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Purbeck is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Purbeck in a sentence

Purbeck meaning

  1. A peninsula in Dorset, England; in full, Isle of Purbeck.
  2. A former local government district in Dorset, abolished on 1 April 2019 and merged into the Dorset unitary authority.

Using Purbeck

  • The main meaning on this page is: A peninsula in Dorset, England; in full, Isle of Purbeck. | A former local government district in Dorset, abolished on 1 April 2019 and merged into the Dorset unitary authority.
  • In the example corpus, purbeck often appears in combinations such as: the purbeck, of purbeck, purbeck and.

Context around Purbeck

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

green 1×

Often after:

hills 2× marble 2× ice 1× hall 1× motocross 1× residents 1× stone 1× wight 1× limestone 1×

Sentence patterns with Purbeck

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

and the purbeck hills 2× 55 of purbeck residents travelled 1× block of purbeck limestone 1× dark green purbeck marble which 1× hill of purbeck and portland 1× in the purbeck hall with 1× purbeck ice cream 1× purbeck marble was 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

visitors can take 2× england had coarse 1× it features a 1× it has interests 1× purbeck ice cream 1× purbeck marble was 1×

Common sentence endings:

the purbeck hills 2× 000 car trips 1× and portland lions 1× for architectural features 1× of purbeck limestone 1× of southern england 1×

Words around Purbeck

Just before it in the word index:

purbach 2 purba 2 puravive 13 puratchi 2 puraskar 3 puranik 2

Just after it in the word index:

purbrook 7 purc 6 purce 3 purcell 126 purchas 8 purchasable 13

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 16 abada 16 abbottabad 16 abdulkareem 16 abha 16 abominations 16

Corpus analysis for Purbeck

  • In this selection, "purbeck" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, green, hills, marble and ice stand out and add context to how "purbeck" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and the purbeck hills and 55 of purbeck residents travelled. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "purbeck" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with purbeck

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

The event is run by Purbeck Motocross Club is association with Weymouth and Portland Lions. (15 words)

These tragedies are commemorated through a Purbeck Stone memorial seat at the site of the two crashes. (17 words)

It features a convert tall fossil tree trunk from Portland mounted on a block of Purbeck limestone. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

The event featured sets from Pete Tong, Carl Cox, John Digweed, and Gary White in the Purbeck hall with Judge Jules, Tony de Vit, Seb Fontaine, Tal Paul Newman, Tim Lyall, Kinky Rich which were held in the Tregonwell Hall. (40 words)

Visitors can take part in the Big Wild Sleep Out, sleeping under the stars in an ‘idyllic’ area of the reserve looking out over Poole harbour and the Purbeck hills. (30 words)

Purbeck Ice Cream based in Dorset won gold for its Ecuadorian dark 72% with natural peppermint chocolate bar and for its Ecuadorian dark 40% with natural peppermint chocolate bar. (29 words)

Example sentences (12)

Purbeck Ice Cream based in Dorset won gold for its Ecuadorian dark 72% with natural peppermint chocolate bar and for its Ecuadorian dark 40% with natural peppermint chocolate bar.

The event featured sets from Pete Tong, Carl Cox, John Digweed, and Gary White in the Purbeck hall with Judge Jules, Tony de Vit, Seb Fontaine, Tal Paul Newman, Tim Lyall, Kinky Rich which were held in the Tregonwell Hall.

The event is run by Purbeck Motocross Club is association with Weymouth and Portland Lions.

Visitors can take part in the Big Wild Sleep Out, sleeping under the stars in an ‘idyllic’ area of the reserve looking out over harbour and the Purbeck hills.

Visitors can take part in the Big Wild Sleep Out, sleeping under the stars in an ‘idyllic’ area of the reserve looking out over Poole harbour and the Purbeck hills.

He said his own calculations were that 55% of Purbeck residents travelled outside the area for this main shop, mostly to Poole, resulting in 16,000 car trips.

These tragedies are commemorated through a Purbeck Stone memorial seat at the site of the two crashes.

It has interests in a portfolio of eight UK onshore exploration, appraisal, development, and production assets in Weald and Purbeck-Wight basins of Southern England.

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England had coarse limestone and red sandstone as well as dark green Purbeck marble which was often used for architectural features.

It features a convert tall fossil tree trunk from Portland mounted on a block of Purbeck limestone.

Purbeck marble was used for the walls and the floors of Westminster Abbey, even though the various tombstones are made of different types of marble.

The Old Town stands on a hill of Purbeck and Portland stone; this was quarried from Roman times until the 1950s.

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Common combinations with purbeck

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "purbeck" in a sentence?
An example: "Purbeck Ice Cream based in Dorset won gold for its Ecuadorian dark 72% with natural peppermint chocolate bar and for its Ecuadorian dark 40% with natural peppermint chocolate bar." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "purbeck" from authentic English texts.
What does "purbeck" mean?
Purbeck means: A peninsula in Dorset, England; in full, Isle of Purbeck.
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