Explore Bridgeport through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like city or metropolis. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Bridgeport in a sentence
Bridgeport meaning
- A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- A neighbourhood on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A large port city, the county seat of Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Synonyms of Bridgeport
Using Bridgeport
- The main meaning on this page is: A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. | A neighbourhood on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. | A large port city, the county seat of Fairfield County, Connecticut.
- Useful related words include: city, metropolis, urban center, port.
- In the example corpus, bridgeport often appears in combinations such as: in bridgeport, the bridgeport, of bridgeport.
Context around Bridgeport
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bridgeport
- In this selection, "bridgeport" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, east, third, west, cemetery, conn and building stand out and add context to how "bridgeport" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include home in bridgeport and 56 of bridgeport and 84. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bridgeport" sits close to words such as badges, basins and bazaar, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bridgeport
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bridgeport, Conn.: Ohio State, Harvard, Merrimack and Quinnipiac. (8 words)
William (Donnie) Gillespie, 62, of Bridgeport is pending at Hawkins Funeral Home in Bridgeport. (14 words)
A John Gomes for Mayor sign hangs on the side of a Bridgeport building. (14 words)
BRIDGEPORT (AP) — Four people were shot outside a courthouse on Monday in what was not believed to be a random act of violence, the communications director for the city of Bridgeport said. (32 words)
BRIDGEPORT (AP) — Authorities say the roof of a Bridgeport building that has been vacant for 20 years has collapsed under the weight of snow from this week’s nor’easter. (30 words)
Before M&T Bank’s 2022 acquisition of Bridgeport, Connecticut-based People’s United, Tengel was People’s United’s president, responsible for commercial banking, retail banking and wealth management. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Doris Jennette Denton, 77, of Bridgeport is 2 p.m. today at Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel in Bridgeport with burial at East Bridgeport Cemetery.
BRIDGEPORT, CT – A lucky Cash5 player in Bridgeport won $100,000 in a recent drawing, securing the top prize with a ticket purchased at Ali Shell Mart.
Martinez is the third Bridgeport city council member to be tied up in the ongoing criminal investigations involving alleged ballot harvesting in Bridgeport.
BRIDGEPORT (AP) — Four people were shot outside a courthouse on Monday in what was not believed to be a random act of violence, the communications director for the city of Bridgeport said.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Bridgeport’s mayor is suing Delta Airlines over a dog bite he says he suffered on a flight.
Bridgeport at Sidney It’s the start of the Jeremy Reimers regime at Bridgeport this season.
Florensio Luna-Santoyo, 56, of Bridgeport and 84, of Southlake are pending at Hawkins Funeral Home in Bridgeport.
BRIDGEPORT (AP) — A Bridgeport man is accused of stabbing to death his 16-year-old niece.
BRIDGEPORT (AP) — Authorities say the roof of a Bridgeport building that has been vacant for 20 years has collapsed under the weight of snow from this week’s nor’easter.
BRIDGEPORT (AP) — Police in Bridgeport say a man has been struck and killed by a vehicle that fled the scene.
Janice (McDaniel) Chapman Garrett, 76, of Bridgeport is 2 p.m. Monday at West Bridgeport Cemetery.
William (Donnie) Gillespie, 62, of Bridgeport is pending at Hawkins Funeral Home in Bridgeport.
Capp spent five years at Bridgeport High School in Bridgeport, Connecticut without receiving a diploma.
A John Gomes for Mayor sign hangs on the side of a Bridgeport building.
As it prepares to play Bridgeport, Westfall hopes to see his team maintain the survive and advance mentality now that it has two guaranteed contests left.
Before M&T Bank’s 2022 acquisition of Bridgeport, Connecticut-based People’s United, Tengel was People’s United’s president, responsible for commercial banking, retail banking and wealth management.
Billionaire Elon Musk, who purchased Twitter and renamed it as X, mentioned Bridgeport to more than 160 million of his followers worldwide.
Bridgeport, Conn.: Ohio State, Harvard, Merrimack and Quinnipiac.
Bridgeport paid him $4,500 a week through the end of his contract in 2014.
Bridgeport Police Capt Kevin Gilleran was quoted in the saying that prior to the incident, the police were called to respond to incidents at the young woman’s home.
Common combinations with bridgeport
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in bridgeport 51×
- the bridgeport 23×
- of bridgeport 21×
- bridgeport and 13×
- bridgeport is 9×
- and bridgeport 8×
- at bridgeport 7×
- bridgeport connecticut 7×
- bridgeport ap 6×
- bridgeport police 6×