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Dawlish is an English word. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Dawlish in a sentence

Dawlish meaning

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9676).

Using Dawlish

  • The main meaning on this page is: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9676).
  • In the example corpus, dawlish often appears in combinations such as: in dawlish, dawlish warren.

Context around Dawlish

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

knit 1×

Often after:

college 1× community 1× coast 1× warren 1× devon 1×

Sentence patterns with Dawlish

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

and in dawlish devon a 1× circling the dawlish coast and 1× close knit dawlish community police 1× helsinki by dawlish his boss 1× lived in dawlish for a 1× passing through dawlish several passengers 1× rockstone and dawlish warren 1× year 9 dawlish college student 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

in warwickshire five 1× it was seen 1× kate explained i 1× passenger gill garratt 1× plot the unnamed 1× the shocking revelations 1×

Common sentence endings:

a finnish journalist 1× and dawlish warren 1× community police said 1× exmouth earlier today 1× hit by lightning 1× of years now 1×

Words around Dawlish

Just before it in the word index:

dawley 3 dawlat 3 dawlah 4 dawla 5 dawkins 151 dawki 4

Just after it in the word index:

dawn 1.586 dawna 10 dawnblade 2 dawned 80 dawning 47 dawnland 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 11 aaba 11 aafc 11 aaib 11 aalbers 11 aardvarks 11

Corpus analysis for Dawlish

  • In this selection, "dawlish" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, knit, college, community and coast stand out and add context to how "dawlish" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and in dawlish devon a and circling the dawlish coast and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "dawlish" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with dawlish

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

It was seen circling the Dawlish coast and Exmouth earlier today. (11 words)

Kate explained: "I've lived in Dawlish for a couple of years now. (13 words)

Passenger Gill Garratt said: 'Huge wave smashes into moving train and breaks windows passing through Dawlish, several passengers injured. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Plot The unnamed protagonist is ordered to Helsinki by Dawlish, his boss, to suppress a newspaper article, potentially embarrassing to the U.K. government, about to be published by a Finnish journalist. (32 words)

The shocking revelations are another blow following the tragic death of who was found unconscious and with multiple injuries on the beach between Rockstone and Dawlish Warren. (27 words)

In Warwickshire, five properties were struck by lightning and in Dawlish, Devon, a phone box burst into flames after a telephone pole was also hit by lightning. (27 words)

Example sentences (7)

The Year 9 Dawlish College student’s death has touched off an outpouring of grief in the ‘close-knit’ Dawlish community, police said.

It was seen circling the Dawlish coast and Exmouth earlier today.

Kate explained: "I've lived in Dawlish for a couple of years now.

The shocking revelations are another blow following the tragic death of who was found unconscious and with multiple injuries on the beach between Rockstone and Dawlish Warren.

Passenger Gill Garratt said: 'Huge wave smashes into moving train and breaks windows passing through Dawlish, several passengers injured.

In Warwickshire, five properties were struck by lightning and in Dawlish, Devon, a phone box burst into flames after a telephone pole was also hit by lightning.

Plot The unnamed protagonist is ordered to Helsinki by Dawlish, his boss, to suppress a newspaper article, potentially embarrassing to the U.K. government, about to be published by a Finnish journalist.

Common combinations with dawlish

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "dawlish" in a sentence?
An example: "The Year 9 Dawlish College student’s death has touched off an outpouring of grief in the ‘close-knit’ Dawlish community, police said." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "dawlish" from authentic English texts.
What does "dawlish" mean?
Dawlish means: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9676).
How many example sentences with "dawlish" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "dawlish", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.