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Explore Sudd through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Sudd | Suddenly | Sudden | Suddenness | Suddie | Süddeutsche | Suddaby | Sudduth | śuddha

Sudd meaning

A floating mass of plant matter, such as reeds, which obstructs the passage of boats.

Using Sudd

  • The main meaning on this page is: A floating mass of plant matter, such as reeds, which obstructs the passage of boats.
  • In the example corpus, sudd often appears in combinations such as: as sudd, sudd the, the sudd.

Context around Sudd

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 32.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

see 1× wetlands 1×

Sentence patterns with Sudd

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

area as sudd is permanently 1× in as sudd 1× now as sudd with its 1× second as sudd the sudd 1× sudd the sudd the world 1× the sudd wetlands in 1× was this sudd see glossary 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

second as sudd 1× so intractable was 1× subject to heavy 1× the land is 1× the sudd wetlands 1× then as now 1×

Common sentence endings:

bypass the swamps 1× in as sudd 1× mid nineteenth century 1× or two months 1× size of belgium 1× the equatorial lakes 1×

Words around Sudd

Just before it in the word index:

sudc 2 sudbury 189 sudburians 2 sudberry 2 sudatel 3 sudarshan 22

Just after it in the word index:

suddaby 4 sudden 2.095 suddenly 3.342 suddenness 14 sudders 3 suddhodana 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Sudd

  • In this selection, "sudd" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 32.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, see and wetlands stand out and add context to how "sudd" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include area as sudd is permanently and in as sudd. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sudd" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sudd

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

So intractable was this sudd (see Glossary) as an obstacle to navigation that a passage was not discovered until the mid-nineteenth century. (23 words)

Then as now, As Sudd with its extreme rate of evaporation consumes on average more than half the waters that come down the White Nile from the equatorial lakes. (29 words)

The Sudd wetlands in Sudan also forms a formidable navigation obstacle and impede water flow, to the extent that Sudan had once attempted to canalize (the Jonglei Canal ) to bypass the swamps. (32 words)

Longer example sentences

Second, As Sudd ("The Sudd"), the world's largest swamp, provides a formidable expanse of lakes, lagoons, and aquatic plants, whose area in high flood waters exceeds 30,000 square kilometers, or approximately the size of Belgium. (37 words)

Subject to heavy rainfall during the rainy season, the floodplain proper is inundated for four to six months — a large swampy area, As Sudd, is permanently flooded — and adjacent areas are flooded for one or two months. (37 words)

The land is well watered, providing rich cultivation, but the streams and rivers that come down from the watershed divide and erode the land before flowing on to the Nilotic plain flow into in As Sudd. (36 words)

Example sentences (6)

Second, As Sudd ("The Sudd"), the world's largest swamp, provides a formidable expanse of lakes, lagoons, and aquatic plants, whose area in high flood waters exceeds 30,000 square kilometers, or approximately the size of Belgium.

So intractable was this sudd (see Glossary) as an obstacle to navigation that a passage was not discovered until the mid-nineteenth century.

Subject to heavy rainfall during the rainy season, the floodplain proper is inundated for four to six months — a large swampy area, As Sudd, is permanently flooded — and adjacent areas are flooded for one or two months.

The land is well watered, providing rich cultivation, but the streams and rivers that come down from the watershed divide and erode the land before flowing on to the Nilotic plain flow into in As Sudd.

Then as now, As Sudd with its extreme rate of evaporation consumes on average more than half the waters that come down the White Nile from the equatorial lakes.

The Sudd wetlands in Sudan also forms a formidable navigation obstacle and impede water flow, to the extent that Sudan had once attempted to canalize (the Jonglei Canal ) to bypass the swamps.

Common combinations with sudd

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sudd" in a sentence?
An example: "Second, As Sudd ("The Sudd"), the world's largest swamp, provides a formidable expanse of lakes, lagoons, and aquatic plants, whose area in high flood waters exceeds 30,000 square kilometers, or approximately the size of Belgium." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "sudd" from authentic English texts.
What does "sudd" mean?
Sudd means: A floating mass of plant matter, such as reeds, which obstructs the passage of boats.
How many example sentences with "sudd" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "sudd", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.