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Get to know Looe better with 8 real example sentences, the meaning.

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Looe in a sentence

Looe meaning

A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Cornwall, England, situated on the River Looe (OS grid ref SX2553).

Using Looe

  • The main meaning on this page is: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Cornwall, England, situated on the River Looe (OS grid ref SX2553).
  • In the example corpus, looe often appears in combinations such as: and looe, looe to.

Context around Looe

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

spots 1× near 1×

Often after:

falmouth 1× cornwall 1× island 1×

Sentence patterns with Looe

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

flats in looe to three 1× fowey and looe cornwall 1× hometown of looe to open 1× hot spots looe falmouth and 1× liskeard and looe 1× park near looe a five 1× penzance and looe along with 1× therefore looe island became 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

beaches on both 1× ben returned to 1× for services to 1× he says st 1× rail replacement taxis 1× the cabinet of 1×

Common sentence endings:

and looe cornwall 1× exclusive gated development 1× falmouth and penzance 1× in july 2018 1× liskeard and looe 1× through grant funding 1×

Words around Looe

Just before it in the word index:

loodus 2 lood 3 loock 2 looby 6 loob 4 loo 96

Just after it in the word index:

loofah 3 loofbourow 2 loofe 3 loog 2 loogie 3 loogootee 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Looe

  • In this selection, "looe" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, spots, near, falmouth, cornwall and island stand out and add context to how "looe" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include flats in looe to three and fowey and looe cornwall. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "looe" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with looe

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

Rail replacement taxis are available between Liskeard and Looe. (9 words)

For services to Policing and the community in Fowey and Looe, Cornwall. (12 words)

Ben returned to his hometown of Looe to open The Sardine Factory Restaurant in July 2018. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

The cabinet of Cornwall Council has released 11 coastguard flats in Looe to Three Seas Community Land Trust after the trust offered to carry out a £1million refurbishment through grant funding. (31 words)

He says St Ives is working with other Cornwall town councils at Penzance and Looe, along with hospitality businesses, to launch a feasibility study on getting voluntary visitor contributions. (29 words)

Therefore, Looe Island became a place of pilgrimage for early Christians and a small thatched roofed chapel was built there during this time. (23 words)

Example sentences (8)

Beaches on both the south and north side of Cornwall are affected, including tourist hot spots Looe, Falmouth and Penzance.

The cabinet of Cornwall Council has released 11 coastguard flats in Looe to Three Seas Community Land Trust after the trust offered to carry out a £1million refurbishment through grant funding.

Tregoad Holiday Park near Looe - a five-star rated holiday park by VisitEngland - has recently unveiled a new, exclusive gated development.

Ben returned to his hometown of Looe to open The Sardine Factory Restaurant in July 2018.

He says St Ives is working with other Cornwall town councils at Penzance and Looe, along with hospitality businesses, to launch a feasibility study on getting voluntary visitor contributions.

Rail replacement taxis are available between Liskeard and Looe.

For services to Policing and the community in Fowey and Looe, Cornwall.

Therefore, Looe Island became a place of pilgrimage for early Christians and a small thatched roofed chapel was built there during this time.

Common combinations with looe

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "looe" in a sentence?
An example: "Beaches on both the south and north side of Cornwall are affected, including tourist hot spots Looe, Falmouth and Penzance." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "looe" from authentic English texts.
What does "looe" mean?
Looe means: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in south-east Cornwall, England, situated on the River Looe (OS grid ref SX2553).
How many example sentences with "looe" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "looe", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.