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Hovercraft in a sentence

Hovercraft meaning

A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.

Synonyms of Hovercraft

ground-effect machine craft

Related words

Other words often associated with Hovercraft or its synonyms:

trade line accomplishment craftsmanship business class skill occupation vehicle acquirement job workmanship

Using Hovercraft

  • The main meaning on this page is: A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.
  • Useful related words include: ground-effect machine, craft.
  • In the example corpus, hovercraft often appears in combinations such as: the hovercraft, hovercraft and, and hovercraft.

Context around Hovercraft

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

anne 1× new 1× service 1× british 1× citation 1×

Often after:

struggled 1× carrying 1× ride 1× wears 1× museum 1× version 1× crew 1× representing 1× ban 1× crosses 1×

Sentence patterns with Hovercraft

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

advantage to hovercraft which can 1× although the hovercraft struggled to 1× deployed by hovercraft to search 1× hovercraft and ferry 1× is his hovercraft version of 1× lifeboat and hovercraft were launched 1× material on hovercraft wears out 1× minutes of hovercraft ride along 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a coast guard 1× a few decades 1× during her career 1× hovercraft and ferry 1× inspired by and 1× n1 hovercraft crosses 1×

Common sentence endings:

and safety issues 1× corporation bhc sr 1× die another day 1× dover in 1985 1× has ever been 1× hm coastguard officers 1×

Words around Hovercraft

Just before it in the word index:

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

Just after it in the word index:

hovered 104 hoverflies 8 hovering 285 hovers 72 hovertravel 5 hovey 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

abadi 36 acidification 36 acker 36 actuator 36 affinities 36 aftercare 36

Corpus analysis for Hovercraft

  • In this selection, "hovercraft" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, anne, new, service, struggled, carrying and ride stand out and add context to how "hovercraft" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include advantage to hovercraft which can and although the hovercraft struggled to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "hovercraft" sits close to words such as abadi, acidification and acker, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with hovercraft

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

You should see his hovercraft! (5 words)

The World’s Only Hovercraft Museum!, Lee-on-the-Solent. (10 words)

Now, when Haze sits, a “hovercraft” of skin skirts her seat. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

According to the BBC, the half mile tidal range at Ryde gives a major advantage to hovercraft which can travel right up a beach and the Solent is the only place in Western Europe where there is a regular passenger service. (41 words)

Sturgeon and the state claim the Park Service hovercraft ban doesn’t apply to the Nation River, even when it flows through the federal preserve, because the land under navigable waters belongs to the state. (35 words)

The hovercraft crew advised them of the safest route back to the shore and escorted them to the steps in the sea wall near Dovepoint Slipway, where they were met by HM Coastguard officers. (34 words)

Exclamation examples

You should see his hovercraft! (5 words)

Example sentences (20)

The lifeboat and hovercraft were launched, although the hovercraft struggled to cope with the severe winds.

During her career, Val also treated some of those injured when a hovercraft carrying 370 people across the English Channel crashed into a seawall in Dover in 1985.

It was a river ride along the mangrove forest where we were treated to 25 minutes of hovercraft ride along a circuitous route of miles and miles of mangrove.

The "Sea Baby" drone which struck the hovercraft is a newly developed Ukrainian-made marine drone capable of functioning in a storm.

The skirt material on hovercraft wears out over time, losing its elasticity and its ‘bounce’ so to keep the craft operating to its optimum, the rubber needs to replaced.

The World’s Only Hovercraft Museum!, Lee-on-the-Solent.

Perhaps more interesting is his hovercraft version of the DeLorean, however, which is arguably the most futuristic the real-world version of this car has ever been.

The hovercraft crew advised them of the safest route back to the shore and escorted them to the steps in the sea wall near Dovepoint Slipway, where they were met by HM Coastguard officers.

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Inspired by and named after the character Morpheus from Neil Gaiman's graphic novels, Fishburne's character is the captain of the Nebuchadnezzar, a hovercraft representing the last human city, Zion.

A Coast Guard dive team has been deployed by hovercraft to search the area after reports of an oil slick, but could not say whether the two incidents are connected.

A few decades after James Bond rode on Princess Anne, hovercraft were used far more extensively in Die Another Day.

The new hovercraft is going to be furnished with folding missile launchers, sonar systems and torpedoes, the commander added.

Now, when Haze sits, a “hovercraft” of skin skirts her seat.

Sturgeon and the state claim the Park Service hovercraft ban doesn’t apply to the Nation River, even when it flows through the federal preserve, because the land under navigable waters belongs to the state.

You should see his hovercraft!

According to the BBC, the half mile tidal range at Ryde gives a major advantage to hovercraft which can travel right up a beach and the Solent is the only place in Western Europe where there is a regular passenger service.

Hovercraft and ferry operations have at times been suspended due to passenger overloads and safety issues.

N1 hovercraft crosses the English Channel from Calais, France to Dover, England in just over two hours.

Other interests In 1968, travelling on the British Hovercraft Corporation (BHC) SR.

Services are provided by both government agencies as well as private partners. citation Hovercraft services plied briefly in the late 1990s between the Gateway of India and CBD Belapur in Navi Mumbai.

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Common combinations with hovercraft

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hovercraft" in a sentence?
An example: "The lifeboat and hovercraft were launched, although the hovercraft struggled to cope with the severe winds." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "hovercraft" from authentic English texts.
What does "hovercraft" mean?
Hovercraft means: A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.
What are synonyms of "hovercraft"?
Common synonyms of "hovercraft" include: ground-effect machine, craft.
How many example sentences with "hovercraft" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "hovercraft", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.