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How do you use Timaru in a sentence? See 9 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Timaru in a sentence

Timaru meaning

  1. A town and port in South Canterbury, New Zealand.
  2. A territorial authority of Canterbury, New Zealand; in full, Timaru District.

Using Timaru

  • The main meaning on this page is: A town and port in South Canterbury, New Zealand. | A territorial authority of Canterbury, New Zealand; in full, Timaru District.
  • In the example corpus, timaru often appears in combinations such as: in timaru.

Context around Timaru

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

large 1× venture 1×

Often after:

based 1× meatworks 1× police 1× norwood 1×

Sentence patterns with Timaru

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

a large timaru meatworks is 1× cards in timaru 1× northpower venture timaru norwood and 1× park in timaru on saturday 1× pies in timaru and supplies 1× play in timaru 1× timaru based club 1× timaru is hosting 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a major heritage 1× mr sugrue makes 1× shutting down a 1× the otago whalers 1× timaru based club 1× timaru is hosting 1×

Common sentence endings:

cards in timaru 1× in their beds 1× norwood and fonterra 1× on the line 1× park in waimate 1× play in timaru 1×

Words around Timaru

Just before it in the word index:

timar 2 timanus 4 timani 2 timan 3 timahoe 5 timah 3

Just after it in the word index:

timaya 12 timb 2 timba 9 timbaland 27 timbale 2 timbales 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Timaru

  • In this selection, "timaru" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, large, venture, based, meatworks and police stand out and add context to how "timaru" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a large timaru meatworks is and cards in timaru. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "timaru" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with timaru

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

A major heritage centre is on the cards in Timaru. (10 words)

Mr Sugrue makes Marlow Pies in Timaru and supplies them to Mr Magee. (13 words)

Timaru-based club president Josh Wilson-Jones (15) brought 20 guinea pigs — also called cavies — to the event. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

Timaru police detective Sam Hawker had the unenviable task of consulting Lauren's husband only a few hours after he found his daughters dead in their beds. (27 words)

Year 10 pupil Pippa Sherriff and year 12 pupil Annalise Wilson have both recently been selected in the Otago women’s tennis team to play in Timaru. (27 words)

The Otago Whalers took on the Aoraki Eels at Ashbury Park in Timaru on Saturday with the newly founded Challenge Cup on the line. (24 words)

Example sentences (9)

Timaru-based club president Josh Wilson-Jones (15) brought 20 guinea pigs — also called cavies — to the event.

Shutting down a large Timaru meatworks is costing troubled red meat co-operative Alliance Group more than $51 million.

Timaru is hosting the 24th edition of the event but disc golf will be played at Knottingley Park in Waimate.

Timaru police detective Sam Hawker had the unenviable task of consulting Lauren's husband only a few hours after he found his daughters dead in their beds.

Mr Sugrue makes Marlow Pies in Timaru and supplies them to Mr Magee.

Yesterday’s funding announcement of $14million provided for apprentices at Aukaha, KiwiRail, Northpower, Venture Timaru, Norwood and Fonterra.

The Otago Whalers took on the Aoraki Eels at Ashbury Park in Timaru on Saturday with the newly founded Challenge Cup on the line.

Year 10 pupil Pippa Sherriff and year 12 pupil Annalise Wilson have both recently been selected in the Otago women’s tennis team to play in Timaru.

A major heritage centre is on the cards in Timaru.

Common combinations with timaru

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • in timaru 4×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "timaru" in a sentence?
An example: "Timaru-based club president Josh Wilson-Jones (15) brought 20 guinea pigs — also called cavies — to the event." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "timaru" from authentic English texts.
What does "timaru" mean?
Timaru means: A town and port in South Canterbury, New Zealand.
How many example sentences with "timaru" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "timaru", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.