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Torkham is an English word. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Torkham in a sentence

Torkham meaning

  1. A city in Khyber district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on the Afghan border.
  2. A border crossing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on the border with Nangarhar, Afghanistan.

Using Torkham

  • The main meaning on this page is: A city in Khyber district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on the Afghan border. | A border crossing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on the border with Nangarhar, Afghanistan.
  • In the example corpus, torkham often appears in combinations such as: the torkham, torkham border, in torkham.

Context around Torkham

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

overlooking 1× main 1× jalalabad 1×

Often after:

border 3× pakistan 1× afghanistan 1× gate 1× jalalabad 1×

Sentence patterns with Torkham

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

across the torkham border from 1× and jalalabad torkham in the 1× at the torkham border crossing 1× at the torkham pakistan afghanistan 1× border in torkham afghanistan friday 1× clashes in torkham and spin 1× fence overlooking torkham is just 1× monday that torkham gate was 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

afghan refugees wait 1× afghans who have 1× attaullah khogyani spokesman 1× families at the 1× he had sent 1× pakistani officials announced 1×

Common sentence endings:

afghan presidential election 1× completed this year 1× dozens were wounded 1× in recent weeks 1× in the east 1× nov 3 2023 1×

Words around Torkham

Just before it in the word index:

torkelson 12 torke 2 tork 46 toriyama 56 torito 2 torit 5

Just after it in the word index:

torkornoo 4 torlakson 4 torley 3 torlonia 2 torm 6 tormanen 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 12 abacos 12 abboud 12 abdelkader 12 abdomens 12 abdou 12

Corpus analysis for Torkham

  • In this selection, "torkham" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, overlooking, main, jalalabad, border, pakistan and afghanistan stand out and add context to how "torkham" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include across the torkham border from and and jalalabad torkham in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "torkham" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with torkham

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

He had sent stuff across the Torkham border from Pakistan," Alexander says. (12 words)

Taliban forces and Pakistani military have had clashes in Torkham and Spin Buldak before. (14 words)

Pakistani officials announced Monday that Torkham gate was reopened after being closed for two days to secure the Afghan presidential election. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor of Nangarhar, confirmed a car bomb was responsible for the blast in the town of Ghazi Aminullah Khan, on the main Torkham-Jalalabad road, and said that dozens were wounded. (37 words)

Railways seeAlso Kabul has no train service but the government plans to build rail lines to connect the city with Mazar-i-Sharif in the north and Jalalabad Torkham in the east. (32 words)

The section of fence overlooking Torkham is just a glimpse of a 1,600-mile barrier begun four years ago by Pakistan’s military and set to be completed this year. (31 words)

Example sentences (9)

Afghan refugees wait at the Torkham Pakistan-Afghanistan border to be transferred to a camp near the border, in Torkham, Afghanistan, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023.

Afghans who have fled Pakistan to avoid arrest and deportation are living in makeshift camps on the Afghan side of the Torkham border crossing.

Families at the Torkham border crossing in eastern Afghanistan, among the 70,000 Afghans who have returned from Pakistan in recent weeks.

He had sent stuff across the Torkham border from Pakistan," Alexander says.

Taliban forces and Pakistani military have had clashes in Torkham and Spin Buldak before.

The section of fence overlooking Torkham is just a glimpse of a 1,600-mile barrier begun four years ago by Pakistan’s military and set to be completed this year.

Pakistani officials announced Monday that Torkham gate was reopened after being closed for two days to secure the Afghan presidential election.

Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor of Nangarhar, confirmed a car bomb was responsible for the blast in the town of Ghazi Aminullah Khan, on the main Torkham-Jalalabad road, and said that dozens were wounded.

Railways seeAlso Kabul has no train service but the government plans to build rail lines to connect the city with Mazar-i-Sharif in the north and Jalalabad Torkham in the east.

Common combinations with torkham

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "torkham" in a sentence?
An example: "Afghan refugees wait at the Torkham Pakistan-Afghanistan border to be transferred to a camp near the border, in Torkham, Afghanistan, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "torkham" from authentic English texts.
What does "torkham" mean?
Torkham means: A city in Khyber district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on the Afghan border.
How many example sentences with "torkham" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "torkham", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.