Wondering how to use Speke in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as explorer or adventurer.
Speke meaning
Obsolete spelling of speak.
Synonyms of Speke
Using Speke
- The main meaning on this page is: Obsolete spelling of speak.
- Useful related words include: john speke, john hanning speke, explorer, adventurer.
- In the example corpus, speke often appears in combinations such as: in speke, former speke.
Context around Speke
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Speke
- In this selection, "speke" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, former, andrew, brampford, hall, spokesman and restaurant stand out and add context to how "speke" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a561 in speke is estuary and and ridiculed speke s account. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "speke" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with speke
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Burton, however, disagreed and ridiculed Speke's account. (8 words)
He met schoolmate George Harrison on the bus in Speke. (10 words)
On the south side of the A561 in Speke is Estuary Commerce Park. (13 words)
Burton, recovering from illness and resting further south on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, was outraged that Speke claimed to have proved his discovery to be the true source of the Nile when Burton regarded this as still unsettled. (39 words)
Bryant and May 's site in Garston was the last wooden match factory in the UK, closing in 1994 to become The Matchworks business centre off the A561 west of the former Speke airport. (34 words)
Liverpool Garston has returned to its original name - having previously included Halewood for the past 14 years - and now covers Allerton, Belle Vale, Church, Garston, Hunts Cross, Cressington, Woolton/Calderstones and Speke. (32 words)
Example sentences (14)
Almost two years ago, planning permission was granted for a new supermarket on land at Speke Hall Road with outline terms sought for a drive-thru coffee shop and restaurant.
He met schoolmate George Harrison on the bus in Speke.
A council spokeswoman said the authority has worked with bus company Arriva which has agreed to run a free shuttle bus between Baguley Avenue in Halebank to Eastern Avenue in Speke.
Andrew Speke, spokesman for the High Pay Centre think-tank, said it was 'a huge rebellion by any standards'.
At the time, the Speke restaurant was closed and a sign had been posted in the window confirming this - but with no other details about the building's future.
Devon and Cornwall Police were called to a home in Brampford Speke on Sandy Lane at 8.50 pm on Wednesday, July 31.
Liverpool Garston has returned to its original name - having previously included Halewood for the past 14 years - and now covers Allerton, Belle Vale, Church, Garston, Hunts Cross, Cressington, Woolton/Calderstones and Speke.
A very public quarrel ensued, which sparked a great deal of intense debate within the scientific community and interest by other explorers keen to either confirm or refute Speke's discovery.
Bryant and May 's site in Garston was the last wooden match factory in the UK, closing in 1994 to become The Matchworks business centre off the A561 west of the former Speke airport.
Burton, however, disagreed and ridiculed Speke's account.
Burton, recovering from illness and resting further south on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, was outraged that Speke claimed to have proved his discovery to be the true source of the Nile when Burton regarded this as still unsettled.
Further to south is Prinovis UK and B & M (previously in Blackpool) on the Liverpool International Business Park; on the former Speke Aerodrome is Shop Direct Group near the National Biomanufacturing Centre.
On the south side of the A561 in Speke is Estuary Commerce Park.
Speke was the Victorian explorer who first reached Lake Victoria in 1858, returning to establish it as the source of the Nile by 1862.
Common combinations with speke
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in speke 3×
- former speke 2×