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

Wooden Cross in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 18
  • Discovered as a combination around: wooden
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 4
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 22.8 words

Words in this phrase

wooden cross

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • wooden can mean: Made of wood. Frequent word
  • cross can mean: A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the o... Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 3 start, 9 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

a large wooden cross 3× 14 foot wooden cross at the 1× 14 foot wooden cross that was 1× a giant wooden cross on his 1× a small wooden cross and messages 1× a small wooden cross to wear 1× a white wooden cross bearing the 1× a wooden cross towered over 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a 14 foot 1× a cluster of 1× a field church 1× a wooden cross 1× an orange county 1× another kirkoswald in 1×

Common sentence endings:

large wooden cross 3× earlier this week 2× a historical battle 1× a mission station 1× africa and asia 1× before the battle 1×

Context words

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

foot 4× battle 3× oswald 3× large 3× down 2× santiago 2× retreat 2× center 2× silverado 2× canyon 2× earlier 2× week 2×

Related phrases

cross country red cross cross river cross section blue cross cross blue wooden spoon cross product holy cross wooden fence

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around wooden:

wooden spoon 10× wooden fence 5× john wooden 4× wooden beams 4× wooden boat 4× small wooden 3×

Just before it in the phrase index:

wooden boat wooden beams wonderful life wonder woman won two won seats

Just after it in the phrase index:

wooden fence wooden spoon woody allen worded document wore black wore blue

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

wooden spoon wooden fence wooden beams wooden boat

Same ending:

red cross blue cross holy cross

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "wooden cross" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 22.8 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a large wooden cross, 14 foot wooden cross at the, foot, battle and oswald stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with cross country, red cross, cross river, wooden spoon, wooden fence and john wooden, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with wooden cross

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

Short example sentences

A wooden cross towered over his flower-covered grave. (9 words)

Two men navigated the crowd hauling a large wooden cross. (10 words)

By making marks in a wooden cross, he creates a calendar. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

Antonio Basco, whose wife Margie Reckard was murdered during a shooting at a Walmart store, touches a white wooden cross bearing the name of his late wife, at a memorial for the victims of the shooting in El Paso, Texas. (40 words)

He commissioned 10 special missionaries — five religious women, four religious men and a family — and presented them with a small wooden cross to wear around their neck as they go on missions in parts of Africa and Asia. (38 words)

The bells of St Magnus peal, while prayers are offered to bridge and river users, as well as those who have died in the Thames, and a wooden cross is tossed into the waters. (34 words)

Example sentences (18)

Before the battle, Oswald had a wooden cross erected; he knelt down, holding the cross in position until enough earth had been thrown in the hole to make it stand firm.

A 14-foot wooden cross at the Santiago Retreat Center in Silverado Canyon was cut down earlier this week.

An Orange County sheriff’s deputy walks near a 14-foot wooden cross that was vandalized at the Santiago Retreat Center in Silverado Canyon earlier this week.

A wooden cross towered over his flower-covered grave.

Beazley drove 14 hours from Detroit, Michigan with a ten-foot, wooden cross in the back of his truck to try and comfort the city after a gunman killed 18 people on Wednesday.

A field, church and a wooden cross mark the site of a historical battle.

One man at Trump’s October rally in Butler carried a large wooden cross.

Pedestrians and motorists in the areas may have spotted Jordan Rawlinson walking on the side of the road while carrying a large wooden cross.

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The bells of St Magnus peal, while prayers are offered to bridge and river users, as well as those who have died in the Thames, and a wooden cross is tossed into the waters.

A cluster of candles, rosaries draped over a small wooden cross and messages like “rest in peace” scrawled on the pavement.

Antonio Basco, whose wife Margie Reckard was murdered during a shooting at a Walmart store, touches a white wooden cross bearing the name of his late wife, at a memorial for the victims of the shooting in El Paso, Texas.

He commissioned 10 special missionaries — five religious women, four religious men and a family — and presented them with a small wooden cross to wear around their neck as they go on missions in parts of Africa and Asia.

Two men navigated the crowd hauling a large wooden cross.

Patrick left his home on August 22 to travel across the country by foot, carrying a giant wooden cross on his back.

Another Kirkoswald in Scotland also commemorates him. citation The Church of Saint Oswald stands on the location of the wooden cross left by Oswald at Heavenfield, the night before the battle.

By making marks in a wooden cross, he creates a calendar.

In 1900, insurgents placed a wooden cross in front of the only open gate to a mission station.

The composition is linked by the diagonals of the soldiers’ spears and the wooden cross.

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