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Tonnant in a sentence
Context around Tonnant
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tonnant
- In this selection, "tonnant" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tell, hms, ships, remained, heureux and gradually stand out and add context to how "tonnant" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 00 only tonnant remained engaged and 80 gun tonnant padfield p. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tonnant" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tonnant
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The battered ship drifted away from the battle under continued fire from Tonnant as the foremast collapsed as well. (19 words)
Likewise the French ships Tonnant, Heureux and Mercure all cut their anchor cables and drifted southwards away from the blazing ship. (21 words)
By 03:00, after more than three hours of close quarter combat, Majestic had lost its main and mizzen masts while Tonnant was a dismasted hulk. (26 words)
Germani, p. 60 Morning As the sun rose at 04:00 on 2 August, firing broke out once again between the French southern division of Guillaume Tell, Tonnant, Généreux and Timoléon and the battered Alexander and Majestic. (37 words)
Key and Skinner boarded the British flagship HMS Tonnant on September 7 and spoke with Major General Robert Ross and Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane over dinner while the two officers discussed war plans. (33 words)
By 24:00 only Tonnant remained engaged, as Commodore Aristide Aubert Du Petit Thouars continued his fight with Majestic and fired on Swiftsure when the British ship moved within range. (30 words)
Example sentences (9)
Adkins, p. 29 Alexander, the final unengaged British ship, which had followed Swiftsure, pulled up close to Tonnant, which had begun to drift away from the embattled French flagship.
By 03:00, after more than three hours of close quarter combat, Majestic had lost its main and mizzen masts while Tonnant was a dismasted hulk.
By 24:00 only Tonnant remained engaged, as Commodore Aristide Aubert Du Petit Thouars continued his fight with Majestic and fired on Swiftsure when the British ship moved within range.
Germani, p. 60 Morning As the sun rose at 04:00 on 2 August, firing broke out once again between the French southern division of Guillaume Tell, Tonnant, Généreux and Timoléon and the battered Alexander and Majestic.
Key and Skinner boarded the British flagship HMS Tonnant on September 7 and spoke with Major General Robert Ross and Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane over dinner while the two officers discussed war plans.
Likewise the French ships Tonnant, Heureux and Mercure all cut their anchor cables and drifted southwards away from the blazing ship.
The battered ship drifted away from the battle under continued fire from Tonnant as the foremast collapsed as well.
Under his guidance, the battered Tonnant gradually drifted southwards away from the action to join the southern division under Villeneuve, who failed to bring these ships into effective action.
Warner, p. 88 The most southerly British ship, Majestic, had become briefly entangled with the 80-gun Tonnant, Padfield, p. 128 and in the resulting battle, suffered heavy casualties.