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Explore Orcades through 3 example sentences from English. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Orcades in a sentence

Using Orcades

  • In the example corpus, orcades often appears in combinations such as: the orcades.

Context around Orcades

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 32.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

islands 1×

Often after:

hitherto 1× lay 1×

Sentence patterns with Orcades

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

subjugated the orcades hitherto unknown 1× that the orcades lay at 1× the islands orcades as did 1× the ss orcades the boat 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

sylvia brady with 1× thomson 2008 suggests 1× writing in the 1×

Common sentence endings:

c 98 agricola 1× the british isles 1× to australia on 1×

Words around Orcades

Just before it in the word index:

orca 92 orc 38 orbunde 2 orbs 46 orbost 2 orbn 4

Just after it in the word index:

orcadian 21 orcaella 2 orcam 2 orcas 92 orce 5 orcel 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 5 aaah 5 aacl 5 aak 5 aapke 5 aarav 5

Corpus analysis for Orcades

  • In this selection, "orcades" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 32.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, islands, hitherto and lay stand out and add context to how "orcades" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include subjugated the orcades hitherto unknown and that the orcades lay at. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "orcades" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with orcades

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

Sylvia Brady with a painting she found in a shop in Queenscliff of the SS Orcades, the boat that she migrated to Australia on. (24 words)

Thomson (2008) suggests that there may have been an element of Roman "boasting" involved, given that it was known to them that the Orcades lay at the northern extremity of the British Isles. (33 words)

Writing in the 1st century AD, the Roman geographer Pomponius Mela called the islands Orcades, as did Tacitus in AD 98, claiming that his father-in-law Agricola had "discovered and subjugated the Orcades hitherto unknown" Tacitus (c. 98) Agricola. (40 words)

Longer example sentences

Writing in the 1st century AD, the Roman geographer Pomponius Mela called the islands Orcades, as did Tacitus in AD 98, claiming that his father-in-law Agricola had "discovered and subjugated the Orcades hitherto unknown" Tacitus (c. 98) Agricola. (40 words)

Thomson (2008) suggests that there may have been an element of Roman "boasting" involved, given that it was known to them that the Orcades lay at the northern extremity of the British Isles. (33 words)

Sylvia Brady with a painting she found in a shop in Queenscliff of the SS Orcades, the boat that she migrated to Australia on. (24 words)

Example sentences (3)

Writing in the 1st century AD, the Roman geographer Pomponius Mela called the islands Orcades, as did Tacitus in AD 98, claiming that his father-in-law Agricola had "discovered and subjugated the Orcades hitherto unknown" Tacitus (c. 98) Agricola.

Sylvia Brady with a painting she found in a shop in Queenscliff of the SS Orcades, the boat that she migrated to Australia on.

Thomson (2008) suggests that there may have been an element of Roman "boasting" involved, given that it was known to them that the Orcades lay at the northern extremity of the British Isles.

Common combinations with orcades

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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