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How do you use Cooktown in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Cooktown in a sentence

Cooktown meaning

A town in Queensland, Australia.

Using Cooktown

  • The main meaning on this page is: A town in Queensland, Australia.

Context around Cooktown

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

broome 1×

Often after:

kunnanurra 1×

Sentence patterns with Cooktown

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

bridge in cooktown when he 1× known as cooktown 1× like broome cooktown and thursday 1× north of cooktown kunnanurra 1× queensland s cooktown on tuesday 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

cook and his 1× the 40 year 1× two thirds of 1× when i became 1×

Common sentence endings:

10pm on saturday 1× and thursday island 1× from the hilarity 1× known as cooktown 1× of cooktown kunnanurra 1×

Words around Cooktown

Just before it in the word index:

cooktops 8 cooktop 9 cookstown 15 cookstoves 6 cookstove 3 cookson 15

Just after it in the word index:

cookus 2 cookware 65 cooky 6 cool 4.819 coola 10 coolagolite 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Cooktown

  • In this selection, "cooktown" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, broome and kunnanurra stand out and add context to how "cooktown" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include bridge in cooktown when he and known as cooktown. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "cooktown" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with cooktown

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

Two thirds of that is north of Cooktown/Kunnanurra. (9 words)

Many of the first Filipinos settled in remote coastal towns like Broome, Cooktown, and Thursday Island. (16 words)

When I became aware of the current PM’s announcement in far north Queensland’s Cooktown on Tuesday, I almost caved in wheezing from the hilarity. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

The 40-year-old man was fishing on a riverbank on the Annan River, near Annan River Bridge, in Cooktown when he was taken about 2.10pm on Saturday. (29 words)

Cook and his crew had, in July 1770, gathered 12 to 15 turtles as food for their voyage when they stopped near what is today known as Cooktown. (28 words)

When I became aware of the current PM’s announcement in far north Queensland’s Cooktown on Tuesday, I almost caved in wheezing from the hilarity. (26 words)

Example sentences (5)

Many of the first Filipinos settled in remote coastal towns like Broome, Cooktown, and Thursday Island.

The 40-year-old man was fishing on a riverbank on the Annan River, near Annan River Bridge, in Cooktown when he was taken about 2.10pm on Saturday.

Cook and his crew had, in July 1770, gathered 12 to 15 turtles as food for their voyage when they stopped near what is today known as Cooktown.

When I became aware of the current PM’s announcement in far north Queensland’s Cooktown on Tuesday, I almost caved in wheezing from the hilarity.

Two thirds of that is north of Cooktown/Kunnanurra.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "cooktown" in a sentence?
An example: "Many of the first Filipinos settled in remote coastal towns like Broome, Cooktown, and Thursday Island." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "cooktown" from authentic English texts.
What does "cooktown" mean?
Cooktown means: A town in Queensland, Australia.
How many example sentences with "cooktown" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "cooktown", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.