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

Neutral Zone in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: zone
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 14
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26.9 words

Words in this phrase

neutral zone

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • neutral can mean: Not taking sides in a conflict such as war; nonaligned. Frequent word
  • zone can mean: Each of the five regions of the earth's surface into which it was divided by climatic differences, namely the torrid zone (between the tr... Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

in the neutral zone 4× beyond the neutral zone if a 1× crosses the neutral zone 1× drawing a neutral zone infraction on 1× from the neutral zone 1× in a neutral zone usually of 1× in the neutral zone 1 3 1× in the neutral zone and hammered 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a contest may 1× a critical offensive 1× after drawing a 1× after the hounds 1× dmytriw said that 1× donavan houle banked 1×

Common sentence endings:

the neutral zone 7× a unique way 1× clear the zone 1× fall into it 1× for the maulers 1× game to overtime 1×

Context words

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

puck 9× offensive 6× pass 5× receiver 3× may 3× off 3× first 3× play 3× two 3× got 3× eligible 2× forward 2×

Related phrases

neutral rating end zone carbon neutral comfort zone offensive zone red zone reiterated neutral neutral tone danger zone

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around zone:

end zone 16× comfort zone 9× offensive zone 9× red zone 9×

Just before it in the phrase index:

neutral tone neutral rating neurodegenerative diseases neural networks network settings network rail

Just after it in the phrase index:

new addition new adventure new agreements new album new animated new arena

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

neutral rating neutral tone

Same ending:

end zone comfort zone offensive zone red zone danger zone

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "neutral zone" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 26.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as in the neutral zone, beyond the neutral zone if a, puck, offensive and pass stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with neutral rating, end zone, carbon neutral, end zone, comfort zone and offensive zone, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with neutral zone

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

Short example sentences

Nice interception in neutral zone led to o-zone time in the first. (13 words)

Donavan Houle banked the puck off the boards in the defensive zone to Freel in the neutral zone. (18 words)

Matt Grzelcyk made a nice breakout pass to Matt Poitras and he carried it through the neutral zone. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

After the Hounds turned the puck over in the neutral zone, Ben Bujold and Cole Brown went the other way on a two-on-one, Brown finishing the play at 17:52 and sending the game to overtime. (38 words)

Dmytriw said that at the moment he would like to get the team to work on generating more speed coming out of the defensive zone, through the neutral zone, and over the offensive blue line. (35 words)

Repeatedly, they allowed stretch passes to go through the neutral zone and for most of the game, they got forced into playing chip-and-change hockey, hemmed in and entirely on the back foot. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

The neutral zone trap is designed to isolate the puck carrier in the neutral zone preventing him from entering the offensive zone.

Only an eligible pass receiver may legally catch a forward pass, and only an eligible receiver may advance beyond the neutral zone if a forward pass crosses the neutral zone.

If the puck wasn’t in the Rangers’ zone, it was getting picked off in the neutral zone and hammered back into their zone.

Donavan Houle banked the puck off the boards in the defensive zone to Freel in the neutral zone.

There were issues setting up in the neutral zone 1-3-1 after giving up the puck in vulnerable areas in the offensive zone that led to Columbus counterattacks.

Taking a neutral zone pass from Islanders defenseman Ryan Pulock, Nelson burst into the offensive zone and challenged Pettersson one on one in the left circle.

On the first shift of overtime, the Knights turned over the puck in the offensive zone and Dallas quickly moved it ahead to Joe Pavelski in the neutral zone.

And in this case, the GIF that spread rapidly on Twitter ignored the situation of the play, which involved a player bursting toward the neutral zone in an effort to clear the zone.

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Dmytriw said that at the moment he would like to get the team to work on generating more speed coming out of the defensive zone, through the neutral zone, and over the offensive blue line.

Nice interception in neutral zone led to o-zone time in the first.

Two shifts prior he made a fantastic play in the neutral zone covering up for the pinching when he denied a zone entry in a unique way.

A contest may feature a moat in a neutral zone, usually of mud or softened ground, which eliminates players who cross the zone or fall into it.

A critical offensive penalty negated the touchdown when a flag was thrown at the line of scrimmage just after the snap for Toney lining up in the neutral zone.

After drawing a neutral zone infraction on Panthers safety on fourth-and-1 of the proceeding possession, ran in a 2-yard score for the Maulers.

After the Hounds turned the puck over in the neutral zone, Ben Bujold and Cole Brown went the other way on a two-on-one, Brown finishing the play at 17:52 and sending the game to overtime.

Matt Grzelcyk made a nice breakout pass to Matt Poitras and he carried it through the neutral zone.

Repeatedly, they allowed stretch passes to go through the neutral zone and for most of the game, they got forced into playing chip-and-change hockey, hemmed in and entirely on the back foot.

Tarasevich struck first at 7:45 of the opening period after Owen Van Steensel fired the puck hard off the end boards from the neutral zone.

Like a quarterback spotting an open receiver, Domi sent the puck sailing over the neutral zone and hit Matthews in stride.

The Greyhounds got on the board just under two minutes later as Marco Mignosa got the puck and went to the net after Noel Nordh forced a London turnover in the neutral zone.

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