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

Terror Attack in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: terror
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 28
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 29.7 words

Words in this phrase

terror attack

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • terror can mean: Intense dread, fright, or fear. Frequent word
  • attack can mean: An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

11 mumbai terror attack 1× 26 11 terror attack maharashtra chief 1× a 2016 terror attack in brussels 1× a possible terror attack ahead of 1× a suspected terror attack in paris 1× about the terror attack 1× after a terror attack 1× an international terror attack because they 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a british man 1× a father and 1× amid inputs of 1× an indian origin 1× and now his 1× as israelis mourned 1×

Common sentence endings:

2001 terror attack 1× a terror attack 1× about the attack 1× attack in brussels 1× design of terrorists 1× foreign policy strategy 1×

Context words

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

israel 6× foreign 4× hamas 4× october 3× singh 3× pulwama 3× minister 2× sunday 2× carried 2× across 2× terrorists 2× 2016 2×

Related phrases

terror group terror attacks terror groups drone attack hamas attack heart attack terrorist attack knife attack fatal attack terror suspect

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around terror:

terror group 20× terror attacks 12× terror groups 12× terror suspect 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

territorial waters territorial integrity terrible thing terrible person terminally ill terminal building

Just after it in the phrase index:

terror attacks terror group terror groups terror suspect terrorism act terrorism charges

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

terror group terror attacks terror groups terror suspect

Same ending:

drone attack hamas attack heart attack terrorist attack knife attack fatal attack

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "terror attack" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 29.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 11 mumbai terror attack, 26 11 terror attack maharashtra chief, israel, foreign and hamas stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with terror group, terror attacks, terror groups, terror group, terror attacks and terror groups, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with terror attack

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

Short example sentences

British Police Junction after a terror attack. (7 words)

EU nationals saw migrants as threats to security after a 2016 terror attack in Brussels. (15 words)

The terror attack was carried out by Osama Bin Laden and his Al Qaeda terror organisation. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Mr Tewari, while showing a video clip telecast by the DD News about Prime Minister Modi addressing a rally though mobile phone at 5.10 PM on the day of Pulwama terror attack happened, said, Mr Modi does not mention a word about the attack. (45 words)

An Indian-origin UK man, who was holidaying in Spain during the Barcelona terror attack on August 17 last year, will receive the 'Pride of Birmingham' award for his heroics as he risked his life and comforted a dying boy during the deadly attack. (44 words)

Cyprus has been pushing its idea for a humanitarian corridor since Israel began its offensive on Gaza in response to the terror attack by Hamas on October 7 that saw 1,200 killed in Israel and the taking of over 200 hostages. (42 words)

Example sentences (20)

Comparing it with 26/11 terror attack, Maharashtra Chief Minister said, “The attack on JNU students on Sunday night reminded me of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.

The Pink Floyd rocker said the terror group was 'morally bound to resist occupation' on October 7 and accused Israel of 'making up stories' about the terror attack.

India had carried out retaliatory surgical strikes on seven terror launch pads across the LoC, with the Army targeting terrorists preparing to infiltrate from PoK after the Uri terror attack in September 2016.

So, for example, even though one of the 2015 San Bernardino shooters was a U.S. citizen, the FBI still classified it as an international terror attack because they were inspired by foreign terror groups, specifically Islamist extremists.

The terror attack was carried out by Osama Bin Laden and his Al Qaeda terror organisation.

Author-activist Arundhati Roy, in her 2006 book, 'The Hanging of Afzal Guru and the Strange Case of the Attack on the Indian Parliament' had particularly called for probing the role of Davinder Singh in the 2001 terror attack.

Mr Tewari, while showing a video clip telecast by the DD News about Prime Minister Modi addressing a rally though mobile phone at 5.10 PM on the day of Pulwama terror attack happened, said, Mr Modi does not mention a word about the attack.

Pulwama attack: The terror attack in Pulwama prominently figured during the 20 minutes meeting between Bisaria and Singh, a home ministry official said.

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An Indian-origin UK man, who was holidaying in Spain during the Barcelona terror attack on August 17 last year, will receive the 'Pride of Birmingham' award for his heroics as he risked his life and comforted a dying boy during the deadly attack.

A British man was among the injured in a suspected terror attack in Paris that claimed the life of a German tourist, as confirmed by the Foreign Office.

A father and son who were killed in a terror attack in the Palestinian town of Huwara in the West Bank on Saturday were laid to rest side by side in Ashdod on Sunday evening.

Amid inputs of a possible terror attack ahead of the G20 summit in Srinagar, unprecedented security arrangements are being placed across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to foil any evil design of terrorists.

And, now, his response to the Hamas terror attack on Israel has exposed another weakness, his failed foreign policy strategy.

As Israelis mourned another senseless terror attack in Tel Aviv earlier this month, ABC Australia’s coverage stood out among the number of media blunders that HonestReporting highlighted.

Bathinda Senior Superintendent of Police Gulneet Singh Khurana told the media “it was not a terror attack and seemed to be some internal development in the military station”.

British Police Junction after a terror attack.

Cyprus has been pushing its idea for a humanitarian corridor since Israel began its offensive on Gaza in response to the terror attack by Hamas on October 7 that saw 1,200 killed in Israel and the taking of over 200 hostages.

During the pause, Hamas is slowly freeing some of the approximately 240 hostages taken from the Kibbutz and the Tribe of Nova Festival on the October 7 terror attack, in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

Eighty-six Nobel laureates wrote to the UN condemning Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel tweeted Saturday.

EU nationals saw migrants as threats to security after a 2016 terror attack in Brussels.

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