Geelong is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Geelong in a sentence
Geelong meaning
A port city in Victoria, Australia, 75 km south-west of Melbourne. Gateway to the surfcoast of Victoria, and Great Ocean Road.
Using Geelong
- The main meaning on this page is: A port city in Victoria, Australia, 75 km south-west of Melbourne. Gateway to the surfcoast of Victoria, and Great Ocean Road.
- In the example corpus, geelong often appears in combinations such as: in geelong, the geelong, to geelong.
Context around Geelong
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 5 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Geelong
- In this selection, "geelong" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, south, north, greater, western, news and independent stand out and add context to how "geelong" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include addition to geelong will offer and adelaide which geelong won by. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "geelong" sits close to words such as affinity, airspace and bowman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with geelong
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Prominent healthcare services include Geelong Health (Geelong West) and Barwon Health. (11 words)
He attended South Geelong Primary School and then Geelong Junior Technical school. (12 words)
A day of music, St Paul’s Church, 171-177 Latrobe Tce, Geelong. (13 words)
Geelong then travelled to Adelaide and lost the game by eight points after the umpire failed to pay a courageous Leigh Colbert mark late in the game with Geelong narrowly hanging on to a lead, exiting by losing both finals. (40 words)
I first started working in the industry in Geelong as a typesetter for a newly formed suburban newspaper which became Geelong News and then onto the Geelong Independent which still runs to this day, although mainly digital on-line. (39 words)
By the middle of the year, quite a few new clubs had sprung up in the district: Cowie’s Creek (centred on the Ocean Child Hotel, North Geelong); Duck Ponds (now Lara); Shank Hill (near Pollocksford); Buninyong; and Ballarat. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
I first started working in the industry in Geelong as a typesetter for a newly formed suburban newspaper which became Geelong News and then onto the Geelong Independent which still runs to this day, although mainly digital on-line.
He attended South Geelong Primary School and then Geelong Junior Technical school.
Numerous supporters of Free Palestine Geelong packed the Geelong council meeting at Highton this week, calling on the City to publicly support a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
South Geelong resident Joanna Evans is a registered nurse in Barwon Health’s surgical ward, teaches a Diploma of Nursing at The Gordon, and volunteers at The Outpost in Geelong.
The Geelong Resource Recovery Centre located on Douro Street, North Geelong is currently undertaking renovations and is unable to accept green waste.
Essendon's first VFL game was in 1897 was against Geelong at Corio Oval in Geelong.
Geelong then travelled to Adelaide and lost the game by eight points after the umpire failed to pay a courageous Leigh Colbert mark late in the game with Geelong narrowly hanging on to a lead, exiting by losing both finals.
Prominent healthcare services include Geelong Health (Geelong West) and Barwon Health.
Sketches of Geelong (in the hooped guernsey) playing Melbourne in 1880 Following the formation of the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1877, Geelong joined the association as one of its foundation clubs.
The City of Greater Geelong and four other local municipalities form part of the alliance which identifies the Geelong region's priorities, and advocates all levels of government for funding and implement the projects.
The Geelong Football Club fielded a reserves team in both of these competitions, allowing players who were not selected for the senior team to play for Geelong in the lower grade.
The new addition to Geelong will offer new research facilities, display areas and host Geelong's extensive heritage, modern and Indigenous.
These two victories ensured Geelong a place in the 2007 AFL Grand Final against Port Adelaide, which Geelong won by a record margin of 119 points.
The towers will become the tallest buildings in the city, taking the title from the Mercure Hotel. citation Further highrise developments are planned as part of the City of Greater Geelong's Geelong Western Edge strategic plan.
A day of music, St Paul’s Church, 171-177 Latrobe Tce, Geelong.
After sitting comfortably inside the top-eight three weeks ago, the Bombers have slumped to 13th with consecutive defeats to Geelong, Western Bulldogs and Sydney.
Around 7,000 athletes and officials are due to be housed in the Athletes' Villages in Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong and Morwell during the Commonwealth Games.
As for Mitchell, he could not disguise his awe of Geelong in their blitzkrieg of a second half.
Beloved Australian performers Normie Rowe and Denise Drysdale have returned to the stage together in their new show The Two of Us, a trip down memory lane coming to Geelong this weekend.
By the middle of the year, quite a few new clubs had sprung up in the district: Cowie’s Creek (centred on the Ocean Child Hotel, North Geelong); Duck Ponds (now Lara); Shank Hill (near Pollocksford); Buninyong; and Ballarat.
Common combinations with geelong
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in geelong 24×
- the geelong 21×
- to geelong 14×
- of geelong 11×
- geelong in 11×
- geelong and 8×
- for geelong 7×
- with geelong 6×
- greater geelong 6×
- geelong to 5×