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How do you use Hovels in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Hovels in a sentence

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Hovels | Hovel

Hovels meaning

plural of hovel

Using Hovels

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

Context around Hovels

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

flimsy 1× stone 1×

Often after:

alike 1×

Sentence patterns with Hovels

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

assigned stone hovels were a 1× living in hovels and skinny 1× palaces and hovels alike were 1× those flimsy hovels they created 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

in 2001 when 1× palaces and hovels 1× what the prisoners 1×

Common sentence endings:

and a bible 1× entered and wrecked 1× picking through trash 1× seemingly washed ashore 1×

Words around Hovels

Just before it in the word index:

hovelmeier 2 hovell 6 hovel 6 hovefields 4 hove 146 hovde 27

Just after it in the word index:

hoven 11 hovensa 3 hover 181 hoverboard 19 hoverboards 5 hovercar 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

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

Corpus analysis for Hovels

  • In this selection, "hovels" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, flimsy, stone and alike stand out and add context to how "hovels" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include assigned stone hovels were a and living in hovels and skinny. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "hovels" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with hovels

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

Palaces and hovels alike were entered and wrecked. (8 words)

What the prisoners were provided in their assigned stone hovels were a hammock, a stump of wood to sit on and a Bible. (23 words)

In 2001, when the US and allied Afghan militias toppled the Taliban government, Kabul was a vast expanse of rubble and twisted concrete, with struggling families living in hovels and skinny barefoot young men picking through trash. (37 words)

Longer example sentences

But here we have it – there are those squatters at Success, on the East Coast of Demerara, who insist they just don’t have anywhere to go to put their heads down but those flimsy hovels they created out of flotsam and jetsam seemingly washed ashore. (46 words)

In 2001, when the US and allied Afghan militias toppled the Taliban government, Kabul was a vast expanse of rubble and twisted concrete, with struggling families living in hovels and skinny barefoot young men picking through trash. (37 words)

What the prisoners were provided in their assigned stone hovels were a hammock, a stump of wood to sit on and a Bible. (23 words)

Example sentences (4)

But here we have it – there are those squatters at Success, on the East Coast of Demerara, who insist they just don’t have anywhere to go to put their heads down but those flimsy hovels they created out of flotsam and jetsam seemingly washed ashore.

In 2001, when the US and allied Afghan militias toppled the Taliban government, Kabul was a vast expanse of rubble and twisted concrete, with struggling families living in hovels and skinny barefoot young men picking through trash.

What the prisoners were provided in their assigned stone hovels were a hammock, a stump of wood to sit on and a Bible.

Palaces and hovels alike were entered and wrecked.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hovels" in a sentence?
An example: "But here we have it – there are those squatters at Success, on the East Coast of Demerara, who insist they just don’t have anywhere to go to put their heads down but those flimsy hovels they created out of flotsam and jetsam seemingly washed ashore." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "hovels" from authentic English texts.
What does "hovels" mean?
Hovels means: plural of hovel
How many example sentences with "hovels" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "hovels", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.