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Skuas is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Skuas in a sentence

Related words

Skuas | Skua

Skuas meaning

plural of skua

Using Skuas

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of skua

Context around Skuas

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

great 1× brown 1× frigatebirds 1×

Sentence patterns with Skuas

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

for great skuas 1× migratory brown skuas from south 1× that frigatebirds skuas and gulls 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

counts are ongoing 1× the bas suspects 1×

Common sentence endings:

across vast distances 1× can t hunt 1× for great skuas 1×

Words around Skuas

Just before it in the word index:

skua 2 sku 15 skt 10 sksd 2 sks 12 skrumble 4

Just after it in the word index:

skubal 13 skubala 3 skukuza 4 skula 4 skulan 2 skulason 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 5 aacr 5 aacsb 5 aadar 5 aadk 5 aadvantage 5

Corpus analysis for Skuas

  • In this selection, "skuas" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, great, brown and frigatebirds stand out and add context to how "skuas" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include for great skuas and migratory brown skuas from south. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "skuas" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with skuas

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

It's not that frigatebirds, skuas, and gulls can't hunt. (11 words)

Counts are ongoing, but NatureScot said initial observations from some of the main sites in Shetland suggested "significant breeding population declines" for great skuas. (24 words)

The BAS suspects that migratory brown skuas from South America may have inadvertently brought the virus over to Bird Island, highlighting the risk that migration poses in spreading diseases across vast distances. (32 words)

Longer example sentences

The BAS suspects that migratory brown skuas from South America may have inadvertently brought the virus over to Bird Island, highlighting the risk that migration poses in spreading diseases across vast distances. (32 words)

Counts are ongoing, but NatureScot said initial observations from some of the main sites in Shetland suggested "significant breeding population declines" for great skuas. (24 words)

It's not that frigatebirds, skuas, and gulls can't hunt. (11 words)

Example sentences (3)

Counts are ongoing, but NatureScot said initial observations from some of the main sites in Shetland suggested "significant breeding population declines" for great skuas.

The BAS suspects that migratory brown skuas from South America may have inadvertently brought the virus over to Bird Island, highlighting the risk that migration poses in spreading diseases across vast distances.

It's not that frigatebirds, skuas, and gulls can't hunt.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "skuas" in a sentence?
An example: "Counts are ongoing, but NatureScot said initial observations from some of the main sites in Shetland suggested "significant breeding population declines" for great skuas." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "skuas" from authentic English texts.
What does "skuas" mean?
Skuas means: plural of skua
How many example sentences with "skuas" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "skuas", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.