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Portages is an English word. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Portages in a sentence

Related words

Portages | Portage

Portages meaning

plural of portage

Using Portages

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of portage

Context around Portages

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

infested 1× two 1× involving 1×

Often after:

must 1×

Sentence patterns with Portages

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

carried over portages or used 1× fly infested portages over tundra 1× many involving portages along coastal 1× such portages must be 1× trails and portages in a 1× with two portages and is 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

gusty winds bring 1× such portages must 1× the race covers 1× the ship s 1× up and down 1×

Common sentence endings:

and inland lakes 1× as it gets 1× marathon base training 1× occasionally unstable boulders 1× rainbow of colors 1× shelter in camps 1×

Words around Portages

Just before it in the word index:

portagers 2 portaged 2 portage 141 portafilters 2 portafilter 2 portaferry 4

Just after it in the word index:

portail 4 portait 2 portakabin 5 portal 1.199 portales 12 portaloo 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 8 aacc 8 aacs 8 aafes 8 aankh 8 aapp 8

Corpus analysis for Portages

  • In this selection, "portages" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, infested, two, involving and must stand out and add context to how "portages" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include carried over portages or used and fly infested portages over tundra. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "portages" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with portages

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

Such portages must be conducted on bare rocks and occasionally unstable boulders. (12 words)

There are also canoe/kayak routes, many involving portages, along coastal bays and inland lakes. (15 words)

Gusty winds bring the leaves down like confetti, blanketing trails and portages in a rainbow of colors. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

The race covers the famous Drak course in one day, with two portages, and is a good indicator of form going into the main event on 1 and 2 February, with many athletes using it as key Dusi Canoe Marathon base training. (42 words)

Up and down raging rivers, along blazing hot fly infested portages, over tundra, barrens, marshes and mountains, across sketchy frozen waterways, deep snowy woods, stabbed with -50 degrees celcius, and flying along a highway that’s as remote as it gets. (41 words)

The ship's shallow draft allowed navigation in waters only one metre deep and permitted random beach landings, while its light weight enabled it to be carried over portages or used bottoms up for shelter in camps. (37 words)

Example sentences (6)

Up and down raging rivers, along blazing hot fly infested portages, over tundra, barrens, marshes and mountains, across sketchy frozen waterways, deep snowy woods, stabbed with -50 degrees celcius, and flying along a highway that’s as remote as it gets.

The race covers the famous Drak course in one day, with two portages, and is a good indicator of form going into the main event on 1 and 2 February, with many athletes using it as key Dusi Canoe Marathon base training.

Gusty winds bring the leaves down like confetti, blanketing trails and portages in a rainbow of colors.

Such portages must be conducted on bare rocks and occasionally unstable boulders.

There are also canoe/kayak routes, many involving portages, along coastal bays and inland lakes.

The ship's shallow draft allowed navigation in waters only one metre deep and permitted random beach landings, while its light weight enabled it to be carried over portages or used bottoms up for shelter in camps.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "portages" in a sentence?
An example: "Up and down raging rivers, along blazing hot fly infested portages, over tundra, barrens, marshes and mountains, across sketchy frozen waterways, deep snowy woods, stabbed with -50 degrees celcius, and flying along a highway that’s as remote as it gets." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "portages" from authentic English texts.
What does "portages" mean?
Portages means: plural of portage
How many example sentences with "portages" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "portages", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.