Stour is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Stour meaning
- Tall; big; stout.
- Strong; powerful; hardy; robust; sturdy.
- Bold; audacious.
Using Stour
- The main meaning on this page is: Tall; big; stout. | Strong; powerful; hardy; robust; sturdy. | Bold; audacious.
- In the example corpus, stour often appears in combinations such as: river stour, the stour, stour which.
Context around Stour
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stour
- In this selection, "stour" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, river, based, near, valley and vale stand out and add context to how "stour" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include the river stour and across the stour into essex. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stour" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and aberdare, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stour
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
At around 2.20pm, it was reported that the woman had entered the River Stour. (15 words)
Also located near the River Stour is Flatford Mill, which is now a Grade I listed watermill. (17 words)
Seals are often seen frolicking in the water or lounging on the banks of the River Stour. (17 words)
Stokes, 60, was determined not to let his London Marathon training go to waste though, and with many people out exercising along the Stour Valley Way, at least he had plenty of people to chase, armed only with a bag of Jelly Beans. (43 words)
Rachael Howell, CEO of The Stour Academy Trust, said: “I would like to assure our parents that this decision has not been taken lightly and has been taken in the best interests of the children, parents and staff at Thistle Hill Academy. (42 words)
At points along the River Stour, which is visibly fast flowing, search and rescue specialists could be seen probing the riverbank and water - with a number of boats tied up near where Lucas fell in. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Also located near the River Stour is Flatford Mill, which is now a Grade I listed watermill.
At around 2.20pm, it was reported that the woman had entered the River Stour.
But the lacerations may not have killed the man, whose remains were found in the River Stour in Sudbury, Suffolk, in August 2020.
Jones, of The Stour, was released on bail until his appearance at the same court on January 26.
Mystery remains around the human bones found inside two black bin bags in the River Stour, near to Meadow Gate and Croft Bridge, on Thursday, August 27, 2020.
Rachel Salter, CEO of Halesowen-based Stour Vale Academy Trust, said two schools were in the formal process of joining the eight already on board.
Stour Health and Wellbeing Partnership recently secured £10,000 from The National Lottery Community Fund, supporting the delivery of community-based projects in improving the wellbeing of local residents.
The Environment Agency put out the warning for the Upper River Stour overnight, informing residents in to be prepared for possible flooding.
For a serene afternoon, hire a rowboat and navigate the River Stour at your own pace, perhaps pausing for a picnic while spotting kingfishers and nightingales.
Seals are often seen frolicking in the water or lounging on the banks of the River Stour.
Set a few miles from the rivers Frome, the Brue, the Wye and the Stour, this is one of the West Country’s most charming corners.
The River Stour's levels are continuing to rise this morning, carrying a high risk of flooding.
Canoe Wild, which has an existing business at Grove Ferry, will be setting up at the site and operating from a new pontoon to be installed on the River Stour.
Rachael Howell, CEO of The Stour Academy Trust, said: “I would like to assure our parents that this decision has not been taken lightly and has been taken in the best interests of the children, parents and staff at Thistle Hill Academy.
Stokes, 60, was determined not to let his London Marathon training go to waste though, and with many people out exercising along the Stour Valley Way, at least he had plenty of people to chase, armed only with a bag of Jelly Beans.
At points along the River Stour, which is visibly fast flowing, search and rescue specialists could be seen probing the riverbank and water - with a number of boats tied up near where Lucas fell in.
Just before midday on July 28, 2018, Light was driving his green Vauxhall Astra through Milton on Stour, near Gillingham – a 30mph zone.
The River Stour, which can have a current of up to 10mph, is a river in East Anglia.
These sculptures began to appear from 1994, after the Stour Valley Creative Partnership commissioned artists to fill the forest with these aesthetically pleasing works.
This route to another characterful village, Cavendish, takes walkers south initially, past the handsome Mill House and across the Stour into Essex.
Common combinations with stour
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: