Get to know Forfarshire better with 6 real example sentences, the meaning.
Forfarshire in a sentence
Forfarshire meaning
Former name of Angus: a former county of Scotland; in use from the 18th century until 1928.
Using Forfarshire
- The main meaning on this page is: Former name of Angus: a former county of Scotland; in use from the 18th century until 1928.
- In the example corpus, forfarshire often appears in combinations such as: the forfarshire, forfarshire had.
Context around Forfarshire
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Forfarshire
- In this selection, "forfarshire" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, saturday, angus and east stand out and add context to how "forfarshire" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of the forfarshire and on saturday forfarshire s legendary. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "forfarshire" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with forfarshire
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Forfarshire had been carrying 62 people. (7 words)
The Forfarshire had foundered on the rocks and broken in half: one of the halves had sunk during the night. (20 words)
The McManus Galleries in Dundee includes three paintings by Thomas Musgrave Joy which celebrate Grace Darling's deeds with the Forfarshire. (21 words)
On Saturday Forfarshire’s legendary wicketkeeper Alec Steele played his last cricket game of the season which marks an incredible milestone he once only dreamed of achieving. (27 words)
In Scotland four shires have alternative names with the "-shire" suffix: Angus (Forfarshire), East Lothian (Haddingtonshire), Midlothian (Edinburghshire) and West Lothian (Linlithgowshire). (22 words)
The McManus Galleries in Dundee includes three paintings by Thomas Musgrave Joy which celebrate Grace Darling's deeds with the Forfarshire. (21 words)
Example sentences (6)
On Saturday Forfarshire’s legendary wicketkeeper Alec Steele played his last cricket game of the season which marks an incredible milestone he once only dreamed of achieving.
In Scotland four shires have alternative names with the "-shire" suffix: Angus (Forfarshire), East Lothian (Haddingtonshire), Midlothian (Edinburghshire) and West Lothian (Linlithgowshire).
The Forfarshire had been carrying 62 people.
The Forfarshire had foundered on the rocks and broken in half: one of the halves had sunk during the night.
The McManus Galleries in Dundee includes three paintings by Thomas Musgrave Joy which celebrate Grace Darling's deeds with the Forfarshire.
The upper window in the white ring is Grace Darling's bedroom, from which she watched the sinking of the Forfarshire.
Common combinations with forfarshire
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: