Wondering how to use Flotilla in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as fleet.
Flotilla meaning
- A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.
- A small group of things or people
- A spaceship made of one or more central mutually stabilizing overweight spaceships flanked by lightweight, middleweight, or heavyweight spaceships that prevent the formation of destructive eggs.
Synonyms of Flotilla
Using Flotilla
- The main meaning on this page is: A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships. | A small group of things or people | A spaceship made of one or more central mutually stabilizing overweight spaceships flanked by lightweight, middleweight, or heavyweight spaceships that prevent the formation of destructive eggs.
- Useful related words include: fleet.
- In the example corpus, flotilla often appears in combinations such as: flotilla of, the flotilla, freedom flotilla.
Context around Flotilla
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Flotilla
- In this selection, "flotilla" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, freedom, small, boat, comprising, commander and set stand out and add context to how "flotilla" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a homosexual flotilla and that and a small flotilla. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "flotilla" sits close to words such as aadmi, aang and abducting, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with flotilla
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Rich Marston, recently retired from the U.S. Coast Guard, was elected vice flotilla commander. (15 words)
Captain Bennis organized a flotilla comprising more than 100 boats, many of them crewed by volunteers. (16 words)
A small flotilla of watercraft followed in that jon boat’s wake including a couple of drift bo. (18 words)
The suspect, named only as Dirk P in court papers, was discovered by armed police hiding in a hayloft at his farm in Lotte, Germany, as they targeted a gang alleged to be running the migrant flotilla from the French coast. (41 words)
Mr Hurson has taken part in three convoys of trucks that travelled to Gaza by land and provided support to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition mission of 2010, when Israeli forces shot dead 10 people during a raid of a Turkish ship. (41 words)
No official reason was forthcoming from prime minister Viktor Orban but a pro-government television channel said Eurovision was 'a homosexual flotilla' and that Hungary's mental health would be better off if it was out of the competition. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
The boat began her service life training in the 4th U-boat Flotilla before moving on to the 10th flotilla for operations.
As the superpowered A.I. made its way into classrooms and offices, a flotilla of concerns quickly emerged, ranging from job losses to accidental nuclear war.
Rich Marston, recently retired from the U.S. Coast Guard, was elected vice flotilla commander.
The Provost has received information that the third submarine flotilla, comprising HMS Maidstone, HMS Alecto and six of the submarines, will visit Campbeltown.
The suspect, named only as Dirk P in court papers, was discovered by armed police hiding in a hayloft at his farm in Lotte, Germany, as they targeted a gang alleged to be running the migrant flotilla from the French coast.
The winner will receive a wine fridge, three dozen bottles of First Creek Wines, and a $200 voucher to dine at leading Newcastle restaurant The Flotilla.
Thousands lined the lake's shore and converged on live sites in Toronto and Warners Bay as the flotilla set sail on Friday and Saturday night.
While on the court, he led an inquiry into the Gaza flotilla incident, in which Israeli troops killed nine activists after being attacked on a Turkish ship.
An 82-year-old cardiologist from Argentina who had worked extensively with Doctors Without Borders, Trotta was to sail on the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza.
Marking the 60th anniversary of Lake Burley Griffin, Five Short Blasts by Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey will be performed on a flotilla of five boats crossing the lake.
Mr Hurson has taken part in three convoys of trucks that travelled to Gaza by land and provided support to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition mission of 2010, when Israeli forces shot dead 10 people during a raid of a Turkish ship.
He called 911 and and Jackson County Flotilla Captain Louis Seaman, just 16 years old at the time, was the first on scene.
The blood of the martyrs and wounded of the freedom flotilla carries many messages, among them the blending of Palestinian blood with Turkish blood….
Additionally, “the surface ships of the Northern Fleet and the Caspian Flotilla launched Kalibr precision cruise missiles from the Barents and Caspian Seas against coastal targets,” the MoD statement reads.
A small flotilla of watercraft followed in that jon boat’s wake including a couple of drift bo.
Captain Bennis organized a flotilla comprising more than 100 boats, many of them crewed by volunteers.
Later today they will head to Normandy on board the cruise ship MV Boudicca, which will be followed by a Royal Navy vessel and a small flotilla.
No official reason was forthcoming from prime minister Viktor Orban but a pro-government television channel said Eurovision was 'a homosexual flotilla' and that Hungary's mental health would be better off if it was out of the competition.
The flotilla is marking the 100th centenary of the national flag first being shown to the Faroese public – an event celebrated annually with a public holiday in Faroe.
The flotilla will again offer a $5,000 grand prize, which this year is sponsored by Atlantic Marine.
Common combinations with flotilla
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- flotilla of 13×
- the flotilla 9×
- freedom flotilla 5×
- u-boat flotilla 4×
- flotilla to 3×
- flotilla in 3×
- th flotilla 2×
- flotilla for 2×
- submarine flotilla 2×
- flotilla comprising 2×