Get to know Sobral better with 5 real example sentences.
Sobral in a sentence
Using Sobral
- In the example corpus, sobral often appears in combinations such as: salvador sobral, sobral won.
Context around Sobral
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sobral
- In this selection, "sobral" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, salvador, luisa, winning, won, brazil and decried stand out and add context to how "sobral" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2017 salvador sobral won the and after winning sobral decried what. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sobral" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sobral
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Badly damaged and with eight crew dead, Alferez Sobral managed to return to Puerto Deseado two days later. (18 words)
They also sent astronomers to Sobral, Brazil, just in case it was raining in Africa and they needed backup photos. (20 words)
On May 13, 2017, Salvador Sobral won the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest with "Amar Pelos Dois," written by his sister, Luisa Sobral. (22 words)
Salvador Sobral won Eurovision last year, he made a victory speech that railed against “disposable, fast-food music without any content”, calling his win “a victory for people who make music that actually means something”. (35 words)
After winning, Sobral decried what he called "fast-food music," a seeming swipe at the cheeseball pop that is Eurovision's bread-and-butter. (24 words)
On May 13, 2017, Salvador Sobral won the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest with "Amar Pelos Dois," written by his sister, Luisa Sobral. (22 words)
Example sentences (5)
On May 13, 2017, Salvador Sobral won the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest with "Amar Pelos Dois," written by his sister, Luisa Sobral.
They also sent astronomers to Sobral, Brazil, just in case it was raining in Africa and they needed backup photos.
After winning, Sobral decried what he called "fast-food music," a seeming swipe at the cheeseball pop that is Eurovision's bread-and-butter.
Salvador Sobral won Eurovision last year, he made a victory speech that railed against “disposable, fast-food music without any content”, calling his win “a victory for people who make music that actually means something”.
Badly damaged and with eight crew dead, Alferez Sobral managed to return to Puerto Deseado two days later.
Common combinations with sobral
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: