Explore Ditch through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like abandon or excavate. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Ditch in a sentence
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Ditch meaning
- A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
- A raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top.
Synonyms of Ditch
Using Ditch
- The main meaning on this page is: A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage. | A raised bank of earth and the hedgerow on top.
- Useful related words include: abandon, excavate, trench, crash.
- In the example corpus, ditch often appears in combinations such as: to ditch, the ditch, ditch the.
Context around Ditch
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ditch
- In this selection, "ditch" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, last, adjacent, mesa, near, furthest and operator stand out and add context to how "ditch" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a deep ditch separated the and a drainage ditch causing heavy. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ditch" sits close to words such as abstract, cocktail and correspondent, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ditch
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And this is no shallow ditch, but a deep crevasse. (10 words)
A car left the road and crashed into a ditch and shrubbery. (12 words)
He swerved off into the ditch and someone T-boned him in the ditch. (14 words)
A geophysical survey identified the lines of the fort's defences, with the north-west corner of the structure being identified by a 12m bank and a large ditch, believed to be a shallow quarry dug during the construction of the rampart. (42 words)
The Sheriff’s Office says 27-year-old Ryan Edblom was driving his pickup west on 170th Street near Highway 5 when he entered the north ditch and then crossed a drainage ditch, causing heavy front-end damage to the vehicle. (41 words)
And that “let them eat cake attitude” is prompting approximately two-thirds of in-housers to look for other opportunities, which is a whopping increase from the under 20% seeking to ditch the in-house world in last year’s survey. (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
Where a fence or hedge has an adjacent ditch, the ditch is normally in the same ownership as the hedge or fence, with the ownership boundary being the edge of the ditch furthest from the fence or hedge.
He swerved off into the ditch and someone T-boned him in the ditch.
The ditch operator, East Mesa Water Co., received approval Sept. 20 for an emergency loan up to $418,140 from the Colorado Water Conservation Board to pipe the ditch and relocate it away from the area prone to sinkholes.
The organisation have members of their team on site clearing the ditch, with the lights allowing them to perform roadside inspections of the channel and ditch, while carrying out clean-up operations.
This map shows parcels irrigated by the East Mesa Ditch and the ditch’s diversion point from the Crystal River.
The Sheriff’s Office says 27-year-old Ryan Edblom was driving his pickup west on 170th Street near Highway 5 when he entered the north ditch and then crossed a drainage ditch, causing heavy front-end damage to the vehicle.
A deep ditch separated the city from its "suburb;" its location is today marked by a wide street named "Graben" (meaning Ditch).
The German party found a way through the railings on top of the ditch and climbed down without being fired on, since the machine-gun bunkers (coffres de contrescarpe) main at each corner of the ditch, had been left unmanned.
They discovered the Mesolithic postholes dating from between 7000 and 8000 BC, as well as a convert length of a palisade ditch – a V-cut ditch into which timber posts had been inserted that remained there until they rotted away.
A car left the road and crashed into a ditch and shrubbery.
According to a preliminary investigation by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, the driver lost control of the car, and the vehicle flipped in a ditch near STH 106 and Calkins Road in Palmyra, Wisconsin.
According to court documents, law enforcement found Sakkinen visibly in trouble after the white Nissan Altima he was in went into a ditch near Haydon Court in North Pole.
A community group has launched a last-ditch attempt to have a collection of historic 14th and 15th century grave slabs restored and protected.
A geophysical survey identified the lines of the fort's defences, with the north-west corner of the structure being identified by a 12m bank and a large ditch, believed to be a shallow quarry dug during the construction of the rampart.
A last-ditch weekend spending agreement avoided a U.S. government shutdown but left pro-Ukraine officials in Washington scrambling on Monday to determine the best path forward for securing approval for billions more assistance for Kyiv.
And that “let them eat cake attitude” is prompting approximately two-thirds of in-housers to look for other opportunities, which is a whopping increase from the under 20% seeking to ditch the in-house world in last year’s survey.
And the PIP wasn’t issued as but as a last-ditch effort after trying everything else.
And this is no shallow ditch, but a deep crevasse.
A passerby reportedly found her in a ditch on the side of a Bell County road between Waco and Temple.
A scramble ensued in the box following the rebound, with some last-ditch defending from the keeping the ball out of the net.
Common combinations with ditch
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to ditch 34×
- the ditch 32×
- ditch the 29×
- in ditch 18×
- into ditch 15×
- ditch and 13×
- and ditch 8×
- ditch on 6×
- ditch with 5×
- drainage ditch 5×