How do you use Loggerhead in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like dunce or simple, plus the exact meaning.
Loggerhead meaning
- A stupid person; a blockhead, a dolt.
- A metal tool consisting of a long rod with a bulbous end that is made hot in a fire, then plunged into some material (such as pitch or a liquid) to melt or heat it.
- A post on a whaling boat used to secure the harpoon rope.
Synonyms of Loggerhead
Using Loggerhead
- The main meaning on this page is: A stupid person; a blockhead, a dolt. | A metal tool consisting of a long rod with a bulbous end that is made hot in a fire, then plunged into some material (such as pitch or a liquid) to melt or heat it. | A post on a whaling boat used to secure the harpoon rope.
- Useful related words include: dunce, simple, simpleton, fuckhead.
- In the example corpus, loggerhead often appears in combinations such as: loggerhead turtle, at loggerhead, loggerhead sea.
Context around Loggerhead
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 6 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Loggerhead
- In this selection, "loggerhead" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, giant, little, caretta, turtle, sea and marinelife stand out and add context to how "loggerhead" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a loggerhead turtle laid and are at loggerhead. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "loggerhead" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with loggerhead
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Hannah Campbell is the director of education at Loggerhead Marinelife Center. (11 words)
Giant loggerhead sea turtles, federally protected as a threatened species, typically start nesting in May. (15 words)
The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association reported 281 Caretta caretta (loggerhead) turtle nests on the island. (16 words)
Senator Anyanwu, who did not give any reason for not attending the stakeholders’ meeting held at the weekend at the party’s secretariat, Okigwe Road, Owerri had been at loggerhead with some leaders of the party, including former governor Emeka Ihedioha. (41 words)
The embattled Senator Dino Melaye who is current at the Intensive Care Unit at National Hospital Abuja has been on loggerhead with Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello and he has accused Bello as the mastermind of the recall process. (39 words)
In his remarks, the immediate past senator representing Benue North East, Gabriel Suswam, decried some rumours circulating within the party that he and Chief Ortom are at loggerhead. (28 words)
Example sentences (13)
A loggerhead turtle laid 80 eggs on Playa Marineta Cassiana in Denia in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Giant loggerhead sea turtles, federally protected as a threatened species, typically start nesting in May.
In his remarks, the immediate past senator representing Benue North East, Gabriel Suswam, decried some rumours circulating within the party that he and Chief Ortom are at loggerhead.
Senator Anyanwu, who did not give any reason for not attending the stakeholders’ meeting held at the weekend at the party’s secretariat, Okigwe Road, Owerri had been at loggerhead with some leaders of the party, including former governor Emeka Ihedioha.
Hannah Campbell is the director of education at Loggerhead Marinelife Center.
Loggerhead turtles are found worldwide with nine Distinct Population Segments (DPS) listed under the Endangered Species Act.
The most populous is the green turtle and they are joined by the loggerhead and leatherhead which can weigh over 600 kilogrammes.
If the early nesting data is any indication, Georgia could see a lot of little loggerhead sea turtles crawling to the sea in the coming months.
In this Tuesday, March 12, 2019 photo, a loggerhead turtle is examined while resting in a crate at a marine animal rehabilitation center near Boston.
The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association reported 281 Caretta caretta (loggerhead) turtle nests on the island.
The embattled Senator Dino Melaye who is current at the Intensive Care Unit at National Hospital Abuja has been on loggerhead with Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello and he has accused Bello as the mastermind of the recall process.
The first loggerhead nest in South Carolina this year came on May 8, right in the Lowcountry on Dafuskie Island near Hilton Head.
The loggerhead turtle nests and hatches on north-coast beaches around Rethymno and Chania, and south-coast beaches along the gulf of Mesara.
Common combinations with loggerhead
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: