Smokescreens is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Smokescreens meaning
plural of smokescreen
Using Smokescreens
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of smokescreen
- In the example corpus, smokescreens often appears in combinations such as: smokescreens or.
Context around Smokescreens
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Smokescreens
- In this selection, "smokescreens" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, own, either and cloud stand out and add context to how "smokescreens" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are either smokescreens or taking and committees are smokescreens and in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "smokescreens" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with smokescreens
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I think its time for the Fins to send out their own smokescreens. (13 words)
However, lithium-ion battery technology development has maintained a very slow pace since introduced; many promises of a big leap are either smokescreens or taking too long to happen. (29 words)
Raids over Europe commonly took place in conditions of very poor visibility, with targets partly or wholly obscured by thick cloud, smokescreens or smoke from fires started by previous raids. (30 words)
These Committees are smokescreens and in any other state where the Opposition is strong it would have said “No” to inquiry committees and instead demanded an independent inquiry by a sitting judge of a High Court. (36 words)
Raids over Europe commonly took place in conditions of very poor visibility, with targets partly or wholly obscured by thick cloud, smokescreens or smoke from fires started by previous raids. (30 words)
However, lithium-ion battery technology development has maintained a very slow pace since introduced; many promises of a big leap are either smokescreens or taking too long to happen. (29 words)
Example sentences (4)
These Committees are smokescreens and in any other state where the Opposition is strong it would have said “No” to inquiry committees and instead demanded an independent inquiry by a sitting judge of a High Court.
I think its time for the Fins to send out their own smokescreens.
However, lithium-ion battery technology development has maintained a very slow pace since introduced; many promises of a big leap are either smokescreens or taking too long to happen.
Raids over Europe commonly took place in conditions of very poor visibility, with targets partly or wholly obscured by thick cloud, smokescreens or smoke from fires started by previous raids.
Common combinations with smokescreens
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- smokescreens or 2×