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

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Quonset in a sentence

Quonset meaning

A prefabricated building having a roof of corrugated iron and semicircular cross section.

Using Quonset

  • The main meaning on this page is: A prefabricated building having a roof of corrugated iron and semicircular cross section.
  • In the example corpus, quonset often appears in combinations such as: the quonset, quonset hut, quonset huts.

Context around Quonset

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

large 2×

Often after:

hut 4× huts 4× style 1× richard 1×

Sentence patterns with Quonset

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

a large quonset hut boathouse 1× a large quonset style theatre 1× in a quonset hut style 1× in the quonset hut culminating 1× in the quonset richard robert 1× inside the quonset 1× of the quonset huts and 1× property at quonset point near 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

as early as 1× christie said jahangiri 1× he told of 1× in the pacific 1× quonset huts are 1× swanborough and bowers 1×

Common sentence endings:

20 years earlier 1× aboard escort carriers 1× fog and rain 1× hospitals and housing 1× in the atlantic 1× inside the quonset 1×

Words around Quonset

Just before it in the word index:

quondam 6 quon 4 quolls 10 quoll 9 quokkas 2 quokka 3

Just after it in the word index:

quooker 4 quor 2 quora 14 quordle 7 quorn 12 quorum 141

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanand 16 abcd 16 abdurrahman 16 aberdour 16 abergele 16 abg 16

Corpus analysis for Quonset

  • In this selection, "quonset" 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, large, hut, huts and style stand out and add context to how "quonset" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a large quonset hut boathouse and a large quonset style theatre. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "quonset" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with quonset

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

He told of the Quonset huts and the constant fog and rain. (12 words)

The trailer in the quonset Richard Robert Mantha rented in Rocky View County. (13 words)

The fire destroyed a large Quonset hut boathouse owned by Donald Simmons, a lobster fisherman, who is not related to James Simmons. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

The Quonset hut is a set constructed in homage to one of Bannon’s favorite movies, “Twelve O’Clock High,” about the efforts of U.S. pilots against the Nazis toward the start of the United States’ involvement in World War II. (42 words)

As early as February 1942, the Navy acquired property at Quonset Point near Davisville, Rhode Island, which would be turned into a base to train the new Naval Construction Battalions and support the war in the Atlantic. (37 words)

In the Pacific, where most of the construction work was needed, the Seabees landed soon after the Marines and built airstrips, bridges, roads, gasoline storage tanks, and Quonset huts for warehouses, hospitals, and housing. (34 words)

Example sentences (13)

The Canadian premiere of the successful musical comedy, "This is the Army," took place an a large Quonset-style theatre constructed at Macrae September 21, 1943.

The trailer in the quonset Richard Robert Mantha rented in Rocky View County.

As early as February 1942, the Navy acquired property at Quonset Point near Davisville, Rhode Island, which would be turned into a base to train the new Naval Construction Battalions and support the war in the Atlantic.

Christie said Jahangiri had 5.8 g of crack in his possession upon arrest, the difference of 1.2 g being what he smoked during his hour inside the Quonset.

The officers had tracked a load of powder cocaine from its purchase in Toronto to its storage in the Quonset hut, culminating a three-month investigation.

He told of the Quonset huts and the constant fog and rain.

Quonset huts are all-purpose, lightweight buildings which can be easily assembled and were designed based on British Nissan huts first used during World War I. Soldiers affectionately refer to them as clamshells.

The fire destroyed a large Quonset hut boathouse owned by Donald Simmons, a lobster fisherman, who is not related to James Simmons.

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The Quonset hut is a set constructed in homage to one of Bannon’s favorite movies, “Twelve O’Clock High,” about the efforts of U.S. pilots against the Nazis toward the start of the United States’ involvement in World War II.

In the Pacific, where most of the construction work was needed, the Seabees landed soon after the Marines and built airstrips, bridges, roads, gasoline storage tanks, and Quonset huts for warehouses, hospitals, and housing.

Swanborough and Bowers 1976, p. 404. Fleet Air Arm (FAA) units were created and equipped in the United States, at Quonset Point or Brunswick and then shipped to war theaters aboard escort carriers.

Today, PT-796 is located at the Battleship Cove Naval Museum in Fall River, Massachusetts in a Quonset hut -style building, protected from the weather, and up on blocks.

Unable to use any of the dilapidated buildings, they constructed a crude shelter from cement bags and tin salvaged from Quonset huts built by the American military 20 years earlier.

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Common combinations with quonset

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "quonset" in a sentence?
An example: "The Canadian premiere of the successful musical comedy, "This is the Army," took place an a large Quonset-style theatre constructed at Macrae September 21, 1943." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "quonset" from authentic English texts.
What does "quonset" mean?
Quonset means: A prefabricated building having a roof of corrugated iron and semicircular cross section.
How many example sentences with "quonset" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "quonset", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.