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Overflying is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Overflying in a sentence

Related words

Overflying | Overfly

Overflying meaning

present participle and gerund of overfly

Using Overflying

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of overfly

Context around Overflying

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

mislead 1×

Often after:

populated 1× aircraft 1×

Sentence patterns with Overflying

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

southerly without overflying populated areas 1× to mislead overflying aircraft and 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

california s vandenberg 1×

Common sentence endings:

aircraft and satellites 1× overflying populated areas 1×

Words around Overflying

Just before it in the word index:

overfly 5 overflows 106 overflown 3 overflowing 187 overflowed 54 overflow 296

Just after it in the word index:

overfull 2 overfunded 2 overgarment 4 overgate 8 overgeneralize 2 overgeneralized 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Overflying

  • In this selection, "overflying" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, mislead, populated and aircraft stand out and add context to how "overflying" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include southerly without overflying populated areas and to mislead overflying aircraft and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "overflying" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with overflying

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

These would have been unlikely to have resisted a full-scale invasion for long, but were probably used to mislead overflying aircraft and satellites. (24 words)

California’s Vandenberg is unique among U.S. space ports in that it enables launches into polar orbit by launching southerly without overflying populated areas. (25 words)

Longer example sentences

California’s Vandenberg is unique among U.S. space ports in that it enables launches into polar orbit by launching southerly without overflying populated areas. (25 words)

These would have been unlikely to have resisted a full-scale invasion for long, but were probably used to mislead overflying aircraft and satellites. (24 words)

Example sentences (2)

California’s Vandenberg is unique among U.S. space ports in that it enables launches into polar orbit by launching southerly without overflying populated areas.

These would have been unlikely to have resisted a full-scale invasion for long, but were probably used to mislead overflying aircraft and satellites.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "overflying" in a sentence?
An example: "California’s Vandenberg is unique among U.S. space ports in that it enables launches into polar orbit by launching southerly without overflying populated areas." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "overflying" from authentic English texts.
What does "overflying" mean?
Overflying means: present participle and gerund of overfly
How many example sentences with "overflying" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "overflying", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.