On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Shallow. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as shoal or deep and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Shallow in a sentence
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Shallow meaning
- Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
- Extending not far downward.
- Concerned mainly with superficial matters.
Synonyms of Shallow
Using Shallow
- The main meaning on this page is: Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide. | Extending not far downward. | Concerned mainly with superficial matters.
- Useful related words include: shoal, deep, superficial, change.
- In the example corpus, shallow often appears in combinations such as: in shallow, the shallow, shallow water.
Context around Shallow
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shallow
- In this selection, "shallow" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, too, limited, relatively, water, draft and aquifer stand out and add context to how "shallow" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a relatively shallow depth of, after the shallow soil layer and shallow waters. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shallow" sits close to words such as catches, charities and militants, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shallow
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Additionally, the Persian Gulf is quite shallow, and in some places is too shallow for submarine operations. (17 words)
The shallow range is generally much smaller than the deeper range due to shallow water heating up. (17 words)
Alas, the pier didn't get me closer to hooking a fish — any fish — in the shallow lake. (18 words)
After Ha-Seong Kim bounced a double over the left field wall to start the fourth inning, he ran into the inning’s second out when he tried to advance to third base on Grisham’s line out to shallow center field. (42 words)
A geophysical survey identified the lines of the fort's defences, with the north-west corner of the structure being identified by a 12m bank and a large ditch, believed to be a shallow quarry dug during the construction of the rampart. (42 words)
Rothbard: shallow vs. deep Characterized by Robert W. Welch, Jr. as "one of the few major scholars who openly endorses conspiracy theory", the economist Murray Rothbard has argued in favor of "deep" conspiracy theories versus "shallow" ones. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Limited shallow historic drilling on both projects encountered weakly anomalous gold but, importantly, was too shallow in the epithermal system to adequately test for higher-grade mineralization in the boiling zone at depth.
Additionally, the Persian Gulf is quite shallow, and in some places is too shallow for submarine operations.
This aquifer system is composed of a shallow aquifer (about 25 metres thick) and a deep aquifer below this shallow aquifer (about 350 metres thick).
The quake hit at a relatively shallow depth of 35 kilometres (22 miles), and shallow quakes tend to be more strongly felt.
The water in the shallow inlets should still be warmer compared to the main lake to chances are the bite will still be on in shallow inlets and channels.
Coral for example only lives in warm and shallow marine environments and fossils of coral are thus typical for shallow marine facies.
During times of heavy rainfall, much of the savannah area is covered by shallow water, making transportation by means other than a shallow-draft boat almost impossible.
Rothbard: shallow vs. deep Characterized by Robert W. Welch, Jr. as "one of the few major scholars who openly endorses conspiracy theory", the economist Murray Rothbard has argued in favor of "deep" conspiracy theories versus "shallow" ones.
The longship had a long, narrow hull and shallow draught to facilitate landings and troop deployments in shallow water.
The shallow range is generally much smaller than the deeper range due to shallow water heating up.
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have navigable sections for shallow-draft watercraft; the Shatt al Basrah canal was navigable by shallow-draft craft before closing in 1991 because of the Gulf War.
When beached or in shallow water the tiller was moved to the lower hole, the blade rope was slackened and the rudder head pulled up so the rudder could operate in shallow waters.
A coalition of civil society organisations has condemned the killing of a female student of Federal University Oye Ekiti, Modupe Deborah Atanda, and the burying her body in a shallow grave on the campus by some criminals.
A doorway leads to the spacious entrance hall with picture rails, decorative cornicing and shallow turned staircase with a stunning stained glass window feature.
After Alex convinced Stephanie to have drinks with him, he opened up about therapy and how it was simpler when he was a shallow, self-absorbed person.
After Ha-Seong Kim bounced a double over the left field wall to start the fourth inning, he ran into the inning’s second out when he tried to advance to third base on Grisham’s line out to shallow center field.
After the shallow soil layer was removed from the site a tract of the aqueduct, partially in very poor condition and parts of which in better condition, were discovered.
A geophysical survey identified the lines of the fort's defences, with the north-west corner of the structure being identified by a 12m bank and a large ditch, believed to be a shallow quarry dug during the construction of the rampart.
A kindergarten teacher was discovered dead in a shallow grave in an industrial area after failing to appear in school.
Alas, the pier didn't get me closer to hooking a fish — any fish — in the shallow lake.
Phrases with shallow
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with shallow
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in shallow 31×
- the shallow 20×
- shallow water 20×
- shallow and 14×
- and shallow 11×
- shallow grave 10×
- with shallow 9×
- to shallow 7×
- shallow waters 7×
- from shallow 6×