On this page you'll find 3 example sentences with Orontes. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Orontes in a sentence
Orontes meaning
A river in West Asia, about 400 km (250 mi) long, flowing from Lebanon through Syria before entering the Mediterranean Sea near Samandağ in Turkey.
Using Orontes
- The main meaning on this page is: A river in West Asia, about 400 km (250 mi) long, flowing from Lebanon through Syria before entering the Mediterranean Sea near Samandağ in Turkey.
- In the example corpus, orontes often appears in combinations such as: the orontes.
Context around Orontes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Orontes
- In this selection, "orontes" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, basin and valley stand out and add context to how "orontes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in the orontes basin about and in the orontes valley. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "orontes" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with orontes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A single route proceeds south in the Orontes valley. (9 words)
However, Zangi did not attack Antioch itself and was content with capturing all of Antiochene territory that lay east of the Orontes. (22 words)
He noted that this group lived in the Orontes basin about half a million years ago and their tools consisted of axes, cleavers, and scrapers, and they built their cottages from stones and branches, using fire for warmth, light, protection, and cooking. (42 words)
He noted that this group lived in the Orontes basin about half a million years ago and their tools consisted of axes, cleavers, and scrapers, and they built their cottages from stones and branches, using fire for warmth, light, protection, and cooking. (42 words)
However, Zangi did not attack Antioch itself and was content with capturing all of Antiochene territory that lay east of the Orontes. (22 words)
A single route proceeds south in the Orontes valley. (9 words)
Example sentences (3)
He noted that this group lived in the Orontes basin about half a million years ago and their tools consisted of axes, cleavers, and scrapers, and they built their cottages from stones and branches, using fire for warmth, light, protection, and cooking.
A single route proceeds south in the Orontes valley.
However, Zangi did not attack Antioch itself and was content with capturing all of Antiochene territory that lay east of the Orontes.
Common combinations with orontes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: