Folkestone is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Folkestone in a sentence
Folkestone meaning
A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2235).
Using Folkestone
- The main meaning on this page is: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2235).
- In the example corpus, folkestone often appears in combinations such as: in folkestone, folkestone and, at folkestone.
Context around Folkestone
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Folkestone
- In this selection, "folkestone" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, admits, via, road, magistrates, road and joint stand out and add context to how "folkestone" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include appeared at folkestone magistrates court and canterbury via folkestone. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "folkestone" sits close to words such as ache, advani and afi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with folkestone
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Coman appeared at Folkestone Magistrates Court. (6 words)
Folkestone manager Andy Drury issues instructions from the sideline at Southwood. (11 words)
Ibrahim Olutade – netted in Folkestone’s midweek 3-3 draw at Potters Bar. (13 words)
He told KentOnline: “We had a house in Dover and a house in Boulogne, and used to commute between Folkestone and Boulogne at least twice a week between 1974 and 1976 when I attended Godefroy de Bouillion school in Boulogne. (40 words)
Plan A comes into effect – a quick stop at the Ionity charger at Folkestone so we arrive at the ferry port with enough charge to do some decent mileage out of Calais before a late breakfast stop. (37 words)
That meant that passengers taking the LeShuttle service, the newly-rebranded former Eurotunnel, between England’s Folkestone and France’s Calais got to watch a parade of exotic motors as they waited to board. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Before reaching Samphire Hoe, I am glad when the footpath runs close to the national cycle route between Folkestone and Dover.
Chairman Josh Healey admits Folkestone are going through a season of transition - but hasn’t given up on their play-off prospects after naming Andy Drury as their new manager.
Coman appeared at Folkestone Magistrates Court.
Emergency services descended on Folkestone Road at about 5.10am after the crash involving a grey BMW 120d and a white Ford transit van.
Folkestone joint-boss Roland Edge has explained their decision to move Kane Penn to left-back.
Folkestone were, though, certainly given a scare late on with a quickfire double from Corinthian-Casuals before they just about held on.
Following their midweek win over Folkestone last Tuesday, Chats maintained their winning form at a team who were relegated last season.
He also pointed out that outline planning permission for the height of the buildings had been signed of by Folkestone and Hythe District Council in 2015.
Ibrahim Olutade – netted in Folkestone’s midweek 3-3 draw at Potters Bar.
Plan A comes into effect – a quick stop at the Ionity charger at Folkestone so we arrive at the ferry port with enough charge to do some decent mileage out of Calais before a late breakfast stop.
Solaris Energy employees install a heat pump at a home in Folkestone, U.K., on September 20, 2021.
That meant that passengers taking the LeShuttle service, the newly-rebranded former Eurotunnel, between England’s Folkestone and France’s Calais got to watch a parade of exotic motors as they waited to board.
The number 16 bus between Hythe and Canterbury is set to be cut short too on September 3. Currently it takes one hour 20 minutes to get from Hythe to Canterbury via Folkestone.
An application by Kent Police’s Anti-Social Behaviour Team, and Folkestone’s Community Safety Unit, also led to him being handed a two-year Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO).
Duke, of Sandgate Road, Folkestone, was arrested at the station and later charged with two counts of threatening behaviour.
Folkestone manager Andy Drury issues instructions from the sideline at Southwood.
Folkestone Sports Centre, in Radnor Park Avenue, had been used by generations of residents before its sudden closure resulted in 144 job losses.
He posted a video on X, formerly Twitter, to say he was going to attend Folkestone station, but the reasons why he has been told to surrender himself are unclear.
He reckons they’ll clock up around 5,000 miles including the 1,600 miles round trip from Dunnet Head to Folkestone and back.
He told KentOnline: “We had a house in Dover and a house in Boulogne, and used to commute between Folkestone and Boulogne at least twice a week between 1974 and 1976 when I attended Godefroy de Bouillion school in Boulogne.
Common combinations with folkestone
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in folkestone 17×
- folkestone and 11×
- at folkestone 10×
- to folkestone 8×
- folkestone kent 6×
- and folkestone 5×
- of folkestone 4×
- the folkestone 4×
- between folkestone 3×
- folkestone on 3×