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Gorbals is an English word. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Gorbals in a sentence

Gorbals meaning

An inner suburb of Glasgow, south of the River Clyde in the City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5964).

Using Gorbals

  • The main meaning on this page is: An inner suburb of Glasgow, south of the River Clyde in the City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5964).
  • In the example corpus, gorbals often appears in combinations such as: the gorbals, gorbals and.

Context around Gorbals

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 4 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

new 1× glasgow 1×

Often after:

residents 1× aren 1×

Sentence patterns with Gorbals

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

1960s the gorbals was one 1× and the gorbals and govanhill 1× bypassing the gorbals and eglinton 1× for glasgow gorbals where natch 1× glasgow s gorbals aren t 1× like new gorbals a mile 1× that many gorbals residents had 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a new deal 1× in the 1960s 1× like new gorbals 1× odoibhailein said that 1× other venues built 1× shortly afterwards maclean 1×

Common sentence endings:

can look like 1× in tenement buildings 1× of the plans 1× on monday morning 1× would have encompassed 1×

Words around Gorbals

Just before it in the word index:

gorbachev 158 gorbach 2 goraya 2 goranson 9 goran 46 gorampa 2

Just after it in the word index:

gorbea 3 gorbunov 4 gorbuscha 3 gorby 3 gord 38 gorda 42

Similar in corpus frequency:

abdali 10 abdelfattah 10 abdulazeez 10 abella 10 abels 10 abfa 10

Corpus analysis for Gorbals

  • In this selection, "gorbals" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, new, glasgow, residents and aren stand out and add context to how "gorbals" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 1960s the gorbals was one and and the gorbals and govanhill. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "gorbals" sits close to words such as abdali, abdelfattah and abdulazeez, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with gorbals

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

Short example sentences

ODoibhailein said that many Gorbals residents had been noticing the apparent theft when he went past on Monday morning. (19 words)

Shortly afterwards, Maclean was official Labour General Election candidate for Glasgow Gorbals where, natch, the proles declined to back him. (20 words)

Like New Gorbals, a mile or so east along the river, they represent new thinking about what social housing can look like. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

A New Deal for Local Government needs to be one that empowers local Councils to invest where their communities need it most – and the Gorbals and Govanhill are precisely the communities that need it the most. (36 words)

Unlike the plans for the inner ring road it bypasses most of south east Glasgow - bypassing the Gorbals and Eglinton Toll which the ring would have encompassed. (27 words)

Other venues built for the 2014 games, such as the National Hockey centre in the Glasgow's Gorbals aren't apart of the plans. (24 words)

Example sentences (7)

A New Deal for Local Government needs to be one that empowers local Councils to invest where their communities need it most – and the Gorbals and Govanhill are precisely the communities that need it the most.

ODoibhailein said that many Gorbals residents had been noticing the apparent theft when he went past on Monday morning.

Unlike the plans for the inner ring road it bypasses most of south east Glasgow - bypassing the Gorbals and Eglinton Toll which the ring would have encompassed.

Like New Gorbals, a mile or so east along the river, they represent new thinking about what social housing can look like.

Other venues built for the 2014 games, such as the National Hockey centre in the Glasgow's Gorbals aren't apart of the plans.

Shortly afterwards, Maclean was official Labour General Election candidate for Glasgow Gorbals where, natch, the proles declined to back him.

In the 1960s, the Gorbals was one of the most densely populated areas of the city with many people living in tenement buildings.

Common combinations with gorbals

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "gorbals" in a sentence?
An example: "A New Deal for Local Government needs to be one that empowers local Councils to invest where their communities need it most – and the Gorbals and Govanhill are precisely the communities that need it the most." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "gorbals" from authentic English texts.
What does "gorbals" mean?
Gorbals means: An inner suburb of Glasgow, south of the River Clyde in the City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5964).
How many example sentences with "gorbals" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "gorbals", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.