Smethwick is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Smethwick in a sentence
Smethwick meaning
A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0287).
Using Smethwick
- The main meaning on this page is: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP0287).
- In the example corpus, smethwick often appears in combinations such as: in smethwick, road smethwick, of smethwick.
Context around Smethwick
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Smethwick
- In this selection, "smethwick" 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, road, dudley, toss, galton, rolfe and bordering stand out and add context to how "smethwick" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include across sandwell smethwick and langley and and dudley smethwick galton bridge. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "smethwick" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with smethwick
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Police name man charged over Smethwick burglaries. (7 words)
They have really made it such a central space in Smethwick. (11 words)
The empty shop on the corner of Waterloo Road and Grange Road, Smethwick. (13 words)
While presenting the cup, league chair David Manning described Smethwick’s dismissal of all-comers and subsequent romp to the title in just 19 of the 22 available weeks as being one of the most emphatic and memorable league wins in modern history. (43 words)
The rise in the cost of swimming comes as two pools across Sandwell – Smethwick and Langley – shut their doors this year and a damaged pool at Haden Hill Leisure Centre in Cradley Heath remains closed nine months after its roof collapsed. (41 words)
An old garage in Edgbaston Road, Smethwick, was illegally converted into a barber shop last year and Sandwell Council went on to reject a planning application for the work despite it having already been carried out. (36 words)
Example sentences (18)
Trains have consequently been cancelled at Coseley, Tipton, Dudley Port, Sandwell and Dudley, Smethwick Galton Bridge and Smethwick Rolfe Street.
After losing the toss Smethwick were put into bat and they made 172 for 8 before declaring in the 29th over.
A public consultation to develop a key part of Smethwick bordering Birmingham has been approved in a move to bring up to 4,000 houses and major regeneration to the region.
Buses have been diverted away from Thimblemill Road and Londonderry Lane in Smethwick due to an incident on Queen's Road this morning (Monday, May 8).
The 16-foot piece of art, named ‘The Strength of the Hijab’, will be moved to its permanent home near Brasshouse Lane, Smethwick, later this year.
The rise in the cost of swimming comes as two pools across Sandwell – Smethwick and Langley – shut their doors this year and a damaged pool at Haden Hill Leisure Centre in Cradley Heath remains closed nine months after its roof collapsed.
They targeted a security officer at a post office on Trinity Street in Smethwick in January this year, but he had already stored £45,000 in his van.
An old garage in Edgbaston Road, Smethwick, was illegally converted into a barber shop last year and Sandwell Council went on to reject a planning application for the work despite it having already been carried out.
Obeidulla Waffa, 22, is on trial for attempted murder at Wolverhampton Crown Court and for two counts of possessing a knife in a public place - Smethwick High Street and Windmills Shopping Centre.
Police name man charged over Smethwick burglaries.
Response officers rushed to the scene in the early mornings of Bearwood Road, Smethwick on Monday, January 29, to reports of a burglary.
The empty shop on the corner of Waterloo Road and Grange Road, Smethwick.
The victim was bundled into a Seat Leon car before being driven to a banqueting suite in Smethwick, a court heard.
They have really made it such a central space in Smethwick.
While presenting the cup, league chair David Manning described Smethwick’s dismissal of all-comers and subsequent romp to the title in just 19 of the 22 available weeks as being one of the most emphatic and memorable league wins in modern history.
A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: 'We've launched an investigation after a man aged 21 was shot in Smethwick this afternoon.
An adjoining green space, which includes a memorial celebrating inventor James Watt, who pioneered steam power in Smethwick, is also set to be refurbished with new landscaping to complement the statue and public space.
The actual designation of Warley itself was abolished and the three towns of Smethwick, Oldbury and Rowley Regis reinstated as component parts of Sandwell, although these areas formed the Warley postal district.
Common combinations with smethwick
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in smethwick 7×
- road smethwick 3×
- of smethwick 2×