Explore Formby through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Formby in a sentence
Formby meaning
- A coastal town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD2907). Formerly in Lancashire.
- A surname.
Using Formby
- The main meaning on this page is: A coastal town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD2907). Formerly in Lancashire. | A surname.
- In the example corpus, formby often appears in combinations such as: jennie formby, ms formby, formby is.
Context around Formby
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 5 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Formby
- In this selection, "formby" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, jennie, lane, trust, seconds, unit and beach stand out and add context to how "formby" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2018 show formby sought to and as ms formby has been. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "formby" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with formby
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Formby told council members on Jan. (6 words)
Formby Beach is one of Merseyside's coastal gems. (9 words)
He retired in 1978 after short spells with Formby and Rhyl. (11 words)
But after the bomb had been thrown out of the moving car, arrived at the scene to warn residents to avoid the gold tin that had been left in the road in Formby. (33 words)
In 2023, the city says, Mayor Rick Blangiardi and city Managing Director Michael Formby engaged in discussions with the U.S. military to gain assistance in siting a new landfill on Oahu. (32 words)
NHS Digital figures show 58 full-time-equivalent fully trained GPs were working at surgeries in the former NHS Southport and Formby CCG area in November – up from 53 the year before. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
National Trust Formby is also asking the public to avoid visiting Formby's beaches and woodlands until the storm is over.
Hall’s first team kept their own promotion push going with a 4-1 win over Formby Seconds in Division Four West.
Texas authorities are searching for an inmate, 22-year-old Trent Thompson, who escaped from Formby Unit in Plainview Saturday night.
All enquiries to Coyne Bros. Funeral Directors, 3, Old Mill Lane, Formby.
But after the bomb had been thrown out of the moving car, arrived at the scene to warn residents to avoid the gold tin that had been left in the road in Formby.
Formby Beach is one of Merseyside's coastal gems.
Formby told council members on Jan.
Funeral service to be held at St Peter's Church, Green Lane, Formby on Monday 6th January at 1pm.
He retired in 1978 after short spells with Formby and Rhyl.
In 2023, the city says, Mayor Rick Blangiardi and city Managing Director Michael Formby engaged in discussions with the U.S. military to gain assistance in siting a new landfill on Oahu.
NHS Digital figures show 58 full-time-equivalent fully trained GPs were working at surgeries in the former NHS Southport and Formby CCG area in November – up from 53 the year before.
The ukuleles played by Formby, whose other hits included Leaning On A Lamp-Post, could each fetch up to £15,000 in the online sale on Thursday.
Emails from May 2018 show Formby sought to influence the selection of the panel for a disciplinary hearing for a party member accused of making racist comments on social media.
Formby said investigations had found those complaints referred to 111 reported individuals, of whom only 20 were members.
In 1995 her parents divorced after her father began an affair with Tatler's editor-at-large Nicola Formby.
Party workers also protested that Ms Thompson will take on many of the general secretary’s duties as Ms Formby has been having treatment for breast cancer.
Replying to Watson on Thursday evening, Formby said she was “very disappointed” he had criticised the party’s response on antisemitism and accused him of abusing his position.
Several Labour MPs have said they believe the party’s General Secretary, Jennie Formby, was intervening to protect members accused of antisemitism from punishment.
Jennie Formby condemned "anti-Semitic" social media attacks on her rival Jon Lasman, who has also been labelled as a "Zionist" on Twitter.
Jennie Formby is the frontrunner for the post of general secretary of the Labour party.
Common combinations with formby
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- jennie formby 4×
- ms formby 3×
- formby is 2×
- lane formby 2×
- formby said 2×