Explore Somme through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Somme in a sentence
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Somme meaning
- A department of Picardy, Hauts-de-France, France. Capital: Amiens.
- A river in northern France.
- A major battle of the First World War in 1916 in this area.
Synonyms of Somme
Using Somme
- The main meaning on this page is: A department of Picardy, Hauts-de-France, France. Capital: Amiens. | A river in northern France. | A major battle of the First World War in 1916 in this area.
- Useful related words include: somme river, pitched battle.
- In the example corpus, somme often appears in combinations such as: the somme, somme which, somme front.
Context around Somme
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Somme
- In this selection, "somme" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, front, commemoration and near stand out and add context to how "somme" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of the somme and at the somme. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "somme" sits close to words such as aditi, aegon and aerobics, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with somme
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Did they both fight at the Battle of the Somme? (10 words)
The source was Colonel Ashleigh Boreham, who said: “My grandfather was at the Somme. (14 words)
British Vickers machine gun in action near Ovillers during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. (16 words)
The Somme Offensive, waged in 1916, was intended to hasten a victory for the allies against the German empire, but after four months of trench warfare, more than a million men were dead or wounded and the Great War would go on to last another two years. (47 words)
At exactly the same time in France Harry’s father, Prince Charles, is due to give a reading at the dawn service at the Australian National Memorial on the Somme, near Villers-Bretonneux, in the company of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. (41 words)
Although Masefield had grand ideas for his book, he was denied access to the official records, and therefore, what was to be the preface was published as The Old Front Line, a description of the geography of the Somme area. (40 words)
Did they both fight at the Battle of the Somme? (10 words)
Example sentences (20)
To supply reinforcements for the Somme front, the German offensive was reduced further and attempts were made to deceive the French into expecting more attacks, to keep French reinforcements away from the Somme.
Derry City and Strabane District Council members say they must act as a “voice for peace” at two upcoming Battle of the Somme commemoration services.
Did they both fight at the Battle of the Somme?
Every soldier I know would pick Gallipoli over Ypres or the Somme, any day, twice on Sunday.
In the garden, described as “an absolute hell hole when we arrived,” he says they will be digging the plants out and taking them leaving “the place looking like the Somme” and says they have had problems with rats.
Prince Andrew, Duke of York, attends a commemoration service at Manchester Cathedral marking the 100th anniversary since the start of the Battle of the Somme.
The source was Colonel Ashleigh Boreham, who said: “My grandfather was at the Somme.
They had reached the sea and were the tip of huge panzer corridor that divided the First French Army and the BEF from French forces south of the Somme.
And while there are images of the lighter side of war, there are also distressing ones to of the darker moments, such as the Battle of the Somme.
At exactly the same time in France Harry’s father, Prince Charles, is due to give a reading at the dawn service at the Australian National Memorial on the Somme, near Villers-Bretonneux, in the company of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Gibraltar Freeman and former Labour MP Andrew Mackinlay laid flowers at “the strong point” at Pozieres, on the Somme, which was captured by the Australians on July 26, 1916, and which they have referred to since as “Gibraltar”.
His name is carved into the wall of the Thiepval Memorial, along with 72,000 other British victims of the Somme who have no grave.
In such conditions, the British and French fought the Germans at the Battle of the Somme from July 1 until November 1916.
On August 8 the British Fourth Army delivered the main blow of the counteroffensive on both sides of the Somme River.
The Somme Offensive, waged in 1916, was intended to hasten a victory for the allies against the German empire, but after four months of trench warfare, more than a million men were dead or wounded and the Great War would go on to last another two years.
The Somme, Ypres, Gallipoli, Passchendaele – all places and battles which even those with the briefest of knowledge of the First World War will have heard of and places where Arran men fought and died.
All told, the Somme battle had made penetrations of only convert, and failed to reach the original objectives.
Although Masefield had grand ideas for his book, he was denied access to the official records, and therefore, what was to be the preface was published as The Old Front Line, a description of the geography of the Somme area.
As a result, the Allied air successes over the Somme would not be repeated, and heavy losses were inflicted by the Germans.
British Vickers machine gun in action near Ovillers during the Battle of the Somme in 1916.
Common combinations with somme
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: