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Foxholes in a sentence

Foxholes | Foxhole

Foxholes meaning

plural of foxhole

Using Foxholes

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

Context around Foxholes

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Foxholes

  • In this selection, "foxholes" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, empty, digging, man, car and tunnels stand out and add context to how "foxholes" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include amid empty foxholes and trenches and are in foxholes or trenches. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "foxholes" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with foxholes

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

AirForceVet: Dead for Tax Reasons: AirForceVet: Trite but true: There are no atheists in foxholes. (15 words)

The Japanese infiltrated the American lines at night to attack the Marines in their foxholes. (15 words)

The Marines built two-man foxholes, so one could sleep while the other kept watch for infiltrators. (17 words)

For us, we had to veer west toward the Blue Ridge to get back to Waynesboro, and I’m not the most religious sort, but in the line of thinking that there are no atheists in foxholes, I was praying to various gods and higher spirits for safety, and sanity. (50 words)

They do, however, cause considerably more destruction when used inside confined environments, such as foxholes, tunnels, bunkers, and caves—partly due to the sustained blast wave, and partly by consuming the available oxygen inside. (34 words)

Wright, Iwo Jima 1945: The Marines Raise the Flag on Mount Suribachi, p. 26 This ash allowed for neither a secure footing nor the construction of foxholes to protect the Marines from hostile fire. (34 words)

Example sentences (13)

At Foxholes Car Park - located by a cafe kiosk and the new lifeboat station - it is proposed that all cubicles will be unisex with baby change units in each.

Foxholes car park in Exmouth is getting new loos, and this time it’s going to cost a pretty penny.

By means of shells timed to burst in the air a few feet from the ground, they get the Germans even in the foxholes.

For us, we had to veer west toward the Blue Ridge to get back to Waynesboro, and I’m not the most religious sort, but in the line of thinking that there are no atheists in foxholes, I was praying to various gods and higher spirits for safety, and sanity.

Scattered across the dirt amid empty foxholes and trenches were personal belongings, blankets, generators, oil barrels, water tanks and satellite dishes.

AirForceVet: Dead for Tax Reasons: AirForceVet: Trite but true: There are no atheists in foxholes.

Digging foxholes on the rocky ground was out of the question and each feature was exposed to fire from surrounding high points.

The antipersonnel effect of the blast wave is more severe in foxholes and tunnels, and in enclosed spaces, such as bunkers and caves.

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The Japanese infiltrated the American lines at night to attack the Marines in their foxholes.

The Marines built two-man foxholes, so one could sleep while the other kept watch for infiltrators.

They do, however, cause considerably more destruction when used inside confined environments, such as foxholes, tunnels, bunkers, and caves—partly due to the sustained blast wave, and partly by consuming the available oxygen inside.

While soldiers who are in foxholes or trenches are protected from this fire, soldiers who are manning mounted machine guns were vulnerable to being hit.

Wright, Iwo Jima 1945: The Marines Raise the Flag on Mount Suribachi, p. 26 This ash allowed for neither a secure footing nor the construction of foxholes to protect the Marines from hostile fire.

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Common combinations with foxholes

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "foxholes" in a sentence?
An example: "At Foxholes Car Park - located by a cafe kiosk and the new lifeboat station - it is proposed that all cubicles will be unisex with baby change units in each." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "foxholes" from authentic English texts.
What does "foxholes" mean?
Foxholes means: plural of foxhole
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