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

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Sepik in a sentence

Sepik meaning

A river in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, the longest river on the island of New Guinea.

Using Sepik

  • The main meaning on this page is: A river in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, the longest river on the island of New Guinea.
  • In the example corpus, sepik often appears in combinations such as: the sepik, sepik and, east sepik.

Context around Sepik

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 8 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

east 3× lower 1× west 1× hagen 1×

Often after:

river 2× province 2× morobe 1× provincial 1× patrol 1×

Sentence patterns with Sepik

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

britain east sepik morobe port 1× had east sepik provincial mp 1× his hagen sepik patrol and 1× of the sepik in his 1× oksapmin west sepik province a 1× on the sepik and explored 1× recharges the sepik river system 1× s east sepik province a 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

beazley was drilling 1× dense rainforests can 1× in the remote 1× little recognition has 1× png s exhibition 1× the cumulative effect 1×

Common sentence endings:

and fly rivers 1× and its people 1× as the nominee 1× in uncontrolled areas 1× is taking place 1× put on display 1×

Words around Sepik

Just before it in the word index:

sepideh 3 sepia 34 sepi 3 sephu 2 sephton 7 sephora 89

Just after it in the word index:

sepio 3 seplat 21 sepler 2 sepolcrale 2 sepoy 11 sepoys 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadi 14 aayush 14 abbottabad 14 aberdonian 14 abhi 14 aborting 14

Corpus analysis for Sepik

  • In this selection, "sepik" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, east, lower, west, river, province and morobe stand out and add context to how "sepik" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include britain east sepik morobe port and had east sepik provincial mp. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sepik" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sepik

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

Visiting the Sepik River and its people. (7 words)

Their first attempt had East Sepik Provincial MP Allan Bird as the nominee. (13 words)

Dense rainforests can be found in the lowland and coastal areas as well as very large wetland areas surrounding the Sepik and Fly rivers. (24 words)

Longer example sentences

Little recognition has been given to the work that Harry Eva did in opening unknown areas of the Sepik, in his surveying and mapping of routes and in the contacts made with people in uncontrolled areas. (36 words)

The wigs at The Australian Museum were later confused with some brought out of the Highlands 10 years afterwards by Jim Taylor during his Hagen–Sepik patrol, and wrongly attributed to him when put on display. (36 words)

PNG’s exhibition booth displayed stunning imagery, videos and information brochures about the cruise destinations in Milne Bay, East New Britain, East Sepik, Morobe, Port Moresby and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. (32 words)

Example sentences (10)

Beazley was drilling test sites for oil with Matahower in the lower Sepik and he and McGregor recruited labour on the Sepik and explored grass country to Wee Wak.

The cumulative effect would be that groundwater flow volume that recharges the Sepik River System would dwindle in time, resulting in lower water levels with consequential effects.

In the remote village of Huareheng, nestled at the end of a rugged road in Papua New Guinea’s East Sepik Province, a quiet transformation is taking place.

Little recognition has been given to the work that Harry Eva did in opening unknown areas of the Sepik, in his surveying and mapping of routes and in the contacts made with people in uncontrolled areas.

PNG’s exhibition booth displayed stunning imagery, videos and information brochures about the cruise destinations in Milne Bay, East New Britain, East Sepik, Morobe, Port Moresby and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.

Their first attempt had East Sepik Provincial MP Allan Bird as the nominee.

Visiting the Sepik River and its people.

Dense rainforests can be found in the lowland and coastal areas as well as very large wetland areas surrounding the Sepik and Fly rivers.

The formal male-dominated institutions typical of some areas of high population density were not, for example, present in the same way in Oksapmin, West Sepik Province, a more sparsely populated area.

The wigs at The Australian Museum were later confused with some brought out of the Highlands 10 years afterwards by Jim Taylor during his Hagen–Sepik patrol, and wrongly attributed to him when put on display.

Common combinations with sepik

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sepik" in a sentence?
An example: "Beazley was drilling test sites for oil with Matahower in the lower Sepik and he and McGregor recruited labour on the Sepik and explored grass country to Wee Wak." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "sepik" from authentic English texts.
What does "sepik" mean?
Sepik means: A river in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, the longest river on the island of New Guinea.
How many example sentences with "sepik" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "sepik", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.