Gannets is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Gannets meaning
plural of gannet
Using Gannets
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of gannet
- In the example corpus, gannets often appears in combinations such as: gannets are.
Context around Gannets
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gannets
- In this selection, "gannets" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fulmars, now and guillemots stand out and add context to how "gannets" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include brimming with gannets now largely and fulmars gannets guillemots razorbills. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gannets" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gannets
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Gannets are Britain's largest seabird. (6 words)
Fulmars, gannets, guillemots, razorbills, kittiwakes and, the birds everyone comes to Bempton to see: puffins. (15 words)
Gannets are the UK’s largest sea birds and it is fascinating to watch as they dive into the sea at dizzying speeds. (23 words)
At the time officials at the Scottish Seabird Centre in North Berwick noted that “significant areas on the Bass Rock which would have been brimming with gannets now largely bare”. (30 words)
Gannets are the UK’s largest sea birds and it is fascinating to watch as they dive into the sea at dizzying speeds. (23 words)
Fulmars, gannets, guillemots, razorbills, kittiwakes and, the birds everyone comes to Bempton to see: puffins. (15 words)
Example sentences (4)
At the time officials at the Scottish Seabird Centre in North Berwick noted that “significant areas on the Bass Rock which would have been brimming with gannets now largely bare”.
Fulmars, gannets, guillemots, razorbills, kittiwakes and, the birds everyone comes to Bempton to see: puffins.
Gannets are the UK’s largest sea birds and it is fascinating to watch as they dive into the sea at dizzying speeds.
Gannets are Britain's largest seabird.
Common combinations with gannets
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: