Explore Lesbos through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like lesvos or mytilene. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Lesbos in a sentence
Lesbos meaning
An island of Greece, in the northeastern Aegean Sea.
Using Lesbos
- The main meaning on this page is: An island of Greece, in the northeastern Aegean Sea.
- Useful related words include: lesvos, mytilene, aegean island.
- In the example corpus, lesbos often appears in combinations such as: of lesbos, on lesbos, lesbos in.
Context around Lesbos
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 6 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lesbos
- In this selection, "lesbos" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, freighted, aegean, wednesday, close and protested stand out and add context to how "lesbos" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include firefighters on lesbos were also and atmosphere of lesbos during sappho. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lesbos" sits close to words such as aayog, aghast and agitate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lesbos
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Also humming were places in Strasbourg, Madrid, even a refugee-freighted Lesbos. (12 words)
Firefighters on Lesbos were also battling two other forest fires in the west of the island. (16 words)
Firefighters on Lesbos were also battling two other forest fires on the west of the island. (16 words)
But Erdogan on Friday ordered the Turkish coastguard to prevent risky Aegean sea crossings after more than 1,700 migrants landed on Lesbos and four other Aegean islands from Turkey over the past week. (34 words)
Greek authorities imposed a 14-day quarantine on an overcrowded migrant camp on the island of Lesbos Wednesday, after one man who had been living outside the official camp tested positive for the coronavirus. (34 words)
Mrs Merkel said she had agreed "as a preliminary step" to a request by Mr Mitsotakis to take in some 400 unaccompanied minors who had been transferred from Lesbos to the Greek mainland. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
The political atmosphere of Lesbos during Sappho's time paralleled that of Homer's Troy, as the cities of Lesbos were constantly plagued with threats from Lydia.
Greek authorities say an operation is underway to find 13 members of a cargo ship that sank off the island of Lesbos in stormy seas.
Also humming were places in Strasbourg, Madrid, even a refugee-freighted Lesbos.
According to Hellenic Coast Guard, from early Friday to early Saturday 180 migrants reached the islands of Eastern Aegean, Lesbos and Samos in sea crossings.
A view of the burning premises of the community centre in Mitilini, on the island of Lesbos.
But Erdogan on Friday ordered the Turkish coastguard to prevent risky Aegean sea crossings after more than 1,700 migrants landed on Lesbos and four other Aegean islands from Turkey over the past week.
Firefighters on Lesbos were also battling two other forest fires in the west of the island.
Firefighters on Lesbos were also battling two other forest fires on the west of the island.
Greek authorities began transferring hundreds of refugees from the island of Lesbos to reduce chronic overcrowding that caused hardship and fanned tensions with locals.
Greek authorities imposed a 14-day quarantine on an overcrowded migrant camp on the island of Lesbos Wednesday, after one man who had been living outside the official camp tested positive for the coronavirus.
In Lesbos, close to 21,000 people are staying in Moria, a holding facility regarded as the worst refugee camp in the world.
Lesbos was Europe’s busiest crossing point in 2015-16 for many people during a massive westward movement of refugees, many fleeing war in Syria and Iraq and travelling through Turkey.
Migrants on the island of Lesbos protested for a second day on Saturday over conditions after being left homeless from a fire that burned down their camp.
Mrs Merkel said she had agreed "as a preliminary step" to a request by Mr Mitsotakis to take in some 400 unaccompanied minors who had been transferred from Lesbos to the Greek mainland.
Of the new cases, 17 were migrants who arrived on the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos who arrived from the nearby Turkish coast.
On Lesbos, a “community center” run by a group called One Happy Family, with many partner NGOs and organizations, was targeted in an apparent arson attack last weekend.
Over 12,000 asylum seekers were left homeless on September 8 after a fire ravaged the Lesbos camp of Moria, Europe's largest.
Quarantined migrants at a camp on Lesbos against plans to transfer refugees to the Greek mainland, where the virus is more widespread.
Sea crossings on overcrowded boats are often hazardous and earlier this month the Greek coastguard found the body of a migrant near a half-sunken vessel on Lesbos.
Still, the unsanitary conditions being endured by Moria's former inhabitants in the fields and streets of Lesbos has caused deep alarm.
Common combinations with lesbos
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of lesbos 21×
- on lesbos 9×
- lesbos in 4×
- lesbos and 4×
- lesbos greece 4×
- lesbos were 3×
- in lesbos 3×
- to lesbos 3×
- lesbos to 2×
- the lesbos 2×