Explore Eels through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Eels meaning
plural of eel
Using Eels
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of eel
- In the example corpus, eels often appears in combinations such as: the eels, eels and, eels are.
Context around Eels
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Eels
- In this selection, "eels" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, baby, sand, parramatta, surrounded, saw and forward stand out and add context to how "eels" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the eels are now and as yellow eels and then. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "eels" sits close to words such as airbags, akure and aman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with eels
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It also impoverishes the diversity of habitats the eels need. (10 words)
But what do tiny sand eels have to do with it? (11 words)
Nets for catching glass eels in Yunlin County, in western Taiwan. (11 words)
It was a good example of what I wrote last week about how teams who drop off at this time of year – Manly competed for most of the match but couldn’t quite go the distance and the Eels are now goners after getting beaten by the Roosters. (48 words)
But there is no reason why the Bulldogs shouldn’t be able to build on what was a fairly positive 2022 season with recruits such as Viliame Kikau (Panthers), one of the game’s elite second rowers, and machine in the middle, Reed Mahoney (Eels). (45 words)
The Tigers tabled a mammoth five-year offer for the half, only for the Eels to upgrade his deal next year and extend the contract through to 2028 on a whopping $6 million. (33 words)
But what do tiny sand eels have to do with it? (11 words)
Remember when the Parramatta Eels won their first premiership back in 1981, likewise when the Cronulla Sharks did it in 2016? (21 words)
Example sentences (20)
The life cycle and movement of eels are surrounded by mystery, and the modern harvesting of eels, surrounded by contention.
As they get bigger, they are known as yellow eels and then silver eels and there are different fisheries for those.
So instead every moment of it is pregnant with itself, eels within eels, all dying and alive within each other, slipping in and out.
Authorities also seized a shipment of elvers, or baby eels, on April 5 at the Halifax airport worth $112,000.
But there is no reason why the Bulldogs shouldn’t be able to build on what was a fairly positive 2022 season with recruits such as Viliame Kikau (Panthers), one of the game’s elite second rowers, and machine in the middle, Reed Mahoney (Eels).
But what do tiny sand eels have to do with it?
His role with the Eels saw him become captain and coach of the club's NSW Cup team while working as an assistant coach for the SG Ball team.
Huddersfield Giants are in for Parramatta Eels forward Jack Murchie, Rugby League Live understands.
It also impoverishes the diversity of habitats the eels need.
It was a good example of what I wrote last week about how teams who drop off at this time of year – Manly competed for most of the match but couldn’t quite go the distance and the Eels are now goners after getting beaten by the Roosters.
Mitchell Moses has told Parramatta’s rivals he will be staying put at the Eels, ending months of speculation around his future and offering long-term security to his club.
Moses, whose contract is up at Parramatta at the end of this year, has a four-year option on the table from the Eels worth about $1.1 million a season.
Nets for catching glass eels in Yunlin County, in western Taiwan.
Remember when the Parramatta Eels won their first premiership back in 1981, likewise when the Cronulla Sharks did it in 2016?
She has no doubts it's there to catch hugely valuable, tiny, translucent "glass eels" that are shipped live to Asia and grown for food.
Sproul and the MPs say DFO's mishandling of the fishery for baby eels or elvers in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick this spring has emboldened poachers.
The Eels never gave up all day and will take some confidence into their next outing against Truganina at home on June 17.
The microscopic algae also take a toll on the fish, eels, birds and other marine species that it kills.
The Tigers tabled a mammoth five-year offer for the half, only for the Eels to upgrade his deal next year and extend the contract through to 2028 on a whopping $6 million.
Another likely cause of the population growth is that grey seals have been displaced from northern Scotland, where numbers of sand eels – which seals love to eat – have declined.
Common combinations with eels
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the eels 32×
- eels and 12×
- eels are 7×
- of eels 5×
- baby eels 5×
- glass eels 5×
- eels in 5×
- eels to 5×
- parramatta eels 4×
- for eels 4×