Thasos is an English word. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Thasos in a sentence
Thasos meaning
An island of Greece, in the northern Aegean Sea.
Using Thasos
- The main meaning on this page is: An island of Greece, in the northern Aegean Sea.
Context around Thasos
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Thasos
- In this selection, "thasos" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, siege, years, theater and surrendered stand out and add context to how "thasos" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include chef at thasos will create and imbros and thasos in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "thasos" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with thasos
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Thucydides 101 After two years Thasos surrendered to the Athenian leader Cimon. (12 words)
After a three-year siege, Thasos was recaptured and forced back into the League. (14 words)
The chef at Thasos will create a wonderful 3-course plated lunch, served with sparkling or still water. (18 words)
During 1916, he had been stationed on the islands of Imbros and Thasos in the Aegean Sea as part of the Royal Naval Air Service, and flew seven Bristol Scout Type-C planes. (33 words)
These, denoted on the map with an eye and triggered when you get close, offer one-paragraph blurbs about notable landmarks like the Thasos Theater and King Minos’s palace. (30 words)
It is unclear whether Stephanus Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Thasos is referring to a son of Agenor named Proetus, or to the Argive Proetus as a descendant of Agenor. (30 words)
Example sentences (7)
The chef at Thasos will create a wonderful 3-course plated lunch, served with sparkling or still water.
These, denoted on the map with an eye and triggered when you get close, offer one-paragraph blurbs about notable landmarks like the Thasos Theater and King Minos’s palace.
During 1916, he had been stationed on the islands of Imbros and Thasos in the Aegean Sea as part of the Royal Naval Air Service, and flew seven Bristol Scout Type-C planes.
After a three-year siege, Thasos was recaptured and forced back into the League.
It is unclear whether Stephanus Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Thasos is referring to a son of Agenor named Proetus, or to the Argive Proetus as a descendant of Agenor.
The mines of Thasos were also turned over to Athens, and they had to pay yearly tribute and fines.
Thucydides 101 After two years Thasos surrendered to the Athenian leader Cimon.