Below you will find example sentences with "american plate". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

American Plate in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 8
  • Discovered as a combination around: plate
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 28.8 words

Words in this phrase

american plate

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • american can mean: A citizen or national of the United States of America. Common word
  • plate can mean: A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 3 start, 3 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

moving north american plate that butts 1× the north american plate and eurasian 1× the north american plate and juan 1× the north american plate from the 1× the north american plate is sliding 1× the north american plate led to 1× the south american plate and has 1× the south american plate is fifth 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the north american 3× heat generated from 1× japan comes fourth 1× north of el 1× the cordilleras were 1× the sacramento river 1×

Common sentence endings:

and permian periods 1× fifth with 104 1× in southern guatemala 1× million years ago 1× park in iceland 1× set off tsunamis 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

north 9× america 2× meet 2× coast 2× northern 2× caribbean 2× guatemala 2× formed 2× era 2× south 2× juan 1× fuca 1×

Related phrases

american banking american horror latin american american express american flag african american american history license plate native american asian american

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around plate:

tectonic plate 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

american journalist american jewish american indians american independent american horror american history

Just after it in the phrase index:

american politics american rapper american revolution american sign american studies americas securities

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

american banking american horror american express american flag american history american dream

Same ending:

license plate tectonic plate

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "american plate" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 28.8 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as moving north american plate that butts, the north american plate and eurasian, north, america and meet stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with american banking, american horror, latin american and tectonic plate, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with american plate

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

The North American Plate and Eurasian Plate meet at Thingvellir National Park in Iceland. (14 words)

The North American plate is sliding under the Caribbean plate there, creating the potential for earthquakes and undersea landslides that can set off tsunamis. (24 words)

Japan comes fourth with 112. Chile (also on the Ring of Fire, on the cusp of the South American plate) is fifth, with 104. (24 words)

Longer example sentences

The North American plate and Juan de Fuca plate, a small remnant of a much larger tectonic plate that used to subduct beneath North America, meet at the Cascadia subduction zone, which extends from the coast of northern California well into Canada. (42 words)

Heat generated from the Farallon Plate subducting below the North American Plate led to the creation of an island arc of volcanoes on the west coast of proto-North America between the late Devonian and Permian periods. (37 words)

North of El Salvador, Mexico and most of Guatemala are riding on the westward-moving North American Plate that butts against the northern edge of the stationary Caribbean Plate in southern Guatemala. (32 words)

Example sentences (8)

The North American plate and Juan de Fuca plate, a small remnant of a much larger tectonic plate that used to subduct beneath North America, meet at the Cascadia subduction zone, which extends from the coast of northern California well into Canada.

The North American Plate and Eurasian Plate meet at Thingvellir National Park in Iceland.

The North American plate is sliding under the Caribbean plate there, creating the potential for earthquakes and undersea landslides that can set off tsunamis.

Heat generated from the Farallon Plate subducting below the North American Plate led to the creation of an island arc of volcanoes on the west coast of proto-North America between the late Devonian and Permian periods.

North of El Salvador, Mexico and most of Guatemala are riding on the westward-moving North American Plate that butts against the northern edge of the stationary Caribbean Plate in southern Guatemala.

The cordilleras were formed earlier in the Cenozoic era (the current geological era), as the Nazca Plate has subducted underneath the South American Plate and has raised the mountain range.

The Sacramento River did not form until multiple terranes were formed and smashed into the North American Plate from the Pacific Plate about 3 million years ago.

Japan comes fourth with 112. Chile (also on the Ring of Fire, on the cusp of the South American plate) is fifth, with 104.