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Driftway is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Driftway in a sentence

Driftway meaning

  1. A road or path for driving cattle or sheep, on the commons or on private land.
  2. A drift, or horizontal passage in a mine.
  3. An access road to the sea.

Using Driftway

  • The main meaning on this page is: A road or path for driving cattle or sheep, on the commons or on private land. | A drift, or horizontal passage in a mine. | An access road to the sea.
  • In the example corpus, driftway often appears in combinations such as: horspath driftway.

Context around Driftway

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

horspath 2×

Sentence patterns with Driftway

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

and horspath driftway on wednesday 1× off horspath driftway the slade 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

as we recalled 1× thames valley police 1×

Common sentence endings:

on wednesday night 1× second world war 1×

Words around Driftway

Just before it in the word index:

driftsands 2 drifts 92 driftpile 3 driftmark 4 driftless 7 drifting 255

Just after it in the word index:

driftwood 64 driftwoodwelcome 7 driggers 6 driggs 7 drigo 3 dril 9

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Driftway

  • In this selection, "driftway" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, horspath stand out and add context to how "driftway" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and horspath driftway on wednesday and off horspath driftway the slade. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "driftway" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with driftway

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

As we recalled (Memory Lane, March 4), the site off Horspath Driftway, The Slade and the Eastern Bypass housed an important military barracks during the Second World War. (28 words)

Thames Valley Police cars including undercover vehicles as well as an ambulance arrived at the mini roundabout between Hollow Way, The Slade and Horspath Driftway on Wednesday night. (28 words)

Longer example sentences

As we recalled (Memory Lane, March 4), the site off Horspath Driftway, The Slade and the Eastern Bypass housed an important military barracks during the Second World War. (28 words)

Thames Valley Police cars including undercover vehicles as well as an ambulance arrived at the mini roundabout between Hollow Way, The Slade and Horspath Driftway on Wednesday night. (28 words)

Example sentences (2)

As we recalled (Memory Lane, March 4), the site off Horspath Driftway, The Slade and the Eastern Bypass housed an important military barracks during the Second World War.

Thames Valley Police cars including undercover vehicles as well as an ambulance arrived at the mini roundabout between Hollow Way, The Slade and Horspath Driftway on Wednesday night.

Common combinations with driftway

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "driftway" in a sentence?
An example: "As we recalled (Memory Lane, March 4), the site off Horspath Driftway, The Slade and the Eastern Bypass housed an important military barracks during the Second World War." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "driftway" from authentic English texts.
What does "driftway" mean?
Driftway means: A road or path for driving cattle or sheep, on the commons or on private land.
How many example sentences with "driftway" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "driftway", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.