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How do you use Cottingley in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Cottingley in a sentence

Cottingley meaning

  1. A suburban village in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1137).
  2. A suburb in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2730).

Using Cottingley

  • The main meaning on this page is: A suburban village in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1137). | A suburb in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2730).
  • In the example corpus, cottingley often appears in combinations such as: cottingley fairies, the cottingley, to cottingley.

Context around Cottingley

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

fairies 6× girls 1×

Sentence patterns with Cottingley

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

cottingley fairies main 1× in the cottingley fairies gradually 1× main the cottingley fairies photographs 1× of the cottingley fairies 1× of the cottingley fairies photographs 1× of the cottingley girls enraptured 1× on the cottingley fairies citation 1× returned to cottingley at the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

both elsie and 1× cottingley fairies main 1× gardner s final 1× interest in fairy 1× lauren jane hudson 1× no 17 series 1×

Common sentence endings:

elsie and frances 1× elsie and winifred 1× in august 1921 1× marked photographic plates 1× painting fairy themes 1× subsided after 1921 1×

Words around Cottingley

Just before it in the word index:

cottingham 13 cottier 2 cottesmore 6 cottesloe 7 cotterrell 2 cotterill 13

Just after it in the word index:

cottle 24 cotto 12 cotton 1.531 cottoncoin 2 cottondale 2 cottone 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 11 abacos 11 abboud 11 abbreviate 11 abdelkader 11 abdomens 11

Corpus analysis for Cottingley

  • In this selection, "cottingley" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, fairies and girls stand out and add context to how "cottingley" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include cottingley fairies main and in the cottingley fairies gradually. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "cottingley" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with cottingley

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

Gardner's final visit Gardner made a final visit to Cottingley in August 1921. (14 words)

Lauren Jane Hudson as Vivie, playful when with the rest of the Cottingley girls, enraptured with her fierce passion when confronting Elsie and Winifred. (24 words)

Written in 2015 by Silva Semerciyan, the story of The Light Burns Blue is deeply inspired by the true story of the Cottingley Fairies. (24 words)

Longer example sentences

Both Elsie and Frances later admitted that they "played along" with Hodson "out of mischief",sfn and that they considered him "a fake".sfn Later investigations Public interest in the Cottingley Fairies gradually subsided after 1921. (36 words)

No. 17, series 31 The first edition of Frances' memoirs was published a few months later, under the title Reflections on the Cottingley Fairies. citation The book contains correspondence, sometimes "bitter", between Elsie and Frances. (35 words)

Cottingley Fairies main The Cottingley Fairies photographs in 1917 (revealed by the "photographers" in 1981 to have been faked) were originally publicized by Theosophists, many of whom believed them to be real. (32 words)

Example sentences (8)

Cottingley Fairies main The Cottingley Fairies photographs in 1917 (revealed by the "photographers" in 1981 to have been faked) were originally publicized by Theosophists, many of whom believed them to be real.

Lauren Jane Hudson as Vivie, playful when with the rest of the Cottingley girls, enraptured with her fierce passion when confronting Elsie and Winifred.

Written in 2015 by Silva Semerciyan, the story of The Light Burns Blue is deeply inspired by the true story of the Cottingley Fairies.

Both Elsie and Frances later admitted that they "played along" with Hodson "out of mischief",sfn and that they considered him "a fake".sfn Later investigations Public interest in the Cottingley Fairies gradually subsided after 1921.

Gardner's final visit Gardner made a final visit to Cottingley in August 1921.

Interest in fairy-themed art enjoyed a brief renaissance following the publication of the Cottingley Fairies photographs in 1917 and a number of artists turned to painting fairy themes.

No. 17, series 31 The first edition of Frances' memoirs was published a few months later, under the title Reflections on the Cottingley Fairies. citation The book contains correspondence, sometimes "bitter", between Elsie and Frances.

To place the matter of the photographs' authenticity beyond doubt, he returned to Cottingley at the end of July with two Kodak Cameo cameras and 24 secretly marked photographic plates.

Common combinations with cottingley

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "cottingley" in a sentence?
An example: "Cottingley Fairies main The Cottingley Fairies photographs in 1917 (revealed by the "photographers" in 1981 to have been faked) were originally publicized by Theosophists, many of whom believed them to be real." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "cottingley" from authentic English texts.
What does "cottingley" mean?
Cottingley means: A suburban village in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1137).
How many example sentences with "cottingley" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "cottingley", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.