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Hawsers is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Hawsers in a sentence

Hawsers meaning

plural of hawser

Using Hawsers

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

Context around Hawsers

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

long 1× hurricane 1×

Sentence patterns with Hawsers

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

hitched to hawsers who physically 1× use hurricane hawsers to complete 1× using long hawsers 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

in a series 1× junk travel accomplished 1× on 15 december 1×

Common sentence endings:

complete the replenishment 1× the three gorges 1× using long hawsers 1×

Words around Hawsers

Just before it in the word index:

hawsepipes 3 hawsawi 3 haws 15 hawryschuk 4 hawrelak 2 hawrani 3

Just after it in the word index:

hawt 3 hawthorn 145 hawthornden 2 hawthorne 165 hawthornes 3 hawthorns 43

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 5 aacr 5 aacsb 5 aadar 5 aadk 5 aadvantage 5

Corpus analysis for Hawsers

  • In this selection, "hawsers" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, long and hurricane stand out and add context to how "hawsers" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include hitched to hawsers who physically and use hurricane hawsers to complete. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "hawsers" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with hawsers

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

In a series of confrontations, boats were chased and rammed, and nets cut using long hawsers. (16 words)

On 15 December 1939, RFA Olynthus refuelled HMS Ajax, which proved a difficult operation; the ship had to use hurricane hawsers to complete the replenishment. (25 words)

Junk travel accomplished the upriver feat by employing 70 - 80 trackers, men hitched to hawsers who physically pulled ships upriver through some of the most risky and deadly sections of the three gorges. (33 words)

Longer example sentences

Junk travel accomplished the upriver feat by employing 70 - 80 trackers, men hitched to hawsers who physically pulled ships upriver through some of the most risky and deadly sections of the three gorges. (33 words)

On 15 December 1939, RFA Olynthus refuelled HMS Ajax, which proved a difficult operation; the ship had to use hurricane hawsers to complete the replenishment. (25 words)

In a series of confrontations, boats were chased and rammed, and nets cut using long hawsers. (16 words)

Example sentences (3)

In a series of confrontations, boats were chased and rammed, and nets cut using long hawsers.

Junk travel accomplished the upriver feat by employing 70 - 80 trackers, men hitched to hawsers who physically pulled ships upriver through some of the most risky and deadly sections of the three gorges.

On 15 December 1939, RFA Olynthus refuelled HMS Ajax, which proved a difficult operation; the ship had to use hurricane hawsers to complete the replenishment.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hawsers" in a sentence?
An example: "In a series of confrontations, boats were chased and rammed, and nets cut using long hawsers." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "hawsers" from authentic English texts.
What does "hawsers" mean?
Hawsers means: plural of hawser
How many example sentences with "hawsers" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "hawsers", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.