How do you use Harbour in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like harbor or hold, plus the exact meaning.
Harbour in a sentence
Related words
Harbour meaning
Standard spelling of harbor.
Synonyms of Harbour
Using Harbour
- The main meaning on this page is: Standard spelling of harbor.
- Useful related words include: harbor, hold, conceal, hide.
- In the example corpus, harbour often appears in combinations such as: the harbour, coffs harbour, harbour and.
Context around Harbour
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 9 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Harbour
- In this selection, "harbour" 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, coffs, boat, aberdeen, air, commissioner and walls stand out and add context to how "harbour" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a new harbour master ifor, and mgarr harbour in gozo and sydney harbour. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "harbour" sits close to words such as bullet, zacks and dj, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with harbour
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Falmouth has a new Harbour Master, Ifor Pedley, who has been promoted by Falmouth Harbour. (15 words)
Boat Harbour is going to be cleaned up and there will be no extension of the Boat Harbour Act. (19 words)
Salty's is located adjacent to the harbour’s estate and is perceived to be an important facility for harbour visitors and locals. (23 words)
Last week I wrote about how Mike Ball, who lives in a condo at Harbour and Bay, has watched from his balcony as eastbound cyclists in the bike lane on the south side of Harbour crash into an angled curb, some with disastrous results. (44 words)
The event formed part of the ‘Rowing the Minch For MS’ fundraising initiative which will culminate in five members of the Ullapool Coastal Rowing Club rowing 50 miles across the Minch from Stornoway harbour to Ullapool harbour this August. (39 words)
The word cale or cala meant "port," an "inlet" or "harbour," and implied the existence of an older Celtic harbour. citation This sounds like a plausible origin as for instance the Gaelic word for harbour is indeed "Cala". (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Since June 2007, Harbour Air Malta has operated a thrice-daily floatplane service between the sea terminal in Grand Harbour and Mgarr Harbour in Gozo.
The word cale or cala meant "port," an "inlet" or "harbour," and implied the existence of an older Celtic harbour. citation This sounds like a plausible origin as for instance the Gaelic word for harbour is indeed "Cala".
Andy Lamb, deputy port manager at Kirkcaldy Harbour, said: “This is an important milestone for Carr’s and the harbour as it demonstrates the success of a quayside milling facility with direct access to regular shipping activity.
David Martin, the then harbour commissioner, persuaded Mark Vollers to open the aquarium by then harbour commissioner and Maryport Development board member, the late Eric Martin.
The fire also caused a power outage in the sluice gates of Bristol Harbour, which if they had failed could have caused “catastrophic damage” to the harbour walls, Mr Gordon said.
The traditional stone harbour has “immaculate” stone-built harbour walls forming a simple basin as well as a slipway from which boats may be launched.
An in-person public consultation session will take place in Coffs Harbour on Wednesday 10 April from 10 am to 11.30 am at C.ex Coffs Harbour.
Council chief executive Alex Parmley said the identified precincts — namely central Thames St, and the Harbour-Tyne Sts, and harbour areas — had been linked as per a council table directive.
Falmouth has a new Harbour Master, Ifor Pedley, who has been promoted by Falmouth Harbour.
Salty's is located adjacent to the harbour’s estate and is perceived to be an important facility for harbour visitors and locals.
The Coffs Harbour-based project is funded by a NSW Government Regional Youth grant and the City of Coffs Harbour through its Arts and Cultural Development Grants Program.
The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) advised that the locations which were reopened on Thursday (July 4) are Kingston Harbour, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios/Reynolds Pier, Port Antonio, Portland Bight/Old Harbour Bay and Noranda Bauxite Pier.
Boat Harbour is going to be cleaned up and there will be no extension of the Boat Harbour Act.
Last week I wrote about how Mike Ball, who lives in a condo at Harbour and Bay, has watched from his balcony as eastbound cyclists in the bike lane on the south side of Harbour crash into an angled curb, some with disastrous results.
Sydney Harbour New Year's Eve fireworks to go ahead despite bush fires ragingSydney Harbour will light up at midnight during its annual New Year's Eve fireworks show as bush.
The Dundee Harbour Trustees, a locally elected body, had finally delivered to the merchants of Dundee the modern harbour with docks that they craved.
Chief Executive of Aberdeen Harbour Board, Michelle Handforth, said: “We are delighted with Jon Oakey’s appointment to the board and look forward to working with him at this time of great change for Aberdeen Harbour.
Depending on how quickly MagniX and Harbour Air can get through the testing and certification process, Harbour Air’s all-electric planes could begin commercial service by 2022.
Photo by: Brandon GustafsonTraffic goes down to one lane when heading east along Harbour Pointe Boulevard Southwest towards Mukilteo Speedway due to construction of the Harbour Pointe Boulevard Southwest Widening Project.
The event formed part of the ‘Rowing the Minch For MS’ fundraising initiative which will culminate in five members of the Ullapool Coastal Rowing Club rowing 50 miles across the Minch from Stornoway harbour to Ullapool harbour this August.
Phrases with harbour
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with harbour
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the harbour 41×
- coffs harbour 27×
- harbour and 15×
- sydney harbour 10×
- harbour in 9×
- harbour is 9×
- harbour on 9×
- david harbour 6×
- harbour to 5×
- harbour bridge 5×