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How do you use Middens in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Middens in a sentence

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Middens | Midden

Middens meaning

plural of midden

Using Middens

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of midden
  • In the example corpus, middens often appears in combinations such as: shell middens, middens of.

Context around Middens

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

shell 3× rat 1× finding 1× kitchen 1×

Often after:

outside 1× termed 1×

Sentence patterns with Middens

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

at their middens they dig 1× buildings finding middens outside the 1× danish kitchen middens termed the 1× found in middens as the 1× known as middens in the 1× next to middens and near 1× oyster shell middens of earlier 1× pack rat middens 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

archaeologists identified very 1× in the south 1× neanderthal garbage piles 1× olga linares de 1× scientists worked out 1× the tools were 1×

Common sentence endings:

and near villages 1× ibadan 1971 vol 1× in bird bones 1× it with sand 1× of wood ash 1× pack rat middens 1×

Words around Middens

Just before it in the word index:

middeniya 2 middendorp 9 middendorffi 4 middendorf 3 midden 8 middelburg 6

Just after it in the word index:

middie 3 middies 3 middle 14.269 middleboro 9 middleborough 3 middlebridge 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

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

Corpus analysis for Middens

  • In this selection, "middens" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, shell, rat, finding, outside and termed stand out and add context to how "middens" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include at their middens they dig and buildings finding middens outside the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "middens" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with middens

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

West et al. 2003 These caves tend to be located next to middens and near villages. (16 words)

When they deposit feces at their middens, they dig a small hole and then cover it with sand. (18 words)

The tools were like those of the Danish kitchen-middens, termed the Surface Period by Evans, which were the basis of Westropp's Mesolithic. (24 words)

Longer example sentences

With the loss of the trees, there was a sudden drop in the quantities of fish bones found in middens as the islanders lost the means to construct fishing vessels, coinciding with a large increase in bird bones. (38 words)

In the South Atlantic seaboard of the United States, tabby relying upon the oyster-shell middens of earlier Native American populations was used in house construction from the 1730s to the 1860s. (32 words)

However, the other six shell middens were from the late Jomon Period — approximately 2,300 to 3,800 years ago — which means the clam processing site of Sakatsuji was much older. (31 words)

Example sentences (10)

Neanderthal garbage piles, known as middens in the parlance of archaeologists, containing traces of marine-sourced foods were discovered at the Figueira Brava site on Portugal’s Atlantic coast.

Scientists worked out what lived in part of the Western United States tens of thousands of years ago by studying DNA found in pack rat middens.

However, the other six shell middens were from the late Jomon Period — approximately 2,300 to 3,800 years ago — which means the clam processing site of Sakatsuji was much older.

Archaeologists identified very little rubbish in the buildings, finding middens outside the ruins, with sewage and food waste, as well as significant amounts of wood ash.

In the South Atlantic seaboard of the United States, tabby relying upon the oyster-shell middens of earlier Native American populations was used in house construction from the 1730s to the 1860s.

Olga Linares de Sapir, « Shell middens of lower Casamance and problems of Diola protohistory », West African Journal of Archaeology'', Oxford University Press, Ibadan, 1971, vol.

The tools were like those of the Danish kitchen-middens, termed the Surface Period by Evans, which were the basis of Westropp's Mesolithic.

West et al. 2003 These caves tend to be located next to middens and near villages.

When they deposit feces at their middens, they dig a small hole and then cover it with sand.

With the loss of the trees, there was a sudden drop in the quantities of fish bones found in middens as the islanders lost the means to construct fishing vessels, coinciding with a large increase in bird bones.

Common combinations with middens

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "middens" in a sentence?
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What does "middens" mean?
Middens means: plural of midden
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