On this page you'll find 7 example sentences with Carentan. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Carentan in a sentence
Carentan meaning
A town near the northeastern base of the French Cotentin Peninsula in Manche department, Normandy, in north-western France.
Using Carentan
- The main meaning on this page is: A town near the northeastern base of the French Cotentin Peninsula in Manche department, Normandy, in north-western France.
- In the example corpus, carentan often appears in combinations such as: of carentan, and carentan.
Context around Carentan
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Carentan
- In this selection, "carentan" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, capture, begin, theater, wednesday and normandy stand out and add context to how "carentan" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include at the carentan theater to and caen and carentan. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "carentan" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with carentan
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Spectators watch as parachutists jump from C-47 transport planes in Carentan, Normandy, France, Wednesday, June 5, 2019. (18 words)
Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division will meet at the Carentan Theater to take part in a tour of the city and battle sites of Carentan. (26 words)
During his recce, Brummitt observed no German forces between Graignes and Carentan, just 4.5 miles away across the saturated marsh of the swollen Taute River. (26 words)
The Americans, assigned to land at Utah Beach and Omaha Beach, were to attempt to capture Carentan and St. Lô the first day, then cut off the Cotentin Peninsula and eventually capture the port facilities at Cherbourg. (37 words)
Among them was 97-year-old Tom Rice, who jumped from a World War II Dakota plane above the town of Carentan Wednesday, recreating the parachute drop he took part in on June 6, 1944. (35 words)
On June 12, 1944, three days after the fictional Ryan mission was to begin, Carentan was finally captured after heavy fighting, and US forces operating out of the two beaches finally linked up. (33 words)
Example sentences (7)
Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division will meet at the Carentan Theater to take part in a tour of the city and battle sites of Carentan.
During his recce, Brummitt observed no German forces between Graignes and Carentan, just 4.5 miles away across the saturated marsh of the swollen Taute River.
Among them was 97-year-old Tom Rice, who jumped from a World War II Dakota plane above the town of Carentan Wednesday, recreating the parachute drop he took part in on June 6, 1944.
Spectators watch as parachutists jump from C-47 transport planes in Carentan, Normandy, France, Wednesday, June 5, 2019.
The Americans, assigned to land at Utah Beach and Omaha Beach, were to attempt to capture Carentan and St. Lô the first day, then cut off the Cotentin Peninsula and eventually capture the port facilities at Cherbourg.
On June 12, 1944, three days after the fictional Ryan mission was to begin, Carentan was finally captured after heavy fighting, and US forces operating out of the two beaches finally linked up.
Van der Vat, p. 136 The subsequent advance on Caen and Cherbourg was slow, as a greater number of German Panzer units were concentrated near Caen and Carentan.
Common combinations with carentan
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of carentan 2×
- and carentan 2×