Shires is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Shires meaning
plural of shire
Using Shires
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of shire
- In the example corpus, shires often appears in combinations such as: the shires, shires have, and shires.
Context around Shires
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shires
- In this selection, "shires" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, amanda, payton, realm, head, services and shopping stand out and add context to how "shires" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and byron shires and and glenelg shires encompassing a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shires" sits close to words such as abstention, acadiana and actuarial, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shires
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Today, the Fosse is barely known beyond the shires it passes through. (12 words)
Payton Shires and her fiancé Nicholas Rafter, who spent time behind bars for child endangerment. (15 words)
Friday’s star-studded line-up included performances from musical acts Ocean Colour Scene, Torridon and The Shires. (18 words)
The former La Brasserie and Three Shires Café buildings on Lower Mill Street, Kidderminster, could be turned into 21 residential co-living studio rooms, with a co-working area and coffee shop as part of a new planning application. (39 words)
Other Peak District beauty spots he had been seen at included the Roaches, the Danebridge Trail near Lud's Church, the Manifold Trail, and Three Shires Head in Axe Edge Moor between Leek and Buxton. (35 words)
The Highwomen, formed by Carlile, Amanda Shires, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby, released their debut album this month, and performed alongside Dolly Parton at Newport Folk Festival's historic all-female headlining set. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
In addition, individual stores in The Shires, have donated vouchers, including £100 each from jewellers F.Hinds and JD Sports, and £250 from the TUI travel shop.
Other Peak District beauty spots he had been seen at included the Roaches, the Danebridge Trail near Lud's Church, the Manifold Trail, and Three Shires Head in Axe Edge Moor between Leek and Buxton.
Payton Shires and her fiancé Nicholas Rafter, who spent time behind bars for child endangerment.
West Realm Shires Services Inc., the operating entity of FTX, paid $357,526.39 to food delivery company, DoorDash, over just two months, according to a Wednesday filing in Delaware Chancery Court ().
Ballina has seen two meetings this month on the increase of youth crime and there has also been increasing reports of youth crime in some areas of the Tweed and Byron Shires.
Byron Shire topped the state with a 16 per cent increase in rough sleepers, but the count also showed significant increases in numbers across Tweed, Ballina and Lismore shires.
Friday’s star-studded line-up included performances from musical acts Ocean Colour Scene, Torridon and The Shires.
The former La Brasserie and Three Shires Café buildings on Lower Mill Street, Kidderminster, could be turned into 21 residential co-living studio rooms, with a co-working area and coffee shop as part of a new planning application.
The infamous budget store Poundland has told customers that its branch at The Shires Shopping Centre in Trowbridge will close today - 20 July.
As the US grappled with the spread of coronavirus, Isbell was staying close to home with his wife Amanda Shires, herself a singer, songwriter and violinist, and their young daughter.
At one point, recording at the legendary RCA Studio A in Nashville with his longtime producer, Dave Cobb, Isbell complained that Shires’s fiddle was too loud.
Despite the tension and the fact that it was "the worst recording experience I've ever been a part of," Shires describes as her favorite of Isbell's albums.
In 2011, David Cameron’s government faced the wrath of the shires as the mounted its “Hands off our Land” campaign in protest at attempts to change planning laws.
It might not seem so important in an urban area, but living in the shires I feel like it is one of the things that marks us out particularly against the Tories.
The paper suggests the PM's trying to show the Tories are no longer the party of the middle classes and Southern shires, but that the move could infuriate grassroots supporters.
Today, the Fosse is barely known beyond the shires it passes through.
It is partnered organisations across the Southern Grampians and Glenelg shires, encompassing a population of over 37,500 people.
The Highwomen — Carlile, Shires, — proudly call themselves a movement as much as a band, one whose mission is clear: solidarity, specifically with other women in country music.
The Highwomen, formed by Carlile, Amanda Shires, Maren Morris and Natalie Hemby, released their debut album this month, and performed alongside Dolly Parton at Newport Folk Festival's historic all-female headlining set.
The Nationals leader hinted more local councils could be eligible for the $1 million grants handed to 123 shires in drought-hit regions.
Common combinations with shires
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the shires 8×
- shires have 3×
- and shires 3×
- three shires 2×
- shires and 2×
- amanda shires 2×
- of shires 2×
- shires to 2×
- non-county shires 2×