Explore Pyrenees through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like range or chain. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Pyrenees in a sentence
Pyrenees meaning
- The mountain range separating Spain from France, inhabited by Basques in the west, Occitans in the centre-north, Aragonese in the centre-south, and Catalans in the east.
- A wine-producing region and local government area (Shire of Pyrenees) in Victoria, Australia.
Synonyms of Pyrenees
Using Pyrenees
- The main meaning on this page is: The mountain range separating Spain from France, inhabited by Basques in the west, Occitans in the centre-north, Aragonese in the centre-south, and Catalans in the east. | A wine-producing region and local government area (Shire of Pyrenees) in Victoria, Australia.
- Useful related words include: range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain.
- In the example corpus, pyrenees often appears in combinations such as: the pyrenees, great pyrenees, pyrenees and.
Context around Pyrenees
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pyrenees
- In this selection, "pyrenees" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, great, french, hautes, foraging, named and dog stand out and add context to how "pyrenees" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a great pyrenees dog huge and a great pyrenees focuses on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pyrenees" sits close to words such as alves, amerindian and andreescu, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pyrenees
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Max was a Great Pyrenees dog, huge and extremely gentle. (10 words)
There’s even skiing in the Pyrenees and in the mountains of the south. (14 words)
Sonny’s, named after Schloss’ dog, a great Pyrenees, focuses on falafel and rotisserie chicken. (15 words)
Starting from St Jean Pied de Port in France, the 51-year-old joined other pilgrims at the foot of the Pyrenees, before crossing into Spain and then on to the cathedral in the north-west of the country – a total of 550 miles. (44 words)
Team SD Worx’s Dutch rider Demi Vollering (C) reacts in the finish area after she crosses the finish line to win the 7th stage – 90 km from Lannemezan to Tourmalet Bagneres-de-Bigorre, in the Hautes-Pyrenees Department, south-western France. (42 words)
In the four days that followed, Alex trekked across the mountains in the French Pyrenees - foraging for what little food he could find from the fields and gardens - until he was found by student Fabien Accidini on December 13 at 3am. (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
Four regions in southern France — Isere, Var, Bouches-du Rhone and the Pyrenees — already have water restrictions in place, and 10 other departments were placed on the vigilance list.
In the four days that followed, Alex trekked across the mountains in the French Pyrenees - foraging for what little food he could find from the fields and gardens - until he was found by student Fabien Accidini on December 13 at 3am.
Jess and Marcus Gray use two Border Collies, named Trip and Dot, to herd their flocks as well as having a Great Pyrenees named Myra live with the flock in order to protect the sheep.
Marshall, an approximately 2-year-old male Great Pyrenees with a soft cream coat, is available for adoption at Cullman County Animal Shelter.
Max was a Great Pyrenees dog, huge and extremely gentle.
On the other side of the Pyrenees in Spain, green lakes have been observed since 2011 by Spanish researchers, and a program was launched three years later to get rid of the minnows with nets and electrical techniques.
Sonny’s, named after Schloss’ dog, a great Pyrenees, focuses on falafel and rotisserie chicken.
Spanish beachside city, host of the 1992 Summer Games, tried to put together a 2030 Winter Games bid with communities in the Pyrenees mountain region but pulled out of the race amid intense infighting over venue locations.
Team SD Worx’s Dutch rider Demi Vollering (C) reacts in the finish area after she crosses the finish line to win the 7th stage – 90 km from Lannemezan to Tourmalet Bagneres-de-Bigorre, in the Hautes-Pyrenees Department, south-western France.
When approaching the Pyrenees, the vegetation is a mixture of Mediterranean species and high-altitude trees.
Organizations such as New York City Second Chance Rescue selected dogs serving pawe-some energy to be models, like Cattle dog mix Eunice and Donna Summer, a 3-year-old Great Pyrenees mix.
Starting from St Jean Pied de Port in France, the 51-year-old joined other pilgrims at the foot of the Pyrenees, before crossing into Spain and then on to the cathedral in the north-west of the country – a total of 550 miles.
Ansetta said after placing the Pyrenees with a farmer on Toledo Bend, there was a period of time when there was no guard dog for the farm animals.
But when Willow, a great Pyrenees puppy, sniffed out a fire before it turned into a full-on blaze, her family was left amazed by her senses.
France began importing brown bears from in the 1990s, when its own population in the Pyrenees was heading for extinction.
It’s one of the prettiest spots on the coast, with typically Basque red-and-white, half-timbered houses lining the seafront and the Pyrenees looming close.
There’s even skiing in the Pyrenees and in the mountains of the south.
The snow conditions in the Pyrenees might be a bit iffy at the moment, but there’s plenty of white stuff in the Alps this year.
Even rivals offered grudging praise at his ability to go from macroeconomics to the minutiae of local politics, on everything from “bears in the Pyrenees to toxins in Tampax”, to quote one observer cited by Le Figaro.
My father had found it by the side of the road while he was driving through a forest in the Pyrenees.
Common combinations with pyrenees
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the pyrenees 49×
- great pyrenees 8×
- pyrenees and 8×
- pyrenees to 8×
- eastern pyrenees 4×
- french pyrenees 2×
- pyrenees with 2×
- pyrenees in 2×
- pyrenees mountain 2×
- pyrenees the 2×