Bouvines is an English word starting with the letter B. With 8 example sentences you'll see exactly how it works in context.
Bouvines in a sentence
Synonyms of Bouvines
Using Bouvines
- Useful related words include: pitched battle.
- In the example corpus, bouvines often appears in combinations such as: of bouvines.
Context around Bouvines
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bouvines
- In this selection, "bouvines" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, towards, 1214 and bridge stand out and add context to how "bouvines" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include battle of bouvines 1214 resulted and battle of bouvines had both. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bouvines" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bouvines
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A serie of events, including an official ceremony and a show called "Bouvines la Bataille" gathering more than 6000 viewers in Bouvines. (22 words)
John's defeat was swift and his attempts to reconquer his French possession at the decisive Battle of Bouvines (1214) resulted in complete failure. (24 words)
Dictionnaire de la France médiévale, Paris, Fayard, 1993, p. 176 For Philippe Contamine, "the battle of Bouvines had both important consequences and a great impact". (25 words)
Meanwhile, on the French left Robert de Dreux's troops are at first pressed by men led by William Longespée and Renaud de Dammartin are forced to defend the Bouvines bridge foot by foot. (34 words)
Philip now took the offensive himself, and in maneuvering to get a good cavalry ground upon which to fight he offered battle (27 July), on the plain east of Bouvines and the river Marque. (34 words)
The Allied army drew up facing south-westward towards Bouvines, the heavy cavalry on the wings, the infantry in one great mass in the center, supported by the cavalry corps under the emperor himself. (34 words)
Example sentences (8)
A serie of events, including an official ceremony and a show called "Bouvines la Bataille" gathering more than 6000 viewers in Bouvines.
Dictionnaire de la France médiévale, Paris, Fayard, 1993, p. 176 For Philippe Contamine, "the battle of Bouvines had both important consequences and a great impact".
In a careful study of the historiography of a single event, Duby examines how the Battle of Bouvines has been used and abused in French history.
John's defeat was swift and his attempts to reconquer his French possession at the decisive Battle of Bouvines (1214) resulted in complete failure.
Meanwhile, on the French left Robert de Dreux's troops are at first pressed by men led by William Longespée and Renaud de Dammartin are forced to defend the Bouvines bridge foot by foot.
Philip now took the offensive himself, and in maneuvering to get a good cavalry ground upon which to fight he offered battle (27 July), on the plain east of Bouvines and the river Marque.
The Allied army drew up facing south-westward towards Bouvines, the heavy cavalry on the wings, the infantry in one great mass in the center, supported by the cavalry corps under the emperor himself.
The conflict was decided by the Battle of Bouvines on 27 July 1214, which pitted Otto, allied to King John of England against Philip II Augustus.
Common combinations with bouvines
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of bouvines 5×