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Overlies is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Overlies in a sentence

Related words

Overlies | Overlie

Overlies meaning

third-person singular simple present indicative of overlie

Using Overlies

  • The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of overlie
  • In the example corpus, overlies often appears in combinations such as: overlies the.

Context around Overlies

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

groove 1× air 1× city 1×

Often after:

cold 1×

Sentence patterns with Overlies

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

each groove overlies the myotomal 1× modern city overlies the ancient 1× warm air overlies cold water 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

each groove overlies 1× in extreme cases 1× the modern city 1×

Common sentence endings:

hundreds of kilometres 1× the internal rib 1× war in 1991 1×

Words around Overlies

Just before it in the word index:

overlie 3 overleveraged 7 overleveled 2 overlearning 2 overlays 41 overlaying 29

Just after it in the word index:

overlimit 2 overline 2 overlines 2 overlit 2 overload 159 overloaded 134

Similar in corpus frequency:

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

Corpus analysis for Overlies

  • In this selection, "overlies" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, groove, air, city and cold stand out and add context to how "overlies" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include each groove overlies the myotomal and modern city overlies the ancient. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "overlies" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with overlies

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

Each groove overlies the myotomal septa to mark the position of the internal rib. (14 words)

The modern city overlies the ancient one, and little archaeology was carried out until after the end of the civil war in 1991. (23 words)

In extreme cases, usually in springtime, when warm air overlies cold water, refraction can allow light to follow the Earth's surface for hundreds of kilometres. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

In extreme cases, usually in springtime, when warm air overlies cold water, refraction can allow light to follow the Earth's surface for hundreds of kilometres. (26 words)

The modern city overlies the ancient one, and little archaeology was carried out until after the end of the civil war in 1991. (23 words)

Each groove overlies the myotomal septa to mark the position of the internal rib. (14 words)

Example sentences (3)

Each groove overlies the myotomal septa to mark the position of the internal rib.

In extreme cases, usually in springtime, when warm air overlies cold water, refraction can allow light to follow the Earth's surface for hundreds of kilometres.

The modern city overlies the ancient one, and little archaeology was carried out until after the end of the civil war in 1991.

Common combinations with overlies

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "overlies" in a sentence?
An example: "Each groove overlies the myotomal septa to mark the position of the internal rib." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "overlies" from authentic English texts.
What does "overlies" mean?
Overlies means: third-person singular simple present indicative of overlie
How many example sentences with "overlies" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "overlies", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.