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Dragline in a sentence

Dragline meaning

  1. A cable, cord, or rope used to drag an object; specifically, the line of a dragline excavator that drags the bucket.
  2. Ellipsis of dragline excavator.
  3. A strong supporting line of silk produced by a spider.

Using Dragline

  • The main meaning on this page is: A cable, cord, or rope used to drag an object; specifically, the line of a dragline excavator that drags the bucket. | Ellipsis of dragline excavator. | A strong supporting line of silk produced by a spider.
  • In the example corpus, dragline often appears in combinations such as: the dragline.

Context around Dragline

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

muskie 1×

Often after:

excavator 1×

Sentence patterns with Dragline

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

at the dragline 1× big muskie dragline excavator used 1× where the dragline a massive 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

harris drives up 1× he d grown 1× the largest walking 1×

Common sentence endings:

at the dragline 1× bucket is working 1× in mining operations 1×

Words around Dragline

Just before it in the word index:

dragicevich 2 dragic 19 draghi 57 dragging 512 draggers 4 dragger 4

Just after it in the word index:

dragnea 5 dragneel 3 dragnet 23 dragnets 3 drago 38 dragoljub 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 5 aaah 5 aacl 5 aak 5 aapke 5 aarav 5

Corpus analysis for Dragline

  • In this selection, "dragline" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, muskie and excavator stand out and add context to how "dragline" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include at the dragline and big muskie dragline excavator used. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "dragline" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with dragline

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

The largest walking machine ever made is the Big Muskie dragline excavator, used primarily in mining operations. (17 words)

Harris drives up and down the slopes around mining pits to where the dragline, a massive excavator with a bucket, is working. (22 words)

He’d grown up in a small Prairie town where everyone spent Sunday morning either in church or drinking beer at the gravel pit, chucking their empties at the dragline. (30 words)

Longer example sentences

He’d grown up in a small Prairie town where everyone spent Sunday morning either in church or drinking beer at the gravel pit, chucking their empties at the dragline. (30 words)

Harris drives up and down the slopes around mining pits to where the dragline, a massive excavator with a bucket, is working. (22 words)

The largest walking machine ever made is the Big Muskie dragline excavator, used primarily in mining operations. (17 words)

Example sentences (3)

Harris drives up and down the slopes around mining pits to where the dragline, a massive excavator with a bucket, is working.

He’d grown up in a small Prairie town where everyone spent Sunday morning either in church or drinking beer at the gravel pit, chucking their empties at the dragline.

The largest walking machine ever made is the Big Muskie dragline excavator, used primarily in mining operations.

Common combinations with dragline

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "dragline" in a sentence?
An example: "Harris drives up and down the slopes around mining pits to where the dragline, a massive excavator with a bucket, is working." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "dragline" from authentic English texts.
What does "dragline" mean?
Dragline means: A cable, cord, or rope used to drag an object; specifically, the line of a dragline excavator that drags the bucket.
How many example sentences with "dragline" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "dragline", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.