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

Boat Race in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: boat
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 24.3 words

Words in this phrase

boat race

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • boat can mean: A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars o... Frequent word
  • race can mean: A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

a billionaire boat race 1× cambridge university boat race on the 1× chanel j12 boat race 1× chanel j12 boat race taking the 1× doing the boat race they d 1× for university boat race 1× going to boat race them remarked 1× historic annual boat race between the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the boat race 3× boris johnson pictured 1× cambridge are striding 1× combine that with 1× each is marked 1× from 2025 the 1×

Common sentence endings:

a boat race 1× around early december 1× around the world 1× bbc sport website 1× billionaire boat race 1× but maybe not 1×

Context words

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

road 6× year 4× annual 3× two 3× cambridge 3× high 3× historic 2× known 2× chanel 2× j12 2× history 2× races 2×

Related phrases

drag race wooden boat

Phrases around this combination

Just before it in the phrase index:

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Just after it in the phrase index:

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Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

drag race

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "boat race" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.3 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a billionaire boat race, cambridge university boat race on the, road, year and annual stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with drag race and wooden boat, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with boat race

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

Short example sentences

Each is marked with the letters "UBR", for University Boat Race. (11 words)

The Moolam boat race was inaugurated by Thomas K. Thomas, MLA. (11 words)

I think Oregon is going to boat race them,” remarked an opposing assistant coach. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

The boat race has also meant that is on diversion via Mortlake Road, Kew Road, Kew Bridge, Chiswick High Road, Great West Road, Cedars Road, Ellesmere Road and Hogarth Lane due to the closure of Chiswick Bridge. (37 words)

From next year the event will be named The Chanel J12 Boat Race, taking the name of one of the company’s high-end watches, and the fashion brand will also become its official timekeeper. (35 words)

The owner Anne Jousse said that the property is nearly full during the St. Barts Bucket Regatta, an internationally known boat race and boat show that’s taking place from March 15 to 18. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

From 2025, the historic annual boat race between the two universities will be known as the Chanel J12 Boat Race.

Last year, Lawson Hall won the boat race, and the builder, Caleb Cross, a sophomore history with teaching licensure major, built the boat for this year as well.

The boat race was organised after the prime minister expressed interest in introducing traditional boat races in Malaysia, similar to those around the world.

The next day we are back in Allepy again to go on a boat trip around Lake Vembanad, noted for the annual Nehru Trophy boat race during the Onam (harvest) festival.

The owner Anne Jousse said that the property is nearly full during the St. Barts Bucket Regatta, an internationally known boat race and boat show that’s taking place from March 15 to 18.

Horus and Set challenged each other to a boat race, where they each raced in a boat made of stone.

Normally, the state will hold two races in a year, the Penang International Dragon Boat Festival in the month of June and Penang Pesta Dragon Boat race around early December.

Each is marked with the letters "UBR", for University Boat Race.

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I think Oregon is going to boat race them,” remarked an opposing assistant coach.

Rossini’s (“The Venetian Regatta”) is an amusing duet in which the two singers are watching a boat race.

Cambridge are striding ahead in the overall tally for boat race triumphs after today's wins.

Combine that with their refusal to increase pensions for Seniors for 4 years, telling seniors money doesn’t grow on trees while funnelling millions of dollars to a billionaire boat race.

From next year the event will be named The Chanel J12 Boat Race, taking the name of one of the company’s high-end watches, and the fashion brand will also become its official timekeeper.

High levels of E.coli have been found along a stretch of the River Thames that will be used for the historic Oxbridge Boat Race this weekend, researchers said.

The boat race has also meant that is on diversion via Mortlake Road, Kew Road, Kew Bridge, Chiswick High Road, Great West Road, Cedars Road, Ellesmere Road and Hogarth Lane due to the closure of Chiswick Bridge.

The Boat Race will be aired on BBC One and live streamed for free on iPlayer and the BBC Sport website.

The Moolam boat race was inaugurated by Thomas K. Thomas, MLA.

Tyler and Cameron both stand at an imposing 6ft 5ins have a long history of rowing - even rowing in The Boat Race in 2010.

Boris Johnson pictured with Carrie Symonds ahead of the annual Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race on the river Thames at Mortlake, west London.

He said: 'If I told them nine years later I'd be at Cambridge and doing the Boat Race, they'd have gone "yeah but maybe not".

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