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Legations is an English word. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Legations in a sentence

Related words

Legations | Legation

Legations meaning

plural of legation

Using Legations

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of legation
  • In the example corpus, legations often appears in combinations such as: the legations, foreign legations.

Context around Legations

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 30.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

foreign 4× besieged 1×

Often after:

met 1×

Sentence patterns with Legations

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

from the legations 1× in the legations 1× left the legations with a 1× on foreign legations 1× protect the legations 1× the besieged legations met to 1× the foreign legations and the 1× the foreign legations are as 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

against the advice 1× communication between the 1× empress dowager cixi 1× tan p 75 1× the chinese also 1× the foreign legations 1×

Common sentence endings:

empress s offer 1× from the legations 1× his sedan chair 1× in the legations 1× legations in peking 1× on foreign legations 1×

Words around Legations

Just before it in the word index:

legation 24 legatine 4 legates 40 legate 74 legaspi 6 legasov 5

Just after it in the word index:

legato 29 legatus 5 legault 140 legazpi 13 legba 3 legbo 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 13 aamer 13 aave 13 abdelmadjid 13 abdulkarim 13 abdulsalami 13

Corpus analysis for Legations

  • In this selection, "legations" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 30.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, foreign, besieged and met stand out and add context to how "legations" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include from the legations and in the legations. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "legations" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with legations

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

Tan, p. 75 The next morning, diplomats from the besieged legations met to discuss the Empress's offer. (18 words)

Against the advice of the fellow foreigners, the baron left the legations with a single aide and a team of porters to carry his sedan chair. (26 words)

Empress Dowager Cixi did not personally order imperial troops to conduct a siege, and on the contrary had ordered them to protect the foreigners in the legations. (27 words)

Longer example sentences

Communication between the foreign legations and the outside world had been cut off, and the personnel there were falsely presumed slaughtered, but Hay realized that Minister Wu could get a message in, and Hay was able to establish communication. (39 words)

While Dong Fuxiang's Gansu army, now swollen by the addition of the Boxers, wished to press the siege, Ronglu's imperial forces seem to have largely attempted to follow Empress Dowager Cixi's decree and protect the legations. (39 words)

The Chinese also employed pincer movements, ambushes and sniper tactics with some success against the foreigners. citation Italian mounted infantry near Tientsin in 1900 News arrived on 18 June regarding attacks on foreign legations. (34 words)

Example sentences (9)

Against the advice of the fellow foreigners, the baron left the legations with a single aide and a team of porters to carry his sedan chair.

Communication between the foreign legations and the outside world had been cut off, and the personnel there were falsely presumed slaughtered, but Hay realized that Minister Wu could get a message in, and Hay was able to establish communication.

Empress Dowager Cixi did not personally order imperial troops to conduct a siege, and on the contrary had ordered them to protect the foreigners in the legations.

Tan, p. 75 The next morning, diplomats from the besieged legations met to discuss the Empress's offer.

The Chinese also employed pincer movements, ambushes and sniper tactics with some success against the foreigners. citation Italian mounted infantry near Tientsin in 1900 News arrived on 18 June regarding attacks on foreign legations.

The foreign legations are as much in the power of Yuan Shi Kai's troops in 1907 as they were at the mercy of the Chinese rabble in 1900.

They issued edicts ordering the foreigners to be protected, but the Gansu warriors ignored it, and fought against Bannermen who tried to force them away from the legations.

While Dong Fuxiang's Gansu army, now swollen by the addition of the Boxers, wished to press the siege, Ronglu's imperial forces seem to have largely attempted to follow Empress Dowager Cixi's decree and protect the legations.

With this Division Yuan Shi Kai retains twenty-six modified Krupp guns, which are the best of his artillery arm, and excel any guns possessed by the foreign legations in Peking.

Common combinations with legations

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "legations" in a sentence?
An example: "Against the advice of the fellow foreigners, the baron left the legations with a single aide and a team of porters to carry his sedan chair." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "legations" from authentic English texts.
What does "legations" mean?
Legations means: plural of legation
How many example sentences with "legations" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "legations", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.