58 albus 58 amphibian 58 amyloid 58 analogies 58

Corpus analysis for Boulogne

  • In this selection, "boulogne" 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, near, joseph, sur, avenue and park stand out and add context to how "boulogne" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include coast of boulogne sur mer and aboard to boulogne for treatment. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "boulogne" sits close to words such as acrimony, aerosmith and albus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with boulogne

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

The Greeks ambushed the French at dawn as they came from Boulogne. (12 words)

Fishing boats stopped ferries entering or leaving Calais while a roadblock stopped traffic at Boulogne. (15 words)

A rescue boat took 51 people to Boulogne-sur-Mer, where they were met by emergency services. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

He told KentOnline: “We had a house in Dover and a house in Boulogne, and used to commute between Folkestone and Boulogne at least twice a week between 1974 and 1976 when I attended Godefroy de Bouillion school in Boulogne. (40 words)

The regional maritime authority, or prefecture, said in a statement that the boat didn’t have its navigation lights on or respond to communication attempts when it was spotted before dawn off the coast of Boulogne-sur-mer on Sunday. (40 words)

Charities working in two hotspots — the Boulogne and Vincennes woods to the west and east of Paris — had noted “increased police patrols ahead of the Games with heavy-handed identity controls on women working in the sex industry”. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

He told KentOnline: “We had a house in Dover and a house in Boulogne, and used to commute between Folkestone and Boulogne at least twice a week between 1974 and 1976 when I attended Godefroy de Bouillion school in Boulogne.

Officers responded to a 911 call around 3 a.m. alerting them a man was found unconscious in a parking lot outside a convenience store on Henri-Bourassa Boulevard near Bois de Boulogne Avenue.

The Greeks ambushed the French at dawn as they came from Boulogne.

A rescue boat took 51 people to Boulogne-sur-Mer, where they were met by emergency services.

Charities working in two hotspots — the Boulogne and Vincennes woods to the west and east of Paris — had noted “increased police patrols ahead of the Games with heavy-handed identity controls on women working in the sex industry”.

George Gershwin's symphonic poem "An American in Paris" followed, before Jacques Ibert's "Restaurant au Bois de Boulogne" from the symphonic suite "Paris" provided the finale.

It then appeared to come across a dinghy off the coast of Boulogne-sur-Mer at around 12.40am on Wednesday.

Rescue services were alerted after the boat got into difficulty in waters north of Boulogne-sur-mer in the northern Pas-de-Calais region after 01:00 local time (00:00 BST).

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The body of the young woman, named only as Philippine, was found on Saturday, half-buried in the Bois de Boulogne park on the western edge of the capital.

The Boulogne-sur-Mer public prosecutor’s office confirmed the dead child had been “very young” but did not immediately release other details.

Three people have died off the coast of Calais and another one near Boulogne, according to the French newspaper La Voix Du Nord.

That’s the setup for “The Anonymous Lover,” a 1740 chamber opera by the polymathic composer Joseph Boulogne, also known as Chevalier de Saint-Georges, whose rich musical accomplishments are finally gaining more attention.

A group of people--three or four people, according to police--attacked two men just after 7 p.m. in a parking lot near the corner of Henri-Bourassa Blvd. and Bois-de-Boulogne Ave., police said.

Horse in the City Paris (horseinthecity.fr) offers guided horse-riding tours for riders of all experience levels at several Paris locations, including the Bois de Boulogne and the grounds of the Château de Versailles.

The vessel had been seen 1.8km ( 1.11 miles) off cap Gris-Nez between Calais and Boulogne-sur-mer.

They were taken to Boulogne-sur-Mer and handed over to police at around 8.15am, the Prefet Maritime Manche, who overseas Channel operations for the French, said.

Fishing boats stopped ferries entering or leaving Calais while a roadblock stopped traffic at Boulogne.

I’m not sure if Thiem and Rafa had a run in the Bois de Boulogne that Rafa would win.

The Athos recovered eleven adults - including five in a state of hypothermia - at 1:45am and returned all aboard to Boulogne for treatment and processing.

The regional maritime authority, or prefecture, said in a statement that the boat didn’t have its navigation lights on or respond to communication attempts when it was spotted before dawn off the coast of Boulogne-sur-mer on Sunday.

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Common combinations with boulogne

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "boulogne" in a sentence?
An example: "He told KentOnline: “We had a house in Dover and a house in Boulogne, and used to commute between Folkestone and Boulogne at least twice a week between 1974 and 1976 when I attended Godefroy de Bouillion school in Boulogne." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "boulogne" from authentic English texts.
What does "boulogne" mean?
Boulogne means: A former commune in Vendée department, Pays de la Loire, France.
How many example sentences with "boulogne" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "boulogne", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.