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How do you use Sighthill in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Sighthill in a sentence

Sighthill meaning

  1. A suburban area in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1971).
  2. An urban area in the city of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6066).

Using Sighthill

  • The main meaning on this page is: A suburban area in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1971). | An urban area in the city of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6066).
  • In the example corpus, sighthill often appears in combinations such as: in sighthill.

Context around Sighthill

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

estate 1×

Sentence patterns with Sighthill

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

church in sighthill where she 1× glasgow s sighthill estate where 1× least on sighthill he and 1× regeneration of sighthill through the 1× sighthill s 10 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

anna left the 1× he was powerless 1× i meet anna 1× northbridge is part 1× sighthill s 10 1×

Common sentence endings:

and scottish governments 1× darker skinned newcomers 1× herald the future 1× the mid sixties 1× used to be 1×

Words around Sighthill

Just before it in the word index:

sighter 4 sightedness 17 sighted 333 sight 2.740 sighs 40 sighing 11

Just after it in the word index:

sighthound 18 sighthounds 14 sighting 304 sightings 414 sightless 5 sightline 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 8 aacc 8 aacs 8 aafes 8 aankh 8 aapp 8

Corpus analysis for Sighthill

  • In this selection, "sighthill" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, estate stand out and add context to how "sighthill" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include church in sighthill where she and glasgow s sighthill estate where. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sighthill" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sighthill

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

Sighthill’s 10 20-storey tower blocks were meant to herald the future. (13 words)

I meet Anna at St Rollox, the church in Sighthill where she volunteers every week, near where the high-rises used to be. (23 words)

Northbridge is part of a £250m regeneration of Sighthill through the Glasgow Region City Deal, which is funded by the UK and Scottish governments. (24 words)

Longer example sentences

He was powerless to change the way the system worked but, at least on Sighthill, he and his friends held another kind of power – the ability to inflict violence on darker-skinned newcomers. (33 words)

Northbridge is part of a £250m regeneration of Sighthill through the Glasgow Region City Deal, which is funded by the UK and Scottish governments. (24 words)

Anna left the tenements for a high-rise in Glasgow’s Sighthill estate, where she has lived on and off since the mid-Sixties. (24 words)

Example sentences (5)

He was powerless to change the way the system worked but, at least on Sighthill, he and his friends held another kind of power – the ability to inflict violence on darker-skinned newcomers.

Northbridge is part of a £250m regeneration of Sighthill through the Glasgow Region City Deal, which is funded by the UK and Scottish governments.

Anna left the tenements for a high-rise in Glasgow’s Sighthill estate, where she has lived on and off since the mid-Sixties.

I meet Anna at St Rollox, the church in Sighthill where she volunteers every week, near where the high-rises used to be.

Sighthill’s 10 20-storey tower blocks were meant to herald the future.

Common combinations with sighthill

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • in sighthill 3×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sighthill" in a sentence?
An example: "He was powerless to change the way the system worked but, at least on Sighthill, he and his friends held another kind of power – the ability to inflict violence on darker-skinned newcomers." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "sighthill" from authentic English texts.
What does "sighthill" mean?
Sighthill means: A suburban area in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1971).
How many example sentences with "sighthill" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "sighthill", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.