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Floes in a sentence

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Floes | Floe

Floes meaning

plural of floe

Using Floes

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of floe
  • In the example corpus, floes often appears in combinations such as: ice floes, floes and.

Context around Floes

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

ice 14×

Often after:

declined 1× pressed 1× parted 1× further 1× drift 1× became 1×

Sentence patterns with Floes

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

arctic ice floes are often 1× arctic ice floes further evidence 1× august ice floes pressed into 1× ice floes on the 1× of ice floes as well 1× on ice floes and retrieve 1× on ice floes and set 1× or ice floes became very 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after proceeding through 1× during the winter 1× eskimos put their 1× getting freight across 1× here the artist 1× ice floes on 1×

Common sentence endings:

and atlantic oceans 1× her sketch folder 1× of the wreckage 1× of the year 1× s decks buckled 1× set them adrift 1×

Words around Floes

Just before it in the word index:

floersch 3 floerke 2 floella 4 floe 15 flodoard 2 floderus 3

Just after it in the word index:

flog 23 flogged 46 flogger 5 flogging 65 floggings 5 flogs 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaronson 18 abai 18 abass 18 abatements 18 abdulfatah 18 abebe 18

Corpus analysis for Floes

  • In this selection, "floes" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, ice, declined, pressed and parted stand out and add context to how "floes" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include arctic ice floes are often and arctic ice floes further evidence. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "floes" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with floes

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

Eskimos put their old folks on ice floes and set them adrift. (12 words)

During the winter, ice floes drift south or north, depending upon the tides. (13 words)

Ice floes on the Volga now prevented boats and tugs from supplying the Soviet defenders. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

In the Siberian sector in particular, average residence time of sea ice floes declined from 15 months to six months after 2007, indicating that most of them were no longer surviving the annual summer melt period to become thick multiyear ice. (41 words)

The researchers used a helicopter to land on ice floes and retrieve the samples during an 18-day icebreaker expedition through the Northwest Passage, the hazardous route linking the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. (33 words)

In addition, Arctic ice floes are often carried from the Central Arctic to the south (i.e., Fram Strait) by the Transpolar Drift once the sea ice breaks up in spring (). (31 words)

Example sentences (14)

Here the artist was able to study the adorable penguins which proved completely unafraid of their visitor as she sat amongst them on the ice floes with her sketch folder.

In the Siberian sector in particular, average residence time of sea ice floes declined from 15 months to six months after 2007, indicating that most of them were no longer surviving the annual summer melt period to become thick multiyear ice.

In August, ice floes pressed into the ship with such force that the ship's decks buckled.

The ice floes parted just long enough for to finally sink into the ocean, before closing again to erase any trace of the wreckage.

Last year, a team of researchers found examples of microplastics in Arctic ice floes, further evidence of the spread of the pollutants in the world's oceans.

In addition, Arctic ice floes are often carried from the Central Arctic to the south (i.e., Fram Strait) by the Transpolar Drift once the sea ice breaks up in spring ().

The researchers used a helicopter to land on ice floes and retrieve the samples during an 18-day icebreaker expedition through the Northwest Passage, the hazardous route linking the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

Eskimos put their old folks on ice floes and set them adrift.

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After proceeding through the first stage of the Focus Tower, and arriving in the province of Aquaria, Benjamin locates Phoebe, and learns that Spencer is trapped underground by thick ice floes.

During the winter, ice floes drift south or north, depending upon the tides.

Getting freight across a river that flooded every spring and filled with floating debris and/or ice floes became very problematic for several months of the year.

Ice floes on the Volga now prevented boats and tugs from supplying the Soviet defenders.

Its success was limited by the presence of ice floes, as well as bad weather and fog.

Reynolds, pp. 48–52 During the next 12 days the party battled northward along the coast through the ice floes.

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Common combinations with floes

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "floes" in a sentence?
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What does "floes" mean?
Floes means: plural of floe
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