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Porlock is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Porlock in a sentence

Porlock meaning

A coastal village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS8846).

Using Porlock

  • The main meaning on this page is: A coastal village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS8846).
  • In the example corpus, porlock often appears in combinations such as: from porlock.

Context around Porlock

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

came 1×

Sentence patterns with Porlock

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

journey to porlock 1× man from porlock during the 1× person from porlock came in 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

at the top 1× in the early 1× my own person 1×

Common sentence endings:

journey to porlock 1× of kubla khan 1× s last resort 1×

Words around Porlock

Just before it in the word index:

porky 52 porkless 2 porkies 2 porketta 2 porker 10 porkchop 4

Just after it in the word index:

porn 609 porneia 2 pornhub 57 porno 21 pornographer 3 pornographers 8

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 5 aacr 5 aacsb 5 aadar 5 aadk 5 aadvantage 5

Corpus analysis for Porlock

  • In this selection, "porlock" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, came stand out and add context to how "porlock" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include journey to porlock and man from porlock during the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "porlock" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with porlock

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

My own person from Porlock came in the form of Mr Rai, a Norwich neurosurgeon, who intervened before morphine’s last resort. (22 words)

In the early 19th century, the ghost discovers Coleridge, who in this reality has yet to be interrupted by the " man from Porlock " during the writing of "Kubla Khan". (29 words)

At the top they stopped to repair a carriage wheel and most of the party turned back leaving only 20 men, including the 13 lifeboat crew, to carry on the journey to Porlock. (33 words)

Longer example sentences

At the top they stopped to repair a carriage wheel and most of the party turned back leaving only 20 men, including the 13 lifeboat crew, to carry on the journey to Porlock. (33 words)

In the early 19th century, the ghost discovers Coleridge, who in this reality has yet to be interrupted by the " man from Porlock " during the writing of "Kubla Khan". (29 words)

My own person from Porlock came in the form of Mr Rai, a Norwich neurosurgeon, who intervened before morphine’s last resort. (22 words)

Example sentences (3)

At the top they stopped to repair a carriage wheel and most of the party turned back leaving only 20 men, including the 13 lifeboat crew, to carry on the journey to Porlock.

My own person from Porlock came in the form of Mr Rai, a Norwich neurosurgeon, who intervened before morphine’s last resort.

In the early 19th century, the ghost discovers Coleridge, who in this reality has yet to be interrupted by the " man from Porlock " during the writing of "Kubla Khan".

Common combinations with porlock

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "porlock" in a sentence?
An example: "At the top they stopped to repair a carriage wheel and most of the party turned back leaving only 20 men, including the 13 lifeboat crew, to carry on the journey to Porlock." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "porlock" from authentic English texts.
What does "porlock" mean?
Porlock means: A coastal village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS8846).
How many example sentences with "porlock" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "porlock", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.