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Dory is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like dinghy or walleye. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Dory in a sentence

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Dory meaning

A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.

Synonyms of Dory

dinghy spiny-finned fish pike perch pike-perch stizostedion vitreum jack salmon walleyed pike walleye small boat rowboat acanthopterygian

Using Dory

  • The main meaning on this page is: A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.
  • Useful related words include: dinghy, spiny-finned fish, pike perch, pike-perch.
  • In the example corpus, dory often appears in combinations such as: hunky dory, john dory, dory and.

Context around Dory

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Dory

  • In this selection, "dory" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, hunky, john, fully, kappeli, chambers and group stand out and add context to how "dory" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include be hunky dory and and john dory s brands. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "dory" sits close to words such as abaribe, abbasids and abstentions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with dory

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Ellen DeGeneres arrives at the premiere of ‘Finding Dory’ in 2016. (11 words)

Paul Winter missed the traditional dory boats of his home province of Newfoundland. (13 words)

Going by the Annual Report and Balance Sheet, everything appeared to be hunky-dory. (14 words)

It was only after the success of his sixth album, 1973’s Aladdin Sane, that Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust started to shift thousands and thousands of copies nd reach their peaks on the chart. (35 words)

The show will feature five artists that have been heating up the art market, but who are new to Jack Rabbit Gallery: Laura Goodson, Sari Shryack, Rachel Dory, Jennifer Troice, and Rapheal Crump. (33 words)

Spur Corporation’s eight restaurant brands include Spur Steak Ranches, Spur Grill & Go, Panarottis Pizza Pasta, RocoMamas, The Hussar Grill, Casa Bella, Nikos Coalgrill Greek, and John Dory’s Fish, Grill, Sushi. (32 words)

That’s hunky-dory, but will the “election officials” hand-counting the ballots be the same ones who cheated to begin with? (22 words)

Example sentences (20)

But this is fully Dory’s tale, as she searches for her parents (Diane Keaton and Eugene Levy) and finds herself in the process.

Dory Kappeli died peacefully at 9:41 pm on the 5th day of January 2023.

Ellen DeGeneres voices Marlin's absent-minded but devoted friend Dory who accompanies him in his quest.

Born on June 24, 1943, Fay was the daughter of the late Maynard Dory Chambers and the late Gracie May Green Chambers.

It is the latest venture by Hunky Dory Group, who own popular city centre restaurants such as Chaakoo Bombay Cafe, Panang and Topolabamba.

It’s the scene where Nemo’s dad and Dory find themselves among a flock of seagulls.

It was only after the success of his sixth album, 1973’s Aladdin Sane, that Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust started to shift thousands and thousands of copies nd reach their peaks on the chart.

So, each application could traverse other agencies and even Cabinet departments, to double check and confirm that everything is hunky-dory.

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Their connection over DeGeneres follows them into adulthood; Lily continues to journal as though writing letters to DeGeneres and later gives her daughter the middle name Dory.

Dory is a regal blue tang, and she's separated from her parents at a young age.

Ellen DeGeneres arrives at the premiere of ‘Finding Dory’ in 2016.

Ever since the Greiner era, the Liberals have believed that all you have to do to fix education is make schools competitive and market-driven and everything will be hunky-dory.

Marketing fees have also been discounted by 75% for the Spur, Panarottis and John Dory’s brands, and 50% for the remaining brands, it said.

Spur Corporation’s eight restaurant brands include Spur Steak Ranches, Spur Grill & Go, Panarottis Pizza Pasta, RocoMamas, The Hussar Grill, Casa Bella, Nikos Coalgrill Greek, and John Dory’s Fish, Grill, Sushi.

That’s hunky-dory, but will the “election officials” hand-counting the ballots be the same ones who cheated to begin with?

The film involves flashbacks to her childhood as the adult Dory goes on a long voyage to track down her parents, eventually locating them at a place called the Marine Life Institute.

The show will feature five artists that have been heating up the art market, but who are new to Jack Rabbit Gallery: Laura Goodson, Sari Shryack, Rachel Dory, Jennifer Troice, and Rapheal Crump.

Going by the Annual Report and Balance Sheet, everything appeared to be hunky-dory.

Paul Winter missed the traditional dory boats of his home province of Newfoundland.

The talk show host’s Finding Nemo character, Dory, inspired his family in times of need.

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Common combinations with dory

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "dory" in a sentence?
An example: "But this is fully Dory’s tale, as she searches for her parents (Diane Keaton and Eugene Levy) and finds herself in the process." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "dory" from authentic English texts.
What does "dory" mean?
Dory means: A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.
What are synonyms of "dory"?
Common synonyms of "dory" include: dinghy, spiny-finned fish, pike perch, pike-perch, stizostedion vitreum, jack salmon, walleyed pike, walleye. Plus 3 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "dory" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "dory", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.