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Potteries in a sentence

Potteries meaning

An area in the West Midlands of England, based around Stoke-on-Trent, a centre of the pottery industry.

Using Potteries

  • The main meaning on this page is: An area in the West Midlands of England, based around Stoke-on-Trent, a centre of the pottery industry.
  • In the example corpus, potteries often appears in combinations such as: the potteries, potteries in, potteries shopping.

Context around Potteries

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

yesterdays 1× first 1×

Often after:

shopping 2× centre 2× chartist 1× way 1× police 1× usually 1×

Sentence patterns with Potteries

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

and the potteries will see 1× around the potteries 1× closed its potteries centre store 1× from the potteries is bleaklow 1× from the potteries which is 1× hanley s potteries centre as 1× in the potteries 1× near the potteries shopping centre 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

neil mckendrick josiah 5× a flood warning 1× a member of 1× among the casualties 1× children employed at 1× however weather maps 1×

Common sentence endings:

11am to 4pm 1× 14 15 bst 1× and daily scenes 1× around the potteries 1× catalogue of shapes 1× england s best 1×

Words around Potteries

Just before it in the word index:

potterheads 2 potter 989 pottenger 2 potted 94 pottawattamie 19 pottawatomie 19

Just after it in the word index:

pottering 10 pottermore 3 potters 112 pottersville 3 potterverse 8 pottery 436

Similar in corpus frequency:

abdulrasheed 26 abhinav 26 aboriginals 26 abstractly 26 accidentals 26 accrues 26

Corpus analysis for Potteries

  • In this selection, "potteries" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, yesterdays, first, shopping, centre and chartist stand out and add context to how "potteries" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and the potteries will see and around the potteries. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "potteries" sits close to words such as abdulrasheed, abhinav and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with potteries

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

Yesterdays Potteries Shopping Centre for Saturday piece on Potteries. (9 words)

Jewellery chain Pandora has closed its Potteries Centre store for a 'refit'. (12 words)

The potteries usually feature naïve Breton characters in traditional clothing and daily scenes. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

Images have now emerged of a man being bitten and tackled to the ground by a police dog as he attempts to out-run the dog over a grass verge next to Potteries Way, where the A50 goes under the Town Road bridge. (43 words)

Among the casualties in 2024 have included Lids, USC and the Stoke City shop inside Hanley's Potteries Centre, as well as Farmfoods in Burslem following an arson attack, Just Finns in Stoke and the Harry Potter Shop in Longton. (40 words)

Neil McKendrick Josiah Wedgwood and the Commercialization of the Potteries, p. 118. In 1767 Wedgwood and Bentley drew up an agreement to divide decorative wares between them, the domestic wares being sold on Wedgwood's behalf. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

Yesterdays Potteries Shopping Centre for Saturday piece on Potteries.

As well as being among the country's oldest public houses there's a venue less than an hour from the Potteries which is now regarded as one of England's best.

The First Potteries Chartist Festival will be held in Burslem's Market Place on Sunday, August 20, from 11am to 4pm.

A flood warning was issued for parts of the Moorlands while there were also alerts in and around the Potteries.

Among the casualties in 2024 have included Lids, USC and the Stoke City shop inside Hanley's Potteries Centre, as well as Farmfoods in Burslem following an arson attack, Just Finns in Stoke and the Harry Potter Shop in Longton.

And just over an hour away from the Potteries is Bleaklow Moors, near Glossop - dubbed 'the UK's Bermuda Triangle'.

However weather maps service WXCharts reckons North Staffordshire and the Potteries will see varying bouts of snow from Tuesday for much of the week.

Images have now emerged of a man being bitten and tackled to the ground by a police dog as he attempts to out-run the dog over a grass verge next to Potteries Way, where the A50 goes under the Town Road bridge.

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Jewellery chain Pandora has closed its Potteries Centre store for a 'refit'.

Police have arrested a 26-year-old man after a protest at a Conservative Party fund-raiser in the Potteries.

Volunteers have issued a plea to the owner of a dog found tied up outside a Potteries police station.

A member of the public called police after being concerned about O'Sullivan's behaviour near the Potteries shopping centre in Quadrant Road, Hanley town centre, at about 14:15 BST.

Children employed at glassworks were regularly burned and blinded, and those working at potteries were vulnerable to poisonous clay dust.

In his novels the Potteries are referred to as "the Five Towns"; Bennett felt that the name was more euphonious than "the Six Towns" so Fenton was omitted.

Neil McKendrick Josiah Wedgwood and the Commercialization of the Potteries, p. 105. Every new invention that Wedgwood produced - green glaze, creamware, black basalt and jasper - was quickly copied.

Neil McKendrick Josiah Wedgwood and the Commercialization of the Potteries, p. 112. In 1773 they published the first Ornamental Catalogue, an illustrated catalogue of shapes.

Neil McKendrick Josiah Wedgwood and the Commercialization of the Potteries, p. 118. In 1767 Wedgwood and Bentley drew up an agreement to divide decorative wares between them, the domestic wares being sold on Wedgwood's behalf.

Neil McKendrick Josiah Wedgwood and the Commercialization of the Potteries, p. 120. Great care was taken in timing the openings, and new goods were held back to increase their effect.

Neil McKendrick Josiah Wedgwood and the Commercialization of the Potteries, p. 121. In 1764 he received his first order from abroad.

The potteries usually feature naïve Breton characters in traditional clothing and daily scenes.

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Common combinations with potteries

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "potteries" in a sentence?
An example: "Yesterdays Potteries Shopping Centre for Saturday piece on Potteries." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "potteries" from authentic English texts.
What does "potteries" mean?
Potteries means: An area in the West Midlands of England, based around Stoke-on-Trent, a centre of the pottery industry.
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