How do you use Sorties in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Sorties meaning
plural of sortie
Using Sorties
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of sortie
- In the example corpus, sorties often appears in combinations such as: of sorties, sorties in, sorties and.
Context around Sorties
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sorties
- In this selection, "sorties" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, combat, 500, month, flown, started and increasing stand out and add context to how "sorties" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 14 500 sorties over the and 4 200 sorties in operation. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sorties" sits close to words such as adamson, adapts and adeyemi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sorties
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
From five to nine sorties every day. (7 words)
During that month, sorties by U.S. helicopters and bombers tripled in number. (13 words)
Maintainers at Columbus AFB kept maintenance on 225 aircraft to make the sorties possible. (14 words)
Some sorties would take the crews 700 miles from land, with each flight beginning with a fly-past of the 148-foot high Skerryvore Lighthouse to calibrate the aircraft’s altimeter, before heading off on what could be ten to 12 hours of data gathering. (45 words)
However, the was being requested to fly so many combat sorties that plugs were inserted early to save time, an exception to procedure that had been approved because earlier missions had been delayed by faulty plugs. (36 words)
Here's What You Need To Remember: “The F-15J JSI would be a valuable companion for Japan's F-35As, offering a reliable alternative for performing routine air-defense sorties,” Trevithick explained. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
On D-Day the Allies flew 14,500 sorties over the battlefield area alone, not including sorties flown over north-western Europe.
Air Force veterans say reservists who volunteer after completing their mandatory military service make up around half of the crews sent on combat sorties.
During that month, sorties by U.S. helicopters and bombers tripled in number.
That's still not enough range to fly sorties out of Poland into combat in Eastern Ukraine, and then return to Poland.
The joint team of Airmen generated 19 sorties and seized the opportunity to learn tasks outside their specific Air Force specialties.
While the Chinese exercises ended by sundown on Saturday evening, defence officials in Taipei said fighter jet sorties started again early on Sunday morning.
Dealt with rare West Ham sorties and allowed himself opportunity to get forward on occasion, including late on with one shot at Areola.
Five Coast Guard ships, two ALHs (Advanced Light Helicopters) and a Dornier aircraft have undertaken multiple sorties as part of ‘Operation Sahayata’, the spokesperson said.
From five to nine sorties every day.
Some sorties would take the crews 700 miles from land, with each flight beginning with a fly-past of the 148-foot high Skerryvore Lighthouse to calibrate the aircraft’s altimeter, before heading off on what could be ten to 12 hours of data gathering.
The complex event featured approximately 600 aircraft sorties and more than 26 unique systems under test on the ground.
The transport aircraft took off from Mandalay in Myanmar and landed in Mizoram and airlifted 151 soldiers to Akyab in the neighbouring country in two sorties.
To press its claims, China deploys fighter jets, drones and warships around Taiwan on a near-daily basis, with the number of sorties increasing in recent years.
Completed more than 4,200 sorties in Operation Desert Storm, the most of any carrier.
Here's What You Need To Remember: “The F-15J JSI would be a valuable companion for Japan's F-35As, offering a reliable alternative for performing routine air-defense sorties,” Trevithick explained.
However, the was being requested to fly so many combat sorties that plugs were inserted early to save time, an exception to procedure that had been approved because earlier missions had been delayed by faulty plugs.
It is likely that soon American fighters will be launching sorties to “escort” the upgraded Tu-95MSM as well.
Leutnant Armin Köhler of I./JG 77 wrote in his diary: “Each day there is an uninterrupted row of combat sorties.
Maintainers at Columbus AFB kept maintenance on 225 aircraft to make the sorties possible.
The aircraft will soon have a new crew and start flying operational sorties, with the latest generation sub hunting technology.
Common combinations with sorties
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of sorties 8×
- sorties in 8×
- sorties and 7×
- sorties over 5×
- combat sorties 5×
- sorties were 5×
- flew sorties 4×
- sorties flown 4×
- sorties by 3×
- sorties per 3×