How do you use Lapérouse in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts.
Lapérouse in a sentence
Using Lapérouse
- In the example corpus, lapérouse often appears in combinations such as: the lapérouse, lapérouse monument, lapérouse was.
Context around Lapérouse
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 3 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lapérouse
- In this selection, "lapérouse" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, purchase, crew, struck, monument, day and wanted stand out and add context to how "lapérouse" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include at the lapérouse monument and comte de lapérouse by the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lapérouse" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lapérouse
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Crew Lapérouse was well liked by his men. (8 words)
Lapérouse wrote that he expected to be back in France by June 1789. (13 words)
Lapérouse was the name of a family property that he added to his name. (14 words)
The expedition's aims were to complete the Pacific discoveries of James Cook (whom Lapérouse greatly admired), correct and complete maps of the area, establish trade contacts, open new maritime routes and enrich French science and scientific collections. (38 words)
Peter Dillon, Narrative and Successful Result of a Voyage in the South Seas, Performed by Order of the Government of British India, to Ascertain the Actual Fate of Lapérouse's Expedition, in 2 volumes, London 1829. (36 words)
The last letter sent home by Lapérouse on HMS Alexander Bastille Day 2013 Laperouse Monument, Sydney The British received him courteously, and each captain, through their officers, offered the other any assistance and needed supplies. (35 words)
Example sentences (14)
Lapérouse Day, Bastille Day and the foundation of the Lapérouse Monument by Hyacinthe de Bougainville are celebrated every year.
The last letter sent home by Lapérouse on HMS Alexander Bastille Day 2013 Laperouse Monument, Sydney The British received him courteously, and each captain, through their officers, offered the other any assistance and needed supplies.
Describing the first time he entered the restaurant as “love at first sight,” Patou was determined to purchase Lapérouse one day.
Chile and Hawaii Bust of Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, by the sculpture workshop of Brest arsenal.
Crew Lapérouse was well liked by his men.
From the information Dillon received from the people on Vanikoro, a rough reconstruction could be made of the disaster that struck Lapérouse.
Lapérouse wanted to sail north through the narrow Strait of Tartary between Oku-Yeso Island and mainland Asia but failed.
Lapérouse was the name of a family property that he added to his name.
Lapérouse wrote that he expected to be back in France by June 1789.
Peter Dillon, Narrative and Successful Result of a Voyage in the South Seas, Performed by Order of the Government of British India, to Ascertain the Actual Fate of Lapérouse's Expedition, in 2 volumes, London 1829.
Randwick & District Historical Society Inc. Over the past 200 years commanders from the French Navy have regularly paid their respects at the Lapérouse Monument.
South Pacific Lapérouse next stopped in the Navigator Islands ( Samoa ), on 6 December 1787.
The expedition's aims were to complete the Pacific discoveries of James Cook (whom Lapérouse greatly admired), correct and complete maps of the area, establish trade contacts, open new maritime routes and enrich French science and scientific collections.
The unarmoured cruisers of the Lapérouse class were wooden hulled ships with iron beams.
Common combinations with lapérouse
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: