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

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Portesham in a sentence

Portesham meaning

A village and civil parish (served by Chesil Bank Parish (Group) Council) in Dorset, England, previously in West Dorset district (OS grid ref SY6085).

Using Portesham

  • The main meaning on this page is: A village and civil parish (served by Chesil Bank Parish (Group) Council) in Dorset, England, previously in West Dorset district (OS grid ref SY6085).
  • In the example corpus, portesham often appears in combinations such as: portesham hill, in portesham.

Context around Portesham

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

martinstown 1×

Often after:

hill 2×

Sentence patterns with Portesham

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

arms in portesham then travelled 1× hill in portesham and the 1× near martinstown portesham hill in 1× place at portesham hill while 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a triumph stag 1× crashes also closed 1× dorset police stated 1×

Common sentence endings:

1935 beardmore taxi 1× recovery was arranged 1× van had collided 1×

Words around Portesham

Just before it in the word index:

portes 15 porterville 25 porters 82 porterie 2 porterhouse 9 porterfield 18

Just after it in the word index:

porteus 4 portfield 2 portfolio 3.253 portfolioplus 2 portfolios 453 portformulas 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

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

Corpus analysis for Portesham

  • In this selection, "portesham" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, martinstown and hill stand out and add context to how "portesham" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include arms in portesham then travelled and hill in portesham and the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "portesham" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with portesham

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

Dorset Police stated there were no reports of any injuries and road closures were put in place at Portesham Hill while recovery was arranged. (24 words)

A Triumph Stag then took the flag to The Kings Arms in Portesham, then travelled to the Chesil Beach Centre by a 1935 Beardmore Taxi. (25 words)

Crashes also closed Long Rew Lane near Martinstown, Portesham Hill in Portesham and the A354 Blandford Hill in Blandford – where two cars and a van had collided. (27 words)

Longer example sentences

Crashes also closed Long Rew Lane near Martinstown, Portesham Hill in Portesham and the A354 Blandford Hill in Blandford – where two cars and a van had collided. (27 words)

A Triumph Stag then took the flag to The Kings Arms in Portesham, then travelled to the Chesil Beach Centre by a 1935 Beardmore Taxi. (25 words)

Dorset Police stated there were no reports of any injuries and road closures were put in place at Portesham Hill while recovery was arranged. (24 words)

Example sentences (3)

Crashes also closed Long Rew Lane near Martinstown, Portesham Hill in Portesham and the A354 Blandford Hill in Blandford – where two cars and a van had collided.

A Triumph Stag then took the flag to The Kings Arms in Portesham, then travelled to the Chesil Beach Centre by a 1935 Beardmore Taxi.

Dorset Police stated there were no reports of any injuries and road closures were put in place at Portesham Hill while recovery was arranged.

Common combinations with portesham

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "portesham" in a sentence?
An example: "Crashes also closed Long Rew Lane near Martinstown, Portesham Hill in Portesham and the A354 Blandford Hill in Blandford – where two cars and a van had collided." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "portesham" from authentic English texts.
What does "portesham" mean?
Portesham means: A village and civil parish (served by Chesil Bank Parish (Group) Council) in Dorset, England, previously in West Dorset district (OS grid ref SY6085).
How many example sentences with "portesham" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "portesham", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.