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Ostend is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Ostend in a sentence

Ostend meaning

A coastal city and municipality in West Flanders, Belgium.

Using Ostend

  • The main meaning on this page is: A coastal city and municipality in West Flanders, Belgium.
  • In the example corpus, ostend often appears in combinations such as: the ostend, in ostend, ostend and.

Context around Ostend

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 11 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

near 1× ghent 1× lympne 1×

Often after:

district 3× company 2× dates 1× shortly 1× doing 1× services 1× manifesto 1×

Sentence patterns with Ostend

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

and the ostend company shipped 1× back to ostend shortly after 1× bound for ostend as part 1× brussels ghent ostend and lille 1× calais and ostend services continued 1× calais lympne ostend and southampton 1× fog near ostend 1× here in ostend doing research 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

at the request 1× but the plane 1× clubs concentrate in 1× for a short 1× hundreds or even 1× in june 1794 1×

Common sentence endings:

about social affairs 1× and le touquet 1× and southampton cherbourg 1× army in flanders 1× by early 2014 1× china to europe 1×

Words around Ostend

Just before it in the word index:

osten 10 osteitis 2 osteichthyes 8 osteen 20 ostby 2 ostberg 2

Just after it in the word index:

ostensible 60 ostensibly 396 ostensive 2 ostentation 11 ostentatious 54 ostentatiously 12

Similar in corpus frequency:

aav 21 abdicating 21 abductor 21 abet 21 abh 21 abhorred 21

Corpus analysis for Ostend

  • In this selection, "ostend" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, near, ghent, lympne, district, company and dates stand out and add context to how "ostend" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and the ostend company shipped and back to ostend shortly after. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ostend" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ostend

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

It is located in an old factory in the Ostend district. (11 words)

But the plane crashed after hitting a factory chimney in fog near Ostend. (13 words)

Kravitz was here in Ostend doing research and we did the tour with him. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Travel note: The Bruges train station provides frequent rail service to and from Brussels, Ghent, Ostend, and Lille (France.) Local buses run between the train station and the centre of Bruges; it is only 20 minutes by foot. (38 words)

Hundreds or even thousands of trucks will have to wait for the tunnel and cross-Channel ferries, and if the fish doesn’t make it back to Ostend shortly after it is landed, it won’t be fresh. (38 words)

Silver City Airways Douglas Dakota landing at Manchester Airport in 1954 By 1954, the Silver City cross-Channel network comprised five routes: Gatwick — Le Touquet, Lydd — Le Touquet, Lympne—Calais, Lympne—Ostend and Southampton—Cherbourg. (35 words)

Example sentences (17)

At the request of the Prime Minister, the summit will take place in Ostend and I am glad of that.

But the plane crashed after hitting a factory chimney in fog near Ostend.

The last major ‘summit’ in Ostend dates back to March 2004, when Belgian ministers spent the weekend here in Raversside to talk about social affairs.

Travel note: The Bruges train station provides frequent rail service to and from Brussels, Ghent, Ostend, and Lille (France.) Local buses run between the train station and the centre of Bruges; it is only 20 minutes by foot.

Hundreds or even thousands of trucks will have to wait for the tunnel and cross-Channel ferries, and if the fish doesn’t make it back to Ostend shortly after it is landed, it won’t be fresh.

Kravitz was here in Ostend doing research and we did the tour with him.

The first major event without walk-on girls is in Dublin on Thursday — but Belgian fans can see them in Ostend this weekend.

Clubs concentrate in and around the city centre and in the Ostend district, mainly close to Hanauer Landstraße.

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For a short while, Le Touquet flights operated from the former while Calais and Ostend services continued to use the latter.

In June 1794, Wellesley with the 33rd regiment set sail from Cork bound for Ostend as part of an expedition bringing reinforcements for the army in Flanders.

It is located in an old factory in the Ostend district.

Philip V and Elisabeth approached Austria to exploit Charles VI's isolation, and his differences with the Maritime Powers over the Ostend Company.

Silver City Airways Douglas Dakota landing at Manchester Airport in 1954 By 1954, the Silver City cross-Channel network comprised five routes: Gatwick — Le Touquet, Lydd — Le Touquet, Lympne—Calais, Lympne—Ostend and Southampton—Cherbourg.

The Democrats also supported the plan to annex Cuba, advocated in the Ostend Manifesto, which Buchanan helped devise while serving as minister to Britain.

The future Seat of the European Central Bank in the Ostend district, consisting of the former wholesale market hall ( Großmarkthalle ) and a newly built 185-metre skyscraper, were expected to be completed by early 2014.

This disadvantage was most keenly felt in the tea trade, where competitors like the EIC and the Ostend Company shipped directly from China to Europe.

This included new car ferry services between Southampton (Eastleigh) and Cherbourg as well as between Southend (Rochford) and Ostend and a DC-3 passenger service linking Gatwick and Le Touquet.

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Common combinations with ostend

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "ostend" in a sentence?
An example: "At the request of the Prime Minister, the summit will take place in Ostend and I am glad of that." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "ostend" from authentic English texts.
What does "ostend" mean?
Ostend means: A coastal city and municipality in West Flanders, Belgium.
How many example sentences with "ostend" are there?
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