Skerry is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Skerry meaning
A small rocky island which may be covered by the sea at high tide or during storms.
Using Skerry
- The main meaning on this page is: A small rocky island which may be covered by the sea at high tide or during storms.
- In the example corpus, skerry often appears in combinations such as: skerry said.
Context around Skerry
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Skerry
- In this selection, "skerry" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, documentaries, likewise, guarded and protected stand out and add context to how "skerry" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include another such skerry protected passage and films documentaries skerry 55 said. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "skerry" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with skerry
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Swedish coast along Bohuslän is likewise skerry guarded. (9 words)
Yet another such skerry protected passage extends from the Straits of Magellan north for convert. (15 words)
Mr. Skerry said a free and independent press is the foundation to a free society and essential to transparent and good governance. (22 words)
Producing stories that I create about the ocean, about ocean issues and wildlife, producing and directing underwater films, documentaries,” Skerry, 55, said in a phone interview. (26 words)
Skerry is charged with the rape, false imprisonment and theft from a 32-year-old woman walking her friend's dog at a Thornbury park. (25 words)
Mr. Skerry said a free and independent press is the foundation to a free society and essential to transparent and good governance. (22 words)
Example sentences (5)
Mr. Skerry said a free and independent press is the foundation to a free society and essential to transparent and good governance.
Producing stories that I create about the ocean, about ocean issues and wildlife, producing and directing underwater films, documentaries,” Skerry, 55, said in a phone interview.
Skerry is charged with the rape, false imprisonment and theft from a 32-year-old woman walking her friend's dog at a Thornbury park.
The Swedish coast along Bohuslän is likewise skerry guarded.
Yet another such skerry protected passage extends from the Straits of Magellan north for convert.
Common combinations with skerry
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: