How do you use Kursk in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like city or metropolis, plus the exact meaning.
Kursk in a sentence
Kursk meaning
- A city in Kursk Oblast, the administrative centre of Kursky Raion and Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1032, scene in 1943 of the largest battle in human history.
- A magnetic anomaly in Chernozemye, Russia, first discovered in 1773, the largest magnetic anomaly on Earth.
Synonyms of Kursk
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Using Kursk
- The main meaning on this page is: A city in Kursk Oblast, the administrative centre of Kursky Raion and Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1032, scene in 1943 of the largest battle in human history. | A magnetic anomaly in Chernozemye, Russia, first discovered in 1773, the largest magnetic anomaly on Earth. | A city in Kursk Oblast, the administrative centre of Kursky Raion and Kursk Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, first mentioned in 1032, scene in 1943 of the largest battle in human history.
- Useful related words include: city, metropolis, urban center.
- Possible Dutch translations are: koersk.
- In the example corpus, kursk often appears in combinations such as: kursk region, the kursk, in kursk.
Context around Kursk
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Kursk
- In this selection, "kursk" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 2000, russia, russian, region, submarine and near stand out and add context to how "kursk" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include russia s kursk region which and around the kursk countryside. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "kursk" sits close to words such as acreage, adaptable and akron, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with kursk
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Investigators say that the missile originated in a Russian military brigade based in Kursk. (14 words)
Kursk was the last big tank-on-tank battle (little infantry or air support). (14 words)
A massive attack of 12 missiles, presumably British-made Storm Shadows struck the Russian Kursk region. (16 words)
As for the handling of the 2000 Kursk submarine tragedy, Putin is now cast as decisive and humane – far from the harsh image he projected at the time when he smirked at a question on the fate of the Kursk, and said “it sank”. (44 words)
As for Ukraine’s hope that its Kursk offensive would relieve the pressure on its eastern frontlines, then according to analysts, though Russia has moved troops from other sections of the eastern front line, it has in fact reinforced around Pokrovsk. (41 words)
As part of the celebration, Mr Zelensky signed a decree that, among other things, instructs the government to preserve the national identity of Ukrainians living in border regions that are now part of Russia, such as Belgorod, Kursk and Briansk. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
As for the handling of the 2000 Kursk submarine tragedy, Putin is now cast as decisive and humane – far from the harsh image he projected at the time when he smirked at a question on the fate of the Kursk, and said “it sank”.
Anti-aircraft fire downed a drone late on Thursday over the southern Russian city of Kursk, near the Ukrainian border, the regional governor said.
Earlier, Moscow had accused Ukraine of using drones to target a nuclear power plant in the Russian border region of Kursk, hitting an administrative building and a nuclear waste depot.
Investigators say that the missile originated in a Russian military brigade based in Kursk.
Kursk was the last big tank-on-tank battle (little infantry or air support).
The leader of a third region of Russia, Kursk Gov. Roman Starovoit, said a drone crashed to the ground outside an oil depot and near water reservoirs in the local capital, causing no casualties or damage.
Though there hasn't been a true tank engagement like that seen at the Battle of Kursk, the losses are certainly as great.
According to these reports, the best military equipment and the best troops are being sent into Kursk to hold onto land instead of into Donbas to reinforce the crumbling front lines.
After the attack, power outages were reported in the Ponyrovsky, Solntsevsky and Kursky districtions of Kursk region, according to the statement.
A limited number of journalists were allowed to briefly enter the Ukraine-occupied town of Sudzha, a strategic transit point for Russian gas flowing into Europe, in Russia’s Kursk region.
Also, the – against the use of long-range weapons inside Russia – are meaningless when US-supplied Humvees trundle around the Kursk countryside.
A massive attack of 12 missiles, presumably British-made Storm Shadows struck the Russian Kursk region.
An expert believes that Vladimir Putin is allowing the Ukrainian incursion in Kursk to happen as it could help motivate more Russians to join the army.
Approximately 10,000 North Korean troops are deployed around the Kursk region, with some reportedly already involved in direct combat.
As for Ukraine’s hope that its Kursk offensive would relieve the pressure on its eastern frontlines, then according to analysts, though Russia has moved troops from other sections of the eastern front line, it has in fact reinforced around Pokrovsk.
A shopping center and a school stadium were hit in Belgorod, according to Roman Starovoit, the governor of Russia's Kursk region, which is next to Belgorod.
A shopping centre and a school stadium were hit in Belgorod, according to Roman Starovoit, the governor of Russia’s Kursk region, which is next to Belgorod.
As part of the celebration, Mr Zelensky signed a decree that, among other things, instructs the government to preserve the national identity of Ukrainians living in border regions that are now part of Russia, such as Belgorod, Kursk and Briansk.
A state of emergency has been declared through the Kursk and Belgorod regions, each the approximate size of Belgium.
At the same time, Ukraine has sent its forces into Russia's Kursk region in recent weeks in the largest incursion onto Russian soil since the Second World War.
Common combinations with kursk
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- kursk region 50×
- the kursk 42×
- in kursk 19×
- russia kursk 18×
- of kursk 17×
- kursk and 12×
- russia's kursk 8×
- kursk was 5×
- kursk offensive 5×
- kursk has 4×