Wondering how to use Derailment in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as mishap or misadventure.
Derailment in a sentence
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Derailment meaning
- The action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs.
- An instance of diverting a conversation or debate from its original topic.
- An instance of thwarting or frustrating something.
Synonyms of Derailment
Using Derailment
- The main meaning on this page is: The action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs. | An instance of diverting a conversation or debate from its original topic. | An instance of thwarting or frustrating something.
- Useful related words include: mishap, misadventure, mischance.
- In the example corpus, derailment often appears in combinations such as: the derailment, train derailment, derailment in.
Context around Derailment
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Derailment
- In this selection, "derailment" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, train, sudden, february, near, recovery and last stand out and add context to how "derailment" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a train derailment is shown and a train derailment last week. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "derailment" sits close to words such as aba, avenge and backups, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with derailment
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A train derailment near Old Town Pocatello. (7 words)
And then all that is is a prelude to a derailment. (11 words)
ABC13 learned of the derailment in Seabrook at about 8 a.m. Tuesday. (13 words)
At least 10 to 12 coaches of the high-speed train derailed and encroached on to the opposite track, which led to the derailment of 3-4 coaches of train travelling from Yeshwanthpur to Howrah, said Railway spokersperson Amitabh Sharma. (40 words)
Famed whistleblower, activist, and advocate said Friday that President and his administration are trying to hide something about the East Palestine train derailment disaster, but won’t get away with it because the evidence is apparent. (36 words)
Yost said the state wants a declaratory judgment holding Norfolk Southern responsible for the derailment, recovery of costs for the emergency response to the derailment, and damages to natural resources, property and the economy. (34 words)
Been paying attention to the train derailment in Ohio and the environmental disaster unfolding there? (15 words)
Can you even imagine the environmental damage to our wilderness if there was a derailment? (15 words)
Example sentences (20)
Yost said the state wants a declaratory judgment holding Norfolk Southern responsible for the derailment, recovery of costs for the emergency response to the derailment, and damages to natural resources, property and the economy.
ABC13 learned of the derailment in Seabrook at about 8 a.m. Tuesday.
After the toxic train derailment in East Palestine in February, there are also rail safety provisions, including requiring two-person crews.
A large fire after a train derailment is shown in East Palestine, ohio, on Feb. 4 2023.
Although Pirya has accepted the fact that her Asian Games dreams are all but over, this sudden derailment of her plans has hit the youngster hard.
And then all that is is a prelude to a derailment.
At least 10 to 12 coaches of the high-speed train derailed and encroached on to the opposite track, which led to the derailment of 3-4 coaches of train travelling from Yeshwanthpur to Howrah, said Railway spokersperson Amitabh Sharma.
A train derailment last week sparked a major chemical fire that is a danger to human life.
A train derailment near Old Town Pocatello.
Back in February, my home state experienced a train derailment that wasn't the first or last to come this year.
Bavarian transport minister Christian Bernreiter told regional broadcaster BR that a fault "on the vehicle or rail" caused the derailment.
Been paying attention to the train derailment in Ohio and the environmental disaster unfolding there?
But regulators didn't mention the fiery February derailment near East Palestine, Ohio, that prompted much of the recent concern nationwide about railroad safety as an example of this problem.
But the highway crash didn't draw national attention the way the train derailment did, or trigger a flood of calls for more trucking regulation like the U.S. is seeing.
But you could not fault Buttigieg for not showing up until three weeks after the derailment.
Can you even imagine the environmental damage to our wilderness if there was a derailment?
Cleanup of that Ohio derailment continues and the incident has prompted a broad review in Congress of the safety regulations governing operations of the nation’s major rail companies.
Donald Trump met with East Palestine residents who have been impacted by the Ohio train derailment.
Earlier on Friday, the NRC suspended operations on the Kaduna-Abuja route following the derailment of an Abuja-bound train at Kubwa in the nation’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on the same day.
Famed whistleblower, activist, and advocate said Friday that President and his administration are trying to hide something about the East Palestine train derailment disaster, but won’t get away with it because the evidence is apparent.
Common combinations with derailment
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the derailment 67×
- train derailment 51×
- derailment in 25×
- derailment of 10×
- derailment and 9×
- derailment that 5×
- derailment near 4×
- derailment on 4×
- derailment which 4×
- derailment was 4×