Clifton is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Clifton meaning
- An English habitational surname from Old English for someone who lived in one of the places in England.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A placename
Using Clifton
- The main meaning on this page is: An English habitational surname from Old English for someone who lived in one of the places in England. | A male given name transferred from the surname. | A placename
- In the example corpus, clifton often appears in combinations such as: scott clifton, in clifton, the clifton.
Context around Clifton
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 8 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Clifton
- In this selection, "clifton" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, scott, visitors, katharine, new, news and road stand out and add context to how "clifton" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include addition of clifton may not and at the clifton new testament. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "clifton" sits close to words such as afcon, asphalt and beads, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with clifton
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bourne Town's Division One match at Clifton All Whites was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. (17 words)
Clifton, meanwhile, had a disastrous minus-3 Game 6 after he had sat out the previous three games…. (18 words)
Between 1977 to 1979 seven women were sexually assaulted in the Clifton, Redland and Westbury Park areas of the city. (20 words)
And the Sabres’ addition of Clifton may not be a move that creates reverberations around the league, but he’s a guy who can amp up the compete level for a team, even if they paid a little too much for a third pairing D-man (three years at $3.333 million). (52 words)
The Atlantic Seaboard has some of the most expensive real estate in South Africa particularly on Nettleton and Clifton Roads in Clifton, Ocean View Drive and St Leon Avenue in Bantry Bay, Theresa Avenue in Bakoven and Fishermans Bend in Llandudno. (41 words)
Once the connection between Grand Junction and Clifton is completed, the portion between 33½ Road in Clifton and Riverbend Park in Palisade will be the last major gap in the Riverfront Trail, which stretches from Loma to Palisade. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Once the connection between Grand Junction and Clifton is completed, the portion between 33½ Road in Clifton and Riverbend Park in Palisade will be the last major gap in the Riverfront Trail, which stretches from Loma to Palisade.
That evening Bell tried to buy vodka and cigarettes using the woman's bank card, at Clifton News on Clifton Road.
The first day began with the preparatory matches with the opening game being between KwaZulu-Natal visitors Clifton School Nottingham Road and Soweto’s Jabulani Rugby Club which Clifton won 56–7.
Their opposition remain unknown after the second semi-final between Bedford Saturday Youth League side Barton Rovers and Clifton was abandoned just before the hour mark due to a serious injury to Clifton player Josh Darnell.
Katharine Clifton Katharine is the childhood friend and recently wedded wife of Geoffrey Clifton, whom she married after their days at Oxford University.
The Atlantic Seaboard has some of the most expensive real estate in South Africa particularly on Nettleton and Clifton Roads in Clifton, Ocean View Drive and St Leon Avenue in Bantry Bay, Theresa Avenue in Bakoven and Fishermans Bend in Llandudno.
According to show creator, Clifton Campbell, cancelation came as a surprise to the cast and crew too (via Pittsburgh Post Gazette).
Acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and Youth, Maureen Dwyer (left), greets Rev. Monroe O. Wisdom, following a church service held at the Clifton New Testament Church of God, in Kingston, on March 26.
After her mother’s death, Abby (Tuppence Middleton) inherits an old motel near where she grew up in the Clifton Hill neighborhood of Niagara Falls, Ontario.
And Blackpool's Pontins holiday park, based on Clifton Drive North, was one of the places generations of Scousers would escape to for a pocket-friendly, easy to get to holiday for more than 40-years.
And the Sabres’ addition of Clifton may not be a move that creates reverberations around the league, but he’s a guy who can amp up the compete level for a team, even if they paid a little too much for a third pairing D-man (three years at $3.333 million).
Another resident of Clifton Avenue, who asks not to be named, echoes these comments, saying the area stopped being as 'studenty' in the last few years.
At Il Giardino on Thursday’s B&B episode, Liam Spencer (Scott Clifton) will dwell on all the fighting he’s been doing with Hope and hate that they parted ways on such strained terms.
At Il Giardino on Wednesday’s B&B episode, Deacon Sharpe (Sean Kanan) got updates from Liam Spencer (Scott Clifton) and Wyatt Spencer (Darin Brooks) about Hope letting Thomas back on her line.
At the Palestinian American Community Center in Clifton, New Jersey, Executive Director Rania Mustafa said there has been an increase in harassing phone calls, emails and messages on social media.
Between 1977 to 1979 seven women were sexually assaulted in the Clifton, Redland and Westbury Park areas of the city.
Bourne Town's Division One match at Clifton All Whites was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
Clifton McDowell threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score and Montana cruised past Delaware 49-19 in a snowy second-round matchup of the FCS Championship on Saturday night.
Clifton, meanwhile, had a disastrous minus-3 Game 6 after he had sat out the previous three games….
Clifton Newman asked Murdaugh if he had anything he wanted to say before sentencing him to two consecutive life terms, and attorney maintained his innocence.
Common combinations with clifton
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- scott clifton 27×
- in clifton 15×
- the clifton 14×
- clifton and 13×
- of clifton 12×
- kevin clifton 12×
- and clifton 9×
- at clifton 7×
- clifton newman 6×
- clifton suspension 6×