Porters is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Porters meaning
plural of porter
Using Porters
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of porter
- In the example corpus, porters often appears in combinations such as: porters and, and porters, the porters.
Context around Porters
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Porters
- In this selection, "porters" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, car, kilimanjaro, zimbabwean, cleaners, assistance and first stand out and add context to how "porters" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and kitchen porters and carried by porters and yaks. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "porters" sits close to words such as abacha, abang and abetting, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with porters
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Resting at Porters Funeral Directors, Garston. (6 words)
They recruited 350 porters to carry their equipment to Tengboche Monastery (3,950m). (13 words)
Ugandan authorities believe at least six students were abducted, taken as porters back inside Congo. (15 words)
We have heard some of them share their plights on TV and as a result, the Aflao Association of North America has decided to send us some food items to be distributed to the porters at the border,” he explained. (40 words)
Of the 11 tons of garbage removed, three tons of decomposable items were taken to villages near Everest’s base and the remaining eight were carried by porters and yaks and then taken by trucks to Kathmandu. (37 words)
Apart from north Kashmir, at least seven people, including two BSF porters, were injured in Jammu’s Poonch district as Pakistani troops resorted to intense mortar shelling and small arms fire “without provocation” in the Sawjian area. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
As a significant part of their coursework, students visited the Kilimanjaro Porters Assistance Project, a non-profit initiative to raise public awareness of the fair and ethical treatment of porters on Kilimanjaro.
Employees such as porters, cleaners and allied health professionals are essential to maintaining patient flow at a hospital.
In the second half, Falcon scored all eight of Lockport’s points in the third quarter and had the Porters’ first five points of the fourth.
Two Zimbabwean porters, who identified themselves only as Simba and Justice for fear of arrest, said they supported their families this way.
Ugandan authorities believe at least six students were abducted, taken as porters back inside Congo.
Decades later, Black rail workers who worked in trains traversing that very tunnel formed a union to fight for their rights — the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and Maids.
Eve Galloway: "I worked on the switchboard there in the 70's Maud Matrons secretary, the great porters we used to have such fun with them.
Instead of supporting residents, Neville and other migrant workers were initially made to work as cleaners and kitchen porters.
Jon Cunningham / Daily SouthtownLincoln-Way West’s Cole Crafton (11) gets greeted by his teammates after scoring a run against the host Porters during the Class 4A Lockport Sectional championship game on Saturday, June 4, 2022.
Of the 11 tons of garbage removed, three tons of decomposable items were taken to villages near Everest’s base and the remaining eight were carried by porters and yaks and then taken by trucks to Kathmandu.
Resting at Porters Funeral Directors, Garston.
The Porters scored two runs in the top of the seventh to break a 3-3 tie but the Hilltoppers were not rattled.
Apart from north Kashmir, at least seven people, including two BSF porters, were injured in Jammu’s Poonch district as Pakistani troops resorted to intense mortar shelling and small arms fire “without provocation” in the Sawjian area.
Ms. Cooper also questioned why hospital porters, cleaners and administrative staff would not benefit from the visa extension scheme.
NHS cleaners, porters and office staff were secret coronavirus super-spreaders within hospitals, new tests.
Shore Porters Association partner Richard Henderson said: “We were aware of the previous trails and we felt, for a company of our standing, it would be fitting for us to put our backing to it.
The Brotherhood was only for white workers, they were told, so in April of that year they formed the Order of the Sleeping Car Porters.
They recruited 350 porters to carry their equipment to Tengboche Monastery (3,950m).
Thousands of Zimbabweans living in South Africa are employed in restaurants, bars, and hotels as waiters, cooks, porters and cleaners.
We have heard some of them share their plights on TV and as a result, the Aflao Association of North America has decided to send us some food items to be distributed to the porters at the border,” he explained.
Common combinations with porters
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- porters and 16×
- and porters 10×
- the porters 8×
- porters were 7×
- of porters 5×
- as porters 4×
- porters to 4×
- six porters 3×
- porters on 2×
- porters cleaners 2×