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Sinjar in a sentence

Using Sinjar

  • In the example corpus, sinjar often appears in combinations such as: of sinjar, sinjar and, over sinjar.

Context around Sinjar

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

fled 1× near 1× mount 1×

Often after:

town 2× residents 1× mountains 1× mountain 1× nusaybin 1×

Sentence patterns with Sinjar

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

authority over sinjar but neither 1× closely to sinjar mountain at 1× control of sinjar nusaybin and 1× grave near sinjar in believed 1× in the sinjar mountains 1× iraq s sinjar according to 1× occupants of sinjar town are 1× out of sinjar and other 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a mass grave 1× according to iom 1× an exchange was 1× disputes between the 1× he was unpopular 1× human rights watch 1×

Common sentence endings:

and ar raqqa 1× as devil worshippers 1× besieged by is 1× he governed previously 1× held up aid 1× in the region 1×

Words around Sinjar

Just before it in the word index:

sinitsina 3 sinitic 2 sinisterra 11 sinisterly 2 sinister 523 sinistea 3

Just after it in the word index:

sinjela 2 sinjin 3 sink 892 sinkage 4 sinkamba 12 sinker 32

Similar in corpus frequency:

aav 21 abdicating 21 abductor 21 abet 21 abh 21 abhorred 21

Corpus analysis for Sinjar

  • In this selection, "sinjar" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, fled, near, mount, town, residents and mountains stand out and add context to how "sinjar" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include authority over sinjar but neither and closely to sinjar mountain at. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sinjar" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sinjar

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

The ruins of Sinjar town, photographed in 2016. (8 words)

Isis takes over Sinjar and Zumar in Syria, killing and abducting thousands of Yazidis. (14 words)

A mass grave, near Sinjar, in believed to be Yazidi victims of the Islamic State militants. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

In that fateful summer of 2014, Bafrin was outside Kocho and tried to make her way to Mount Sinjar, along with the tens of thousands of others who fled there in a blind panic to escape Isis’s assault on a people it scorned as “devil worshippers”. (47 words)

Murad was one of thousands of Yazidi women captured by IS jihadis before they were driven out of Sinjar and other parts of Iraq, starting with campaigns by Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led coalition forces. (37 words)

Only a sliver of Sinjar’s native population of 500,000 Yazidis has returned, with the rest saying persistent destruction, the lack of services and the tense security situation have kept them in camps. (34 words)

Example sentences (16)

According to IOM, 90 percent of Sinjar residents report relying on sometimes or always, and 76 percent reported issues related to the taste, appearance, or smell of drinking water.

Human Rights Watch researcher Sarah Sanbar warned that "both Baghdad and Arbil claim authority over Sinjar, but neither is taking responsibility for it".

That dispute is now playing out in a debate over the displacement camps in the Kurdish region housing many of those who fled Sinjar.

Around 3.39 lakh occupants of Sinjar town are at present living in 14 camps set up by the Kurdish government.

Isis takes over Sinjar and Zumar in Syria, killing and abducting thousands of Yazidis.

Newal, a fighter of the YJÊ, and Shêbo, a volunteer policeman for a Yazidi refugee camp in the Sinjar mountains.

Only a sliver of Sinjar’s native population of 500,000 Yazidis has returned, with the rest saying persistent destruction, the lack of services and the tense security situation have kept them in camps.

A mass grave, near Sinjar, in believed to be Yazidi victims of the Islamic State militants.

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Disputes between the Iraqi government and authorities in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in Sinjar have also held up aid.

In 2018, he began spearheading PKK activities in Iraq’s Sinjar, according to Turkish officials, where he led the PKK’s illegal drug and arms trafficking in the region.

In that fateful summer of 2014, Bafrin was outside Kocho and tried to make her way to Mount Sinjar, along with the tens of thousands of others who fled there in a blind panic to escape Isis’s assault on a people it scorned as “devil worshippers”.

I spoke to people in Iraq and in Syria and travelled very closely to Sinjar Mountain at the time when nearly 20,000 Yazidis were besieged by IS.

Murad was one of thousands of Yazidi women captured by IS jihadis before they were driven out of Sinjar and other parts of Iraq, starting with campaigns by Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led coalition forces.

The ruins of Sinjar town, photographed in 2016.

An exchange was negotiated where Zangi would hand over Aleppo to Saladin in return for the restoration of his control of Sinjar, Nusaybin, and ar-Raqqa.

He was unpopular with his subjects and wished to return to his Sinjar, the city he governed previously.

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Common combinations with sinjar

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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