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Explore Grebes through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Grebes in a sentence

Related words

Grebes | Grebe

Grebes meaning

plural of grebe

Using Grebes

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of grebe

Context around Grebes

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 16.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

necked 1× crested 1× included 1× eared 1×

Often after:

fought 1× common 1×

Sentence patterns with Grebes

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

affected included grebes common and 1× australasian crested grebes in aotearoa 1× million eared grebes and phalaropes 1× red necked grebes fought for 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

birds affected included 1× there are thought 1×

Common sentence endings:

a nearby female 1× and herring gulls 1× grebes in aotearoa 1× their long migrations 1×

Words around Grebes

Just before it in the word index:

greber 3 grebel 4 grebe 5 greaves 67 greatturn 2 greatswords 2

Just after it in the word index:

grebulons 2 grec 4 greca 5 grecale 5 greccio 3 grech 79

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 6 aaah 6 aaargh 6 aacl 6 aadhi 6 aak 6

Corpus analysis for Grebes

  • In this selection, "grebes" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 16.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, necked, crested, included, fought and common stand out and add context to how "grebes" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include affected included grebes common and and australasian crested grebes in aotearoa. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "grebes" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with grebes

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

There are thought to be fewer than 1000 Australasian crested grebes in Aotearoa. (13 words)

Over 1.5 million eared grebes and phalaropes use Mono Lake during their long migrations. (15 words)

Birds affected included grebes, common and red-breasted mergansers, loons, diving ducks, ring-billed gulls and herring gulls. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

I’m not exaggerating when I say these birds, two red-necked grebes, fought for an hour, over a nearby female. (21 words)

Birds affected included grebes, common and red-breasted mergansers, loons, diving ducks, ring-billed gulls and herring gulls. (18 words)

Over 1.5 million eared grebes and phalaropes use Mono Lake during their long migrations. (15 words)

Example sentences (4)

I’m not exaggerating when I say these birds, two red-necked grebes, fought for an hour, over a nearby female.

There are thought to be fewer than 1000 Australasian crested grebes in Aotearoa.

Birds affected included grebes, common and red-breasted mergansers, loons, diving ducks, ring-billed gulls and herring gulls.

Over 1.5 million eared grebes and phalaropes use Mono Lake during their long migrations.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "grebes" in a sentence?
An example: "I’m not exaggerating when I say these birds, two red-necked grebes, fought for an hour, over a nearby female." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "grebes" from authentic English texts.
What does "grebes" mean?
Grebes means: plural of grebe
How many example sentences with "grebes" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "grebes", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.