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Skerries in a sentence

Skerries meaning

plural of skerry

Using Skerries

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of skerry
  • In the example corpus, skerries often appears in combinations such as: the skerries.

Context around Skerries

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

rush 1× kissed 1× small 1×

Often after:

ardgillan 1× north 1× 100 1× located 1×

Sentence patterns with Skerries

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

and small skerries located about 1× car in skerries north dublin 1× donabate rush skerries ardgillan castle 1× for the skerries 100 race 1× on the skerries of mälaren 1× sun kissed skerries where stunted 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

earlier this week 1× geography a selection 1× surrounded by bright 1× the development if 1× the outer hebrides 1×

Common sentence endings:

feature a tyre 1× in north dublin 1× of mainland scotland 1× the baltic sea 1× the pink granite 1× the race happened 1×

Words around Skerries

Just before it in the word index:

skerman 2 skerkowski 2 skeptics 148 skepticism 454 skeptically 13 skeptical 702

Just after it in the word index:

skerrit 15 skerritt 9 skerry 6 skerryvore 5 skerton 3 skerzo 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Skerries

  • In this selection, "skerries" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, rush, kissed, small, ardgillan, north and 100 stand out and add context to how "skerries" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and small skerries located about and car in skerries north dublin. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "skerries" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with skerries

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 Outer Hebrides are a chain of more than 100 islands and small skerries located about convert west of mainland Scotland. (21 words)

Surrounded by bright blue water, most islands are minuscule, sun-kissed skerries, where stunted pines grow from crevices in the pink granite. (22 words)

Earlier this week, gardaí stopped a car in Skerries, north Dublin, where they found it to be lacking one important feature: a tyre. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

The development, if approved, will run across the Malahide estuary and form part of the proposed Fingal Coastal Way – a 32km stretch connecting areas of Donabate, Rush, Skerries, Ardgillan Castle, Balbriggan and Bremore Castle in north Dublin. (37 words)

He had been preparing for the Skerries 100 race when the crash, which occurred on a road which had been closed in advance of the race, happened. (27 words)

Geography A selection, in alphabetical order: Ecology The most common nesting birds on the skerries of Mälaren are also the most common in the Baltic Sea. (26 words)

Example sentences (6)

The development, if approved, will run across the Malahide estuary and form part of the proposed Fingal Coastal Way – a 32km stretch connecting areas of Donabate, Rush, Skerries, Ardgillan Castle, Balbriggan and Bremore Castle in north Dublin.

Earlier this week, gardaí stopped a car in Skerries, north Dublin, where they found it to be lacking one important feature: a tyre.

He had been preparing for the Skerries 100 race when the crash, which occurred on a road which had been closed in advance of the race, happened.

Surrounded by bright blue water, most islands are minuscule, sun-kissed skerries, where stunted pines grow from crevices in the pink granite.

Geography A selection, in alphabetical order: Ecology The most common nesting birds on the skerries of Mälaren are also the most common in the Baltic Sea.

The Outer Hebrides are a chain of more than 100 islands and small skerries located about convert west of mainland Scotland.

Common combinations with skerries

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "skerries" in a sentence?
An example: "The development, if approved, will run across the Malahide estuary and form part of the proposed Fingal Coastal Way – a 32km stretch connecting areas of Donabate, Rush, Skerries, Ardgillan Castle, Balbriggan and Bremore Castle in north Dublin." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "skerries" from authentic English texts.
What does "skerries" mean?
Skerries means: plural of skerry
How many example sentences with "skerries" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "skerries", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.