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

Longest River in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 18
  • Discovered as a combination around: longest
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 4
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 21.9 words

Words in this phrase

longest river

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • longest can mean: superlative form of long: most long Frequent word
  • river can mean: A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in a... Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 10 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

because the longest river in spain 1× india s longest river bridge to 1× is the longest river flowing through 1× is the longest river in the 1× it the longest river in central 1× nation s longest river with a 1× queensland s longest river the flinders 1× river the longest river in ireland 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

at convert long 1× at over five 1× from minnesota to 1× geography pardubice is 1× in november sarbananda 1× india s longest 1×

Common sentence endings:

experience vast flooding 1× far northern tajikistan 1× flowing through sussex 1× he yellow river 1× in central asia 1× in the country 1×

Context words

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

convert 5× length 4× bridge 3× central 3× water 3× cut 2× road 2× travel 2× 203 2× kilometre 2× northeast 2× long 2×

Related phrases

fall river cross river ottawa river river falls missouri river colorado river snake river jordan river lawrence river longest serving

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around longest:

longest serving 9× longest cooking 4× longest period 4× longest running 4× longest active 3× longest streak 3×

Just before it in the phrase index:

longest period longest cooking longest active longer term longer periods longer needed

Just after it in the phrase index:

longest running longest serving longest streak longtime friend longtime girlfriend longtime partner

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

longest serving longest cooking longest period longest running longest active longest streak

Same ending:

fall river cross river ottawa river missouri river colorado river snake river

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "longest river" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 21.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as because the longest river in spain, india s longest river bridge to, convert, length and bridge stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with fall river, cross river, ottawa river, longest serving, longest cooking and longest period, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with longest river

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

Short example sentences

It is the second longest river in Canada. (8 words)

The second longest river in China is the Huang He ( Yellow River ). (12 words)

The Shannon was named for an Irish river, the longest river in Ireland. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

There was much to tell, because the Tagus has seen through its shores the extensive history of the Iberian Peninsula and because the longest river in Spain at present is subject to serious problems like lack of water and pollution. (40 words)

Woods gave the example of the consulting agency Envirostrat, which is exploring whether investors could help to clean up the Waikato, New Zealand's longest river, which has been polluted by runoff from nearby dairy farms. (36 words)

India's Longest River Bridge to Cut Road Travel by 203 Kilometre » Northeast TodayIndia's Longest River Bridge to Cut Road Travel by 203 Kilometre » Northeast TodayWanna get our awesome news? (31 words)

Question examples

India's Longest River Bridge to Cut Road Travel by 203 Kilometre » Northeast TodayIndia's Longest River Bridge to Cut Road Travel by 203 Kilometre » Northeast TodayWanna get our awesome news? (31 words)

Example sentences (18)

India's Longest River Bridge to Cut Road Travel by 203 Kilometre » Northeast TodayIndia's Longest River Bridge to Cut Road Travel by 203 Kilometre » Northeast TodayWanna get our awesome news?

Geography Pardubice is situated on the bank of the second longest river in the Czech Republic, the Labe River, where there is a mouth of another river called Chrudimka.

The Shannon was named for an Irish river, the longest river in Ireland.

At convert long, the River Medway is the longest river flowing through Sussex.

Kinabatangan River is the second longest river in Malaysia while Mount Kinabalu is the highest point of Sabah as well for Malaysia.

The Bandama River is the longest river in the Ivory Coast with a length of some convert draining the east central part of the country.

The longest river entirely in Sussex is the River Arun, which is convert long.

The most important river is the Amu Darya, which has a total length of 2,540 km from its farthest tributary, making it the longest river in Central Asia.

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The second longest river in China is the Huang He ( Yellow River ).

At over five kilometres, it was at that time the longest river bridge in the country.

In November, Sarbananda Sonowal, Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, tweeted: “The world’s longest river cruise will commence its journey in January next year.

We sailed on the world’s longest river chasing the past littered on its shores.

The excessive rain has caused Queensland’s longest river, the Flinders to experience vast flooding.

From Minnesota to Louisiana, the water rolls along its two-thousand miles length — the nation’s longest river– with a history much deeper than the water itself.

There was much to tell, because the Tagus has seen through its shores the extensive history of the Iberian Peninsula and because the longest river in Spain at present is subject to serious problems like lack of water and pollution.

Woods gave the example of the consulting agency Envirostrat, which is exploring whether investors could help to clean up the Waikato, New Zealand's longest river, which has been polluted by runoff from nearby dairy farms.

It is the second longest river in Canada.

The former, the second longest river in Central Asia with a total length of convert, stretches convert across the Fergana Valley in far-northern Tajikistan.

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