Explore Portishead through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Portishead in a sentence
Portishead meaning
A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in North Somerset district, Somerset, England, on the Bristol Channel (OS grid ref ST4676).
Using Portishead
- The main meaning on this page is: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in North Somerset district, Somerset, England, on the Bristol Channel (OS grid ref ST4676).
- In the example corpus, portishead often appears in combinations such as: in portishead, portishead and, portishead in.
Context around Portishead
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Portishead
- In this selection, "portishead" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, band, road, nevertheless, somerset and shared stand out and add context to how "portishead" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 19 for portishead and junction and by atp portishead in september. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "portishead" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with portishead
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Queueing traffic due to earlier accident on M5 Northbound at J19 A369 Martcombe Road (Portishead). (15 words)
Breakfast, Grammer said: "I love the people in Portishead, and I love the time we spend there. (17 words)
Motorists should avoid the stretch of motorway between junction 19 for Portishead and junction 18 for Avonmouth. (17 words)
Talk Talk bassist Paul Webb previously popped up in his solo guise as Rustin Man some 16 years ago, collaborating with Portishead’s Beth Gibbons on the Out of Season album but now writes for his own voice on this long-gestating follow-up. (44 words)
Aaron Davies, 25, of Biscay Drive in Portishead, was sentenced on two charges of conspiring to supply class A drugs, namely crack cocaine and heroin, as well as failure to surrender to the court having been released on bail. (39 words)
Nevertheless, Portishead shared the scratchy, jazz-sample-based aesthetic of early Massive Attack (whom Barrow had briefly worked with during the recording of Blue Lines), and the sullen, fragile vocals of Gibbons also brought them wide acclaim. (37 words)
Example sentences (16)
Breakfast, Grammer said: "I love the people in Portishead, and I love the time we spend there.
His appearance comes on the Friday night, with DJ Andy Smith, who worked on acclaimed nineties band Portishead's first two albums, confirmed to do a set on the final day of the event.
Queueing traffic due to earlier accident on M5 Northbound at J19 A369 Martcombe Road (Portishead).
There are about 100 HK households moving into Portishead, where I am based, and I get on well with them.
Timothy Schofield, 54, who worked as a member of police staff at Avon and Somerset Police’s Headquarters in Portishead, is due to be sentenced by a judge at Exeter Crown Court on Friday, May 19.
Aaron Davies, 25, of Biscay Drive in Portishead, was sentenced on two charges of conspiring to supply class A drugs, namely crack cocaine and heroin, as well as failure to surrender to the court having been released on bail.
Jeanne, an English teacher who is currently assistant head at a secondary school in Portishead, just outside Bristol, has a flair for comedy writing, much like her ex-husband's new wife.
Motorists should avoid the stretch of motorway between junction 19 for Portishead and junction 18 for Avonmouth.
New parking charges in North Somerset will threaten Clevedon’s independent shops and Portishead’s open air pool, locals have warned.
Megan Brunt, now 20, works at an emergency call-handling centre in Portishead in the south of England.
One frustrated passenger, Hannah Price from Portishead, Somerset, said she faced a seven-hour journey to get home after being stranded in Brussels.
Or with the first, fateful meeting between future beat-whisperer Barrow and singer Beth Gibbons at a work experience course in Bristol, 11 miles down the road from his home town of Portishead.
Talk Talk bassist Paul Webb previously popped up in his solo guise as Rustin Man some 16 years ago, collaborating with Portishead’s Beth Gibbons on the Out of Season album but now writes for his own voice on this long-gestating follow-up.
Now, it features a new original score by Goldfrapp's Will Gregory and Portishead's Adrian Utley.
Nevertheless, Portishead shared the scratchy, jazz-sample-based aesthetic of early Massive Attack (whom Barrow had briefly worked with during the recording of Blue Lines), and the sullen, fragile vocals of Gibbons also brought them wide acclaim.
The group performed live at the ATP I'll Be Your Mirror festival curated by ATP & Portishead in September 2011 in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Common combinations with portishead
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in portishead 5×
- portishead and 2×
- portishead in 2×