Huckins is an English word starting with the letter H. With 10+ example sentences you'll see exactly how it works in context.
Huckins in a sentence
Using Huckins
- In the example corpus, huckins often appears in combinations such as: the huckins, huckins and, huckins pt-.
Context around Huckins
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Huckins
- In this selection, "huckins" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, design, yacht, family and licensed stand out and add context to how "huckins" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include boat design huckins licensed the and but huckins and numerous. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "huckins" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with huckins
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
All except the Huckins (PT-69) completed the run. (9 words)
Huckins ended up building just two squadrons of PT boats during World War II. (14 words)
But Huckins, and numerous members of Congress, said they expect another bill will be needed to support the slowing economy. (20 words)
The success and ruggedness of the Huckins' 78-foot seagoing design is demonstrated by Squadron 26's constant ready-boat operations and Fleet torpedo boat training in the oceans around Midway and Hawaii during the last two years of the war. (41 words)
The accelerometers ranked the boats as follows: First was the Philadelphia Navy Yard PT-8 with the least pounding, Second was the Huckins PT-69, Third was the Higgins PT-6, and last were the Elco 77-footers. (38 words)
The Huckins family and the Noble family have not met, yet their journeys — from blue Oregon to red Missouri, and from red Iowa to blue Minnesota — mirror each other, unfolding only five weeks apart this spring. (36 words)
Example sentences (10)
Huckins Yacht Corporation PT-259 underway near Midway circa 1944 Frank P. Huckins and his innovative Quadraconic hull design were latecomers to PT boat design.
The Huckins family and the Noble family have not met, yet their journeys — from blue Oregon to red Missouri, and from red Iowa to blue Minnesota — mirror each other, unfolding only five weeks apart this spring.
But Huckins, and numerous members of Congress, said they expect another bill will be needed to support the slowing economy.
All except the Huckins (PT-69) completed the run.
Although not used in any other PT boat design, Huckins licensed the use of his patented Quadraconic hull in his PT boat construction.
Huckins ended up building just two squadrons of PT boats during World War II.
The accelerometers ranked the boats as follows: First was the Philadelphia Navy Yard PT-8 with the least pounding, Second was the Huckins PT-69, Third was the Higgins PT-6, and last were the Elco 77-footers.
The Elco, Higgins and Huckins companies used varying lightweight techniques of hull construction which included two layers of double diagonal mahogany planking utilizing a glue-impregnated cloth layer between inner and outer planks.
The Navy would provide engines, and Huckins would build a PT boat at their own expense, with the caveat that the boat (upon completion) would be offered to the Navy for a later sum.
The success and ruggedness of the Huckins' 78-foot seagoing design is demonstrated by Squadron 26's constant ready-boat operations and Fleet torpedo boat training in the oceans around Midway and Hawaii during the last two years of the war.
Common combinations with huckins
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the huckins 3×
- huckins and 2×
- huckins pt- 2×
- and huckins 2×