Wondering how to use Harbor in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as harbour or keep.
Harbor in a sentence
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Harbor meaning
- Any place of shelter.
- A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.
- A mixing box for materials.
Synonyms of Harbor
Using Harbor
- The main meaning on this page is: Any place of shelter. | A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading. | A mixing box for materials.
- Useful related words include: harbour, keep, shelter, experience.
- Possible Dutch translations are: rede, ree.
- In the example corpus, harbor often appears in combinations such as: the harbor, pearl harbor, bar harbor.
Context around Harbor
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 7 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Harbor
- In this selection, "harbor" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, oak, newport, pearl, freight, bandstand and first stand out and add context to how "harbor" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a sag harbor village police and across the harbor from the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "harbor" sits close to words such as badly, database and pot, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with harbor
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Harbor Master Paul Blank in the Harbor Department’s new electric vessel docked at Marina Park. (16 words)
The photo includes, Renee Bilyeu-Householder, Harbor Freight supervisor, left, and Cameron Ostler, Harbor Freight supervisor. (16 words)
Celebrate World Fisheries Day at the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery, 1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor. (17 words)
That was after hotel owners as far south as Camden, Rockland and others up the coast sent letters to Bar Harbor to demand that the auto ban be lifted, since people were not stopping at their hotels because they could not go on to Bar Harbor. (46 words)
February in the Harbor is pretty mellow but if you want to see what is happening, check out the Harbor Facebook page and the Gaylord National Facebook page as well as their websites to see what other interesting adventures you can get yourself into. (44 words)
It starts on a short straight alongside the harbor, then cuts a right and goes sharply upward past Monaco’s glitzy yacht club before winding past the casino, cutting through a nearby tunnel and curving back down to the harbor. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
For entertainment, visitors can check out the Harbor Bandstand Series on Thursday nights between May and October and the monthly Scituate Harbor First Fridays event, in which harbor businesses stay open later and offer fun activities.
N.A.S. Whidbey is Oak Harbor’s largest employer; thus, Oak Harbor has a predominantly service-based economy and several national chain stores have been attracted to the Oak Harbor area.
February in the Harbor is pretty mellow but if you want to see what is happening, check out the Harbor Facebook page and the Gaylord National Facebook page as well as their websites to see what other interesting adventures you can get yourself into.
Fireworks by the Sea – Channel Islands Harbor: 9 p.m. July 4. Check the website for daytime activities at the harbor.
George Coburn, left, tosses flower petals in the water at the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony at the Oceanside Harbor in 2019.
Newport Harbor’s Luca Curci goes up to block a shot by Mira Costa’s Tread Rosenthal in the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs at Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach on Saturday, May 6, 2023.
SAG HARBOR — On March 27, a Sag Harbor Village Police officer stopped on Bay Street around 11:40 a.m. after seeing a woman waving her hands in the roadway.
Celebrate World Fisheries Day at the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery, 1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor.
Harbor Master Paul Blank in the Harbor Department’s new electric vessel docked at Marina Park.
Monhegan Island, in the Gulf of Maine, is situated 12 miles off the coast and can be reached by ferry from Boothbay Harbor, New Harbor and Port Clyde.
Newport Harbor’s Jack Berry, left, passes before heading out of bounds during the game between Newport Harbor vs. Corona del Mar in a nonleague boys basketball game at Corona del Mar High School on Saturday Jan.
It starts on a short straight alongside the harbor, then cuts a right and goes sharply upward past Monaco’s glitzy yacht club before winding past the casino, cutting through a nearby tunnel and curving back down to the harbor.
That was after hotel owners as far south as Camden, Rockland and others up the coast sent letters to Bar Harbor to demand that the auto ban be lifted, since people were not stopping at their hotels because they could not go on to Bar Harbor.
The Grays Harbor Drug Task Force consists of detectives from the Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office, Aberdeen Police Department and Hoquiam Police Department.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol said an Oak Harbor police officer and an Ottawa County deputy sheriff were chasing a black Dodge Challenger on State Route 19 north of Oak Harbor at about 9 p.m. when the collision occurred.
The photo includes, Renee Bilyeu-Householder, Harbor Freight supervisor, left, and Cameron Ostler, Harbor Freight supervisor.
Everett, MA- June 21, 2019: President of Encore Boston Harbor, Robert DeSalvio speaks during a press conference at Encore Boston Harbor in Everett, Massachusetts.
Other harbor-related projects include abandoned watercraft abatement, swim platforms, dock maintenance, beach and bay sand management, and bilge pumpout dock/oil collection center, bulkhead and seawall repair, harbor pier rehabilitation, and more.
The program takes place in the conference room at Northern Lights Recreation, 8865 Harbor Petoskey Rd. (M-119), Harbor Springs.
The shipyard is across the harbor from the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, which on Saturday will mark the 78th anniversary of the Japanese attack that propelled the U.S. into World War II.
Common combinations with harbor
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: