How do you use Cockles in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Cockles meaning
plural of cockle
Using Cockles
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of cockle
- In the example corpus, cockles often appears in combinations such as: the cockles, cockles of, cockles are.
Context around Cockles
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cockles
- In this selection, "cockles" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, exports, caught, heart, clams, quickly and heirloom stand out and add context to how "cockles" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include brochure that cockles the warmth and business exports cockles to spain. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cockles" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cockles
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
James' business exports cockles to Spain. (6 words)
Heart cockles are bivalve mollusks that resemble clams. (8 words)
Otherwise, pickled cockles and mussels may be offered by the pub in jars or packets. (15 words)
He was named best street food vendor at the British Street Food Awards at the start of his journey, and in 2012, he cooked wraps with laverbread and cockles for athletes at the London Olympics Athletes Village, just two weeks before his daughter was born. (45 words)
Trump sees attacking African American members of Congress as good politics, as it both warms the cockles of the white supremacists who love him and causes so many of the thoughtful people who don't to scream," 's Editorial Board wrote on Sunday. (43 words)
By chance he ordered cockles for lunch and the smell brought back a memory of the seaside town of Morecambe : this gave him "the idea of a faded North Country accent and the suggestion of a scrappy moustache". (38 words)
Example sentences (15)
James' business exports cockles to Spain.
When the Guardian visited the Dorset town this week, Greenslade was doing brisk business selling locally caught cockles, clams, sole, plaice, bass and lobsters to local people and tourists.
Heart cockles are bivalve mollusks that resemble clams.
He was named best street food vendor at the British Street Food Awards at the start of his journey, and in 2012, he cooked wraps with laverbread and cockles for athletes at the London Olympics Athletes Village, just two weeks before his daughter was born.
However, The Cockles quickly responded, scoring a try straight from the kick-off after a series of powerful drives and successfully converting it.
Red wine is one of my fave tipples — well chilled in summer and in winter there's nothing like a good glass of red to warm the cockles of the heart.
The vongole with linguini, fresh cockles, heirloom tomatoes and toasted laver seaweed were one of the main reasons Pasta A Mano emerged champions.
Cockles are one of few bay clams that are known to move horizontally through the estuary.
Trump sees attacking African American members of Congress as good politics, as it both warms the cockles of the white supremacists who love him and causes so many of the thoughtful people who don't to scream," 's Editorial Board wrote on Sunday.
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It is the blatant buffoonery of the brochure that cockles the warmth of my cold soles.
That line of argument did not exactly warm the cockles of Times of Malta readers’ hearts.
The Fruits de Mer platter is shellfish heaven, heaped with cockles, prawn, langoustines and some more creative treats such as scallop ceviche.
By chance he ordered cockles for lunch and the smell brought back a memory of the seaside town of Morecambe : this gave him "the idea of a faded North Country accent and the suggestion of a scrappy moustache".
Otherwise, pickled cockles and mussels may be offered by the pub in jars or packets.
Common combinations with cockles
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the cockles 4×
- cockles of 3×
- cockles are 2×
- cockles for 2×