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Cobs is an English word of 4 letters. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

Rare word

Cobs in a sentence

Related words

Cobs | Cob | Cober

Cobs meaning

plural of cob

Using Cobs

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of cob
  • In the example corpus, cobs often appears in combinations such as: cobs and, the cobs.

Context around Cobs

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

corn 2× two 1× cannabis 1× maize 1×

Often after:

bread 1× unlike 1× per 1×

Sentence patterns with Cobs

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

000 cannabis cobs and 240 1× cobs bread originated 1× like corn cobs after a 1× on the cobs unlike the 1× presence of cobs 1× produce two cobs per a 1× roasting maize cobs on the 1× ships corn cobs were scuttled 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

another step was 1× cobs bread originated 1× if grey squirrels 1× mr joseph amartey 1× nyala el fasher 1× subsequent days main 1×

Common sentence endings:

after a barbecue 1× called bakers delight 1× capital of nyala 1× dry river bed 1× for two years 1× into individual kernels 1×

Words around Cobs

Just before it in the word index:

cobridge 2 cobre 18 cobras 60 cobrapost 4 cobranded 2 cobra 220

Just after it in the word index:

cobtree 2 coburg 14 coburn 53 cobweb 8 cobwebbed 3 cobwebs 40

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 13 aamer 13 aave 13 abdelmadjid 13 abdulkarim 13 abdulsalami 13

Corpus analysis for Cobs

  • In this selection, "cobs" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, corn, two, cannabis, bread, unlike and per stand out and add context to how "cobs" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 000 cannabis cobs and 240 and cobs bread originated. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "cobs" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with cobs

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The cobs are first dried for two years. (8 words)

COBS Bread originated in 1980 in Australia as a family run business called Bakers Delight. (15 words)

Another step was developing plants where the kernels remained intact on the cobs, unlike the teosinte ears, which shatter into individual kernels. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

Nyala / El Fasher — The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in South Darfur says that it has seized 9,000 cannabis cobs and 240 bottles of whiskey in the South Darfur capital of Nyala. (34 words)

If Grey Squirrels have been feeding on them, however, you can find the ground beneath firs littered with empty scales and bare cores scattered like corn cobs after a barbecue. (30 words)

Mr Joseph Amartey, Chief Executive Officer of Victory Farms urged the researchers to consider further improvement of the maize varieties to produce two cobs per a plant. (27 words)

Example sentences (9)

COBS Bread originated in 1980 in Australia as a family run business called Bakers Delight.

Another step was developing plants where the kernels remained intact on the cobs, unlike the teosinte ears, which shatter into individual kernels.

Mr Joseph Amartey, Chief Executive Officer of Victory Farms urged the researchers to consider further improvement of the maize varieties to produce two cobs per a plant.

Nyala / El Fasher — The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in South Darfur says that it has seized 9,000 cannabis cobs and 240 bottles of whiskey in the South Darfur capital of Nyala.

If Grey Squirrels have been feeding on them, however, you can find the ground beneath firs littered with empty scales and bare cores scattered like corn cobs after a barbecue.

The court heard that the group bumped into two villagers, the late Benedict Ncube and Xolisani Sibanda respectively, roasting maize cobs on the dry river bed.

Subsequent days main Off Omaha Beach, American Liberty ships – 'Corn Cobs' were scuttled to provide a makeshift breakwater during the early days of the invasion.

The cobs are first dried for two years.

The corn sheller was almost identical in design, with slight modifications to deal with the larger kernel size and presence of cobs.

Common combinations with cobs

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "cobs" in a sentence?
An example: "COBS Bread originated in 1980 in Australia as a family run business called Bakers Delight." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "cobs" from authentic English texts.
What does "cobs" mean?
Cobs means: plural of cob
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Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "cobs", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.