Harbours is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Harbours in a sentence
Related words
Harbours meaning
plural of harbour
Using Harbours
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of harbour
- In the example corpus, harbours often appears in combinations such as: and harbours, harbours and, that harbours.
Context around Harbours
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 3 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Harbours
- In this selection, "harbours" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, print, working, chichester, fortifications, cater and secret stand out and add context to how "harbours" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1617 print harbours or some and and chichester harbours cater for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "harbours" sits close to words such as adversarial, archibald and ashraf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with harbours
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Eguavoen harbours secret ambitions to finish what he started. (9 words)
Items collected at beaches, harbours, forest walks and around the home have been used to bring the artworks to life. (20 words)
Not that Newcastle’s manager harbours the remotest shred of regret about acquiring his burgeoning talent and mature off-field influence. (21 words)
Even so, much of the British public still harbours great respect for the 34-year-old, who won Olympic gold in London and went on to provide fans with many fun nights courtesy of his knockouts during his come-up. (40 words)
Leclerc, who harbours outside championship hopes of his own after victory in Monza a fortnight ago put him 86 points behind Verstappen, had looked quick in every session - despite crashing in first practice on Friday. (35 words)
Leclerc had a strong Friday at Imola and has been tipped to perform well at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday, but still harbours some pain over the past few seasons. (32 words)
What do you think is going to happen once word gets out that this is allowed in Salt Spring Island harbours? (21 words)
Example sentences (20)
Harbours Fortifications of Várad (now Oradea /Nagyvárad, Romania ) in a 1617 print Harbours or some sort of water access was often essential to the construction of medieval fortification.
There are working harbours at Rye, Hastings, Newhaven and Shoreham; whilst Pagham and Chichester harbours cater for leisure craft, as does Brighton Marina.
India has slammed Pakistan for raking up the Kashmir issue in the UN, saying Islamabad harbours a deep sense of insecurity and orchestrated hatred for India and its secular credentials.
Not that Newcastle’s manager harbours the remotest shred of regret about acquiring his burgeoning talent and mature off-field influence.
What do you think is going to happen once word gets out that this is allowed in Salt Spring Island harbours?
Because if Vladimir Putin was previously unsure about whether he could recover valued henchmen, he no longer harbours any doubts on that score.
Bizarrely there are also 22 places which used to be islands but aren’t any more due to things like silting of harbours.
Eguavoen harbours secret ambitions to finish what he started.
Elke meets two VIU Elders and an Indigenous Studies student to discuss how they observe a holiday that harbours complicated origins.
Even so, much of the British public still harbours great respect for the 34-year-old, who won Olympic gold in London and went on to provide fans with many fun nights courtesy of his knockouts during his come-up.
From quaint fishing harbours to the hulking basalt columns of Giant’s Causeway, plus various filming locations, the seaside north of Belfast is a delight.
However, Kim is sharp and has begun to suspect that Rose harbours ill intentions towards her and she's also deduced there's another schemer in play.
If your dishwasher harbours bacteria or mould, they might taint your "clean" dishes and cutlery, potentially causing digestive upsets, breathing issues, or skin infections.
In Finland, the pair have appeared every summer at various events, camping areas, and harbours where there are a lot of people on the move.
Items collected at beaches, harbours, forest walks and around the home have been used to bring the artworks to life.
It harbours 7-8 percent of the world’s recorded species within just 2.4 percent of the global land area.
Leclerc had a strong Friday at Imola and has been tipped to perform well at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday, but still harbours some pain over the past few seasons.
Leclerc, who harbours outside championship hopes of his own after victory in Monza a fortnight ago put him 86 points behind Verstappen, had looked quick in every session - despite crashing in first practice on Friday.
Organic waste, in particular, harbours rodents and insects that transmit diseases to humans, produces odours during decomposition and leaches into underground and surface waters.
The allies realised that if they could not capture a French port they would have to build their own and the idea of the portable Mulberry Harbours was born.
Common combinations with harbours
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: