How do you use Quai in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts.
Quai in a sentence
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Using Quai
- In the example corpus, quai often appears in combinations such as: the quai, quai branly, quai d'orsay.
Context around Quai
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Quai
- In this selection, "quai" 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, parisian, riverside, paris, branly, jacques and des stand out and add context to how "quai" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include at the quai branly museum and 1912 at quai amiral bergeret. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "quai" sits close to words such as abad, abovementioned and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with quai
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
MacMahon had his headquarters at the Quai d'Orsay. (9 words)
On the Quai there is a skatepark divided into three sections. (11 words)
Visitors at the Quai Branly museum in Paris on June 9, 2020. (12 words)
Macron agreed to return the 26 works, mainly royal statues from the Palaces of Abomey — formerly the capital of the kingdom of Dahomey — taken by the French army during a war in 1892 and now in Paris’ Quai Branly museum. (40 words)
The first serious fighting took place in the afternoon of the 22nd, an artillery duel between regular army batteries on the Quai d'Orsay, and the Madeleine, and National Guard batteries on the terrace of the Tuileries Palace. (38 words)
Fatal stabbing on Quai de Etats-Unis in Nice - Police in Nice have opened an investigation after a 30 year old man has died after being stabbed during a fight on the Quai de Etats-Unis. (36 words)
Example sentences (19)
Fatal stabbing on Quai de Etats-Unis in Nice - Police in Nice have opened an investigation after a 30 year old man has died after being stabbed during a fight on the Quai de Etats-Unis.
In this special edition of Access Asia, we're at Paris's Quai Branly museum, where a new exhibition, "Bollywood superstars", looks back at a century of the Indian film industry.
In the video, Diyabanza - born in then-Zaire, once ruled by Belgium — lists works held in the Quai Branly museum in Paris that came from former colonies in Africa.
Over the past couple of years, much has been made of the Parisian Quai Branly museum’s purported plans to return artwork to its country of origin.
Visitors at the Quai Branly museum in Paris on June 9, 2020.
A visitor looks at two Heads of a royal ancestor (Uhunmwun Elao), from the former Benin Kingdom, a part of modern-day Nigeria displayed at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris.
Billy Bones is among the ribs food trucks participating in the fifth annual edition of the Grand Ribfest at Quai Jacques-Cartier in the Old Port.
The ramp will remain in place until the completion of the Quai des Etats-Unis which expected in approximately seven months.
Glass walls measuring 6.5 centimetres (2.5 inches) thick will run along the riverside Quai Branly boulevard as well as the Avenue Gustave Eiffel which separates the tower from a park.
Macron agreed to return the 26 works, mainly royal statues from the Palaces of Abomey — formerly the capital of the kingdom of Dahomey — taken by the French army during a war in 1892 and now in Paris’ Quai Branly museum.
Before it changed to its current form under influence of the modern French quai, its Middle English spelling was key, keye or caye.
Bordeaux is home to a beautiful quai which runs along the Gironde river.
Crossing the busy Rue Dauphine in the rain at the Quai de Conti, he slipped and fell under a heavy horse-drawn cart.
Elected as President of the Republic, he refused to discuss the existence of French military bases in Africa, despite requests by the Ministry of Defence and the Quai d'Orsay (Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
In Paris, Tafari was to find out from the French Foreign Ministry ( Quai d'Orsay ) that this goal would not be realized.
MacMahon had his headquarters at the Quai d'Orsay.
On the Quai there is a skatepark divided into three sections.
The first serious fighting took place in the afternoon of the 22nd, an artillery duel between regular army batteries on the Quai d'Orsay, and the Madeleine, and National Guard batteries on the terrace of the Tuileries Palace.
The Izarra liqueur company set up a distillery in 1912 at Quai Amiral-Bergeret and has long symbolized the economic wealth of Bayonne.
Common combinations with quai
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the quai 10×
- quai branly 7×
- quai d'orsay 4×
- quai de 3×
- at quai 2×