Explore Portadown through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Portadown in a sentence
Portadown meaning
A town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J 0053).
Using Portadown
- The main meaning on this page is: A town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J 0053).
- In the example corpus, portadown often appears in combinations such as: in portadown, from portadown, portadown on.
Context around Portadown
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Portadown
- In this selection, "portadown" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, former, automart, belfast, neighbourhood, today and age stand out and add context to how "portadown" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include arrested in portadown on suspicion and assault in portadown in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "portadown" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with portadown
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
File image of Portadown town centre. (6 words)
Young men about Portadown: from left to right. (8 words)
It's understood more than 200 people work at the Portadown factory. (12 words)
Lord Mayor Alderman Margaret Tinsley announces free parking in council-owned off-street pay-and-display car parks in Armagh City, Banbridge, Lurgan and Portadown on Saturday, December 2, 9, 16 and 23. Picture: ABC Borough Council. (37 words)
The pair’s last meeting was a Boxing Day Championship derby clash in 2019 when Adam Salley and Lee Bonis, both now plying their trade in the top-flight, scored in a 2-0 win for Portadown. (37 words)
Pictured in March 1983 at the breed show and sale which was held at the Automart, Portadown are auctioneer Tom Clarke, NI Charolais Club secretary, with Bertie Watterson, chairman, and the judge Andrew Barr from Scotland. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Officers from Portadown Neighbourhood Policing Team, along with colleagues from Tactical Support Group, have made three arrests following the seizure of a quantity of suspected illegal drugs in Portadown today, Wednesday, 20th September.
Brian McCaffery from Portadown (age ~15) with his friend Mickey Creaney on left, who died 5 years ago.
Former Portadown striker Bennie Igiehon notched a hat-trick to continue his fine start to life at the Bluebell Stadium and Gary Warwick registered a treble of his own.
In pictures: St John the Baptist PS pupils in Portadown enjoy end of term fun da.
Lord Mayor Alderman Margaret Tinsley announces free parking in council-owned off-street pay-and-display car parks in Armagh City, Banbridge, Lurgan and Portadown on Saturday, December 2, 9, 16 and 23. Picture: ABC Borough Council.
Pictured in March 1983 at the breed show and sale which was held at the Automart, Portadown are auctioneer Tom Clarke, NI Charolais Club secretary, with Bertie Watterson, chairman, and the judge Andrew Barr from Scotland.
Police are appealing for information following the report of an assault in Portadown in the Meadow Lane car park area.
Portadown came in for him and Dungannon were interested, but the big appeal with Larne was the professional full time set up.
Sasho Chukov, aged 30, from Flora Street, Belfast appeared before Craigavon Magistrates Court on Wednesday (May 17) accused of using a mobile phone while driving on the Northway in Portadown on November 25 last year.
The development site is located on the major arterial route linking Lisburn and Belfast, and is close to the Dunmurry rail halt, on the Belfast/Portadown line.
The pair’s last meeting was a Boxing Day Championship derby clash in 2019 when Adam Salley and Lee Bonis, both now plying their trade in the top-flight, scored in a 2-0 win for Portadown.
Things opened up in the second half as Skins first used their kicking game well to pin Portadown back.
Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has spoken of her delight at official opening her new Portadown Advice Centre on the Armagh Road.
Young men about Portadown: from left to right.
File image of Portadown town centre.
In the preceding years, there had been standoffs and clashes as nationalists opposed the procession of an Orange parade down Garvaghy Road in Portadown.
It's understood more than 200 people work at the Portadown factory.
Niall Currie says it’s an “honour and privilege” to sign a new three-year contract at Portadown as he looks to establish the Shamrock Park outfit in the top-flight once again.
One man, aged 24 was arrested in Portadown on suspicion of immigration offences.
Portadown blazed forward in an attempt to get an equaliser, but the Bann defence and keeper Jasmine Magowan-Balfour were resolute and broke out at the end to relieve the pressure.
Common combinations with portadown
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in portadown 6×
- from portadown 3×
- portadown on 3×
- the portadown 3×
- portadown striker 2×
- and portadown 2×
- portadown in 2×
- portadown line 2×
- for portadown 2×
- of portadown 2×