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Gowanus in a sentence

Gowanus meaning

A neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, United States.

Using Gowanus

  • The main meaning on this page is: A neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, United States.
  • In the example corpus, gowanus often appears in combinations such as: gowanus canal, the gowanus.

Context around Gowanus

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 1 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

fragrant 1×

Often after:

canal 5× community 1× bay 1×

Sentence patterns with Gowanus

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

along the gowanus canal instead 1× areas were gowanus where numbers 1× brooklyn s gowanus canal 1× found during gowanus canal cleanupa 1× the fragrant gowanus canal 1× the gowanus community facility 1× threes in gowanus 1× waterfront from gowanus bay to 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

flushed the feds 1× historical treasures found 1× president trump floating 1× spend your summer 1× the fastest growing 1× the gowanus community 1×

Common sentence endings:

9 3 percent 1× association s head 1× flows through brooklyn 1× fragrant gowanus canal 1× headhouse seen here 1× piers and factories 1×

Words around Gowanus

Just before it in the word index:

gowans 7 gowan 16 gow 45 govweek 3 govts 15 govtech 4

Just after it in the word index:

gowar 2 goward 4 gowariker 8 gowases 2 gowda 82 gowdy 51

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Gowanus

  • In this selection, "gowanus" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, fragrant, canal, community and bay stand out and add context to how "gowanus" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include along the gowanus canal instead and areas were gowanus where numbers. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "gowanus" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with gowanus

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

Spend your summer afternoon on the water, on the fragrant Gowanus Canal! (12 words)

If you’re in Brooklyn, definitely make your way to Threes in Gowanus. (13 words)

The waterfront from Gowanus Bay to Greenpoint was developed with piers and factories. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

The Gowanus community facility has been in closed in disrepair for 14 years and a generation of local youths were deprived of learning social skills, according to Ed Tyre, the local tenants association’s head. (35 words)

Flushed: The feds shot down the city's proposal to build a giant, underground tunnel along the Gowanus Canal instead of installing two massive water storage tanks, including one below the headhouse, seen here. (34 words)

Historical Treasures Found During Gowanus Canal CleanupA massive project is underway to clean up one of the countries most polluted waterways: the Gowanus Canal, which flows through Brooklyn. (28 words)

Exclamation examples

Spend your summer afternoon on the water, on the fragrant Gowanus Canal! (12 words)

Example sentences (8)

Historical Treasures Found During Gowanus Canal CleanupA massive project is underway to clean up one of the countries most polluted waterways: the Gowanus Canal, which flows through Brooklyn.

Flushed: The feds shot down the city's proposal to build a giant, underground tunnel along the Gowanus Canal instead of installing two massive water storage tanks, including one below the headhouse, seen here.

President Trump floating on a snake-infested raft was seen in Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal.

Spend your summer afternoon on the water, on the fragrant Gowanus Canal!

The Gowanus community facility has been in closed in disrepair for 14 years and a generation of local youths were deprived of learning social skills, according to Ed Tyre, the local tenants association’s head.

If you’re in Brooklyn, definitely make your way to Threes in Gowanus.

The fastest growing Brooklyn areas were Gowanus, where numbers spiked by nearly 10 percent, and in Boerum Hill, where prices rose by 9.3 percent.

The waterfront from Gowanus Bay to Greenpoint was developed with piers and factories.

Common combinations with gowanus

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "gowanus" in a sentence?
An example: "Historical Treasures Found During Gowanus Canal CleanupA massive project is underway to clean up one of the countries most polluted waterways: the Gowanus Canal, which flows through Brooklyn." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "gowanus" from authentic English texts.
What does "gowanus" mean?
Gowanus means: A neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, United States.
How many example sentences with "gowanus" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "gowanus", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.