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

Ottoman Empire in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: empire
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 9
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25.4 words

Words in this phrase

ottoman empire

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • ottoman can mean: An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen etc. Less frequent word
  • empire can mean: A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territ... Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 2 start, 10 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:

against the ottoman empire in 1687 1× and the ottoman empire had collapsed 1× and the ottoman empire simply disappeared 1× attacked the ottoman empire in 1853 1× from the ottoman empire 1× in the ottoman empire ottoman classical 1× mean the ottoman empire was a 1× much larger ottoman empire and its 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and this goes 1× both the german 1× britain wished to 1× during the war 1× eventually that first 1× for centuries belgrade 1×

Common sentence endings:

the ottoman empire 2× and folk music 1× at ottoman expense 1× at the table 1× empire in history 1× empire in persia 1×

Context words

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

russia 4× music 3× war 3× german 3× first 3× history 3× christian 2× serb 2× areas 2× two 2× longer 2× britain 2×

Related phrases

roman empire british empire german empire

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around empire:

british empire 10× german empire 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

otto iii ottawa senators ottawa river ottawa police ottawa ontario others wounded

Just after it in the phrase index:

outdoor activities outdoor dining outdoor education outdoor rink outdoor seating outdoor space

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

roman empire british empire german empire

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "ottoman empire" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.4 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as against the ottoman empire in 1687, and the ottoman empire had collapsed, russia, music and war stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with roman empire, british empire, german empire, british empire and german empire, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with ottoman empire

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

Short example sentences

No representative of the Ottoman Empire itself was at the table. (11 words)

The UK conquered Palestine and ripped it from the Ottoman Empire. (11 words)

Eventually, that first Saudi empire incurred the wrath of the mighty Ottoman empire. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

Britain wished to deny Russia access to the "warm waters" and supported the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, although it also supported a limited expansion of Greece as a backup plan in case integrity of the Empire was no longer possible. (41 words)

Germany did acquire a second ally that same year when the Ottoman Empire entered the war on its side, but in the long run supporting the Ottoman war effort only drained away German resources from the main fronts. (38 words)

The history does begin in the early 16th century, when the Ottoman Empire, founded in western Anatolia by Sunni Turks, began to expand eastward, only to conflict with the Shiite Safavid Empire in Persia. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

According to the Ottoman defterler from 1545, the population of Karlovci numbered 547 Christian (Serb) houses, thus it was the largest city with a Serb majority in the whole Ottoman Empire.

Because of a geographic and cultural divide between the capital and other areas, two broadly distinct styles of music arose in the Ottoman Empire: Ottoman classical music, and folk music.

Germany did acquire a second ally that same year when the Ottoman Empire entered the war on its side, but in the long run supporting the Ottoman war effort only drained away German resources from the main fronts.

The longer-term causes involved the decline of the Ottoman Empire and the unwillingness of Britain and France to allow Russia to gain territory and power at Ottoman expense.

When Russia attacked the Ottoman Empire in 1853, King Otto of Greece saw an opportunity to expand North and South into Ottoman areas that had large Greek Christian majorities.

I mean, the Ottoman Empire was a perfectly strong and viable empire in its own right, but it found its European neighbors taking off with two major developments.

Many understood that Hussein was not attempting to oust the Ottomans for the good of his people, but to replace the Ottoman Empire with his own empire.

Eventually, that first Saudi empire incurred the wrath of the mighty Ottoman empire.

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The history does begin in the early 16th century, when the Ottoman Empire, founded in western Anatolia by Sunni Turks, began to expand eastward, only to conflict with the Shiite Safavid Empire in Persia.

Britain wished to deny Russia access to the "warm waters" and supported the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, although it also supported a limited expansion of Greece as a backup plan in case integrity of the Empire was no longer possible.

It was his military brilliance in these initial campaigns against the much larger Ottoman Empire and its allies that enabled Portugal to become the first global empire in history.

Such acts of assistance by the Austrian Empire (then arch-rivals of the Ottoman Empire), or Russia, were always abortive or temporary at best.

This failed, and by October the armies were in retreat, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire had collapsed, and the German people had lost faith in their political system.

Both the German and Austro- Hungarian empires were dismembered and the Ottoman Empire simply disappeared.

For centuries, Belgrade served as the first frontier fortress of the Ottoman Empire.

Jews, fleeing persecution in Spain in the 15th century, found refuge and prospered in the lands of the Muslim Ottoman Empire.

No representative of the Ottoman Empire itself was at the table.

The UK conquered Palestine and ripped it from the Ottoman Empire.

And this goes back to our history, whether it was the Ottoman Empire or the Brits, we do not like anybody coming onto our land.

During the war of the Venetians against the Ottoman Empire in 1687, the Venetians captured Athens, and Morosini’s cannons were fired at the Parthenon, causing damage.

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