How do you use Brussels in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like bruxelles, plus the exact meaning.
Brussels meaning
- The capital city of Belgium. Official name: City of Brussels.
- A region of Belgium. Official name: Brussels-Capital Region.
- The administrative apparatus of the European Union.
Synonyms of Brussels
Using Brussels
- The main meaning on this page is: The capital city of Belgium. Official name: City of Brussels. | A region of Belgium. Official name: Brussels-Capital Region. | The administrative apparatus of the European Union.
- Useful related words include: bruxelles, belgian capital, capital of belgium, national capital.
- In the example corpus, brussels often appears in combinations such as: in brussels, to brussels, and brussels.
Context around Brussels
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Brussels
- In this selection, "brussels" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, downtown, far, fried, sprout, airlines and park stand out and add context to how "brussels" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a downtown brussels flat on and ambassador to brussels ambassador samuel. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "brussels" sits close to words such as austria, mobility and plates, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with brussels
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After months on the run, he was captured in Brussels on March 18, 2016. (14 words)
A day earlier that was mentioned in a bloc's meeting with Western Balkan leaders in Brussels. (17 words)
After a long trial and 19 days of jury deliberations, the court in Brussels returned their verdicts. (17 words)
All morning, Rosalie had been migrating between platforms in Amsterdam Centraal, from Track 4 to Track 10 then to Track 7 to Track 11 and back to 4. The trains to Brussels, both express and local, had been cancelled one after another. (42 words)
The brussels sprout loves the cool weather the PNW offers and is growing happily while everything else is laying in dormancy or harvested, the brussels sprout continues to plump and develop as it soaks up the ideal climate. (38 words)
And a more mature American dining public – accustomed to sushi, pho, kimchi, fried Brussels sprouts, kale salads and so much more – presumably won’t turn up its nose at rutabaga layer cakes, parsnip custards or beet pies. (37 words)
How are they going to determine what the proper balance is between what Brussels does, the unelected bureaucrats in Brussels of the European Commission as people sometimes derisively say, and what nations are supposed to do? (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
British Airways will operate four flights a week to Heathrow and Brussels Airlines four to Brussels, while EasyJet will fly to London Gatwick five times a week.
The brussels sprout loves the cool weather the PNW offers and is growing happily while everything else is laying in dormancy or harvested, the brussels sprout continues to plump and develop as it soaks up the ideal climate.
Today sees a varied programme of festivities, from the Place du Jeu de Balle to Brussels Park, taking in the various districts of Brussels for National Day.
Train travel from London to Brussels was provided byTravel from Brussels to Prague was provided by, whose app allows travellers to compare different transport methods simultaneously.
The Brussels prosecutor’s confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday that police ended a lockdown party in a downtown Brussels flat on Friday evening after they were called because of a night-time disturbance.
The Embassy of Ghana in Brussels has partnered with Brussels Airlines to airlift stranded Ghanaians to Accra Tuesday, August 11.
How are they going to determine what the proper balance is between what Brussels does, the unelected bureaucrats in Brussels of the European Commission as people sometimes derisively say, and what nations are supposed to do?
The Sierra Leone Ambassador to Brussels, Ambassador Samuel Musa, has unveiled the New Direction’s Agenda to the Committee of Ambassadors of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States in Brussels.
Brussels feels vulnerable, said Stefano Stefanini, a former Italian ambassador who is now a security consultant based in Brussels.
He made the remarks addressing the international conference “Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region” – also known as Brussels II- at the European Council in Brussels.
Writing in the Mail On Sunday, he said: “At every stage in the talks so far, Brussels gets what Brussels wants.
Brussels - not Walloon but mostly French-speaking Many non-French-speaking observers (over)generalize Walloons as a term of convenience for all Belgian French-speakers (even those born and living in the Brussels-Capital Region).
The Brussels sprout has long been popular in Brussels, and may have originated there. citation The gastronomic offer includes approximately 1,800 restaurants, and a number of high quality bars.
A day earlier that was mentioned in a bloc's meeting with Western Balkan leaders in Brussels.
Addressing the chamber in Brussels, Casa described investigations into corruption in Malta as “never-ending,” while legal action had been taken at “lightning speed” against Camilleri.
After a long trial and 19 days of jury deliberations, the court in Brussels returned their verdicts.
After months on the run, he was captured in Brussels on March 18, 2016.
A Government audit of retained EU law - to identify where Brussels' rules should be removed, replaced or updated - has been ongoing since 2021.
All morning, Rosalie had been migrating between platforms in Amsterdam Centraal, from Track 4 to Track 10 then to Track 7 to Track 11 and back to 4. The trains to Brussels, both express and local, had been cancelled one after another.
And a more mature American dining public – accustomed to sushi, pho, kimchi, fried Brussels sprouts, kale salads and so much more – presumably won’t turn up its nose at rutabaga layer cakes, parsnip custards or beet pies.
Common combinations with brussels
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in brussels 73×
- to brussels 16×
- and brussels 14×
- brussels sprouts 13×
- brussels to 11×
- brussels and 11×
- the brussels 10×
- brussels on 10×
- with brussels 9×
- from brussels 8×