On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Quay. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as pier or wharf and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Quay in a sentence
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Quay meaning
A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.
Using Quay
- The main meaning on this page is: A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.
- Useful related words include: pier, wharf, wharfage, dock.
- In the example corpus, quay often appears in combinations such as: the quay, circular quay, quay and.
Context around Quay
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 12 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Quay
- In this selection, "quay" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, castle, bulwark, south, street, diglis and restaurant stand out and add context to how "quay" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a second quay was built and and steven quay have now. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "quay" sits close to words such as adversary, bleed and compel, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with quay
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As trading boomed a second quay was built, The Bulwark Quay. (11 words)
Cherwell District Council is considering moving its headquarters to the Castle Quay Shopping Centre. (14 words)
Connah’s Quay Town and Hawarden both made their point in a 1-1 draw. (15 words)
At the time, police appealed for anyone in Quay Street or the Castle Green area between 10.30pm and 12.30am who may have seen or heard a disturbance or a person in distress near the riverside to come forward. (40 words)
Peterhead Port, which includes an extensive new quay with adjacent lay down area at Smith Quay, is a major support location for North Sea oil and gas exploration and production and the fast-growing global sub-sea sector. (38 words)
Ando Leppiman, the head of the stockpiling agency, said that the state purchased the quay with the intention of establishing an independent gas security supply solution for Estonia in collaboration with Elering, the owner of the gas infrastructure. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
As trading boomed a second quay was built, The Bulwark Quay.
Newport Street, Park View Terrace, The Butts and King Stephen's Mount are at risk of flooding, as are Quay Street, South Quay, Diglis Avenue, Hood Street and Waterworks Road.
Quay Restaurant in Sydney's Circular Quay which has a menu at up to $300 per head.
Peterhead Port, which includes an extensive new quay with adjacent lay down area at Smith Quay, is a major support location for North Sea oil and gas exploration and production and the fast-growing global sub-sea sector.
Adrian Jones, Daoyu Zhang, Louis Nemzer, Steven Massey, Yuri Deigin, and Steven Quay have now found fresh evidence of an unreported lab-grown coronavirus in Wuhan.
Ando Leppiman, the head of the stockpiling agency, said that the state purchased the quay with the intention of establishing an independent gas security supply solution for Estonia in collaboration with Elering, the owner of the gas infrastructure.
A spokesman for Cherwell District Council said: “The council did invest in Castle Quay and this was an investment in the regeneration of the town and not a commercial property investment.
At the time, it wasn’t a great look as it appears Quay Walker is throwing a fit for being ejected.
At the time, police appealed for anyone in Quay Street or the Castle Green area between 10.30pm and 12.30am who may have seen or heard a disturbance or a person in distress near the riverside to come forward.
Back in May 2022, Wendy Ellis, from Connah's Quay, decided to make a healthy lifestyle change.
Basix Wrestling, headed by Connah’s Quay’s own veteran wrestler, “Iron Man” Mike Roberts, also run a successful training school.
Betsy Bryan who is a member of the Farfield Hall, Connah's Quay Slimming World group has gone from a size 20 to a size 12.
Cherwell District Council is considering moving its headquarters to the Castle Quay Shopping Centre.
Connah’s Quay Town and Hawarden both made their point in a 1-1 draw.
Connah’s Quay were drawn against Bosnian side FK Sarajevo, which was played as a one-off tie due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Crossing on to Bryher’s calm eastern shoreline – where boats line the sand, a 4x4 collects boxes from the quay and the party goes on – there’s a sense of the bustle of St Mary’s.
During a recent stay in Limerick, we walked down Mallow Street to get to the main retail area near O’Connell Street adjacent to Bishops Quay overlooking the River Shannon.
Fishing from the quay is permitted and is a favourite spot for people keen to catch mackerel or enjoy watching pods of dolphins in the Bay and even seals playing below by the rocks.
Flood warning area: South Cornwall coast at Truro including Garras Wharf, Newham Road, Lemon Quay, Malpas Road and other Truro Harbourside locations including Boscawen Park.
He has described the financial impact of having both his Exeter Quay and Paignton branches closed for more than a month as "horrific".
Common combinations with quay
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the quay 19×
- circular quay 16×
- quay and 15×
- connah quay 13×
- connah's quay 11×
- quay in 9×
- castle quay 7×
- quay nomads 7×
- quay was 5×
- quay street 5×