Explore Torry through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Torry meaning
A surname.
Using Torry
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
- In the example corpus, torry often appears in combinations such as: in torry, the torry, torry was.
Context around Torry
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Torry
- In this selection, "torry" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, court, noise, road, kincorth, kiln and research stand out and add context to how "torry" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include at the torry research station and balnagask road torry pled guilty. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "torry" sits close to words such as aarhus, abdu and abetted, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with torry
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The noise could be heard in Torry. (7 words)
In time for secondary school he moved to Torry, enrolling at the academy. (13 words)
But now the Torry youngster’s mum Karen Simpson has revealed he has woken up. (15 words)
In February of this year, at the same court, Torry, formerly of Matlock and now of Orchard Close, Clowne, was jailed for 10 months for deliberately exposing himself to two teenage girls as they walked to school. (37 words)
Singer Calum McDonald, from Ruthrieston, stopped by Balnagask House in Torry to perform a set for the home’s residents ahead of VE Day – and the care home staff even acted as backing singers. (34 words)
Ali, of Balnagask Road, Torry, pled guilty to driving while disqualified and without insurance, failing to stop for police and breaching bail conditions by failing to turn up for a previous court appearance. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Many of the children will be coming from Torry, Kincorth and Cove to attend the school, which will be at Bobby Calder Park, Nigg, and replaces both Torry and Kincorth academies.
In 1939 a device called the Torry Kiln was invented at the Torry Research Station in Scotland.
A total of 55 flats, as well community space and a nursery are planned for the former Victoria Road School site in Torry.
In February of this year, at the same court, Torry, formerly of Matlock and now of Orchard Close, Clowne, was jailed for 10 months for deliberately exposing himself to two teenage girls as they walked to school.
In time for secondary school he moved to Torry, enrolling at the academy.
The move to Torry was a turning point for The Bread Guy with the first bakery opening.
The SNP Scottish Government has already stepped in once to unswing the axe – providing funding to continue the Big Noise Torry project SNP city councillors claimed had made “no impact whatsoever”.
Aberdeen City Council co-leader Christian Allard speaks to Torry residents ahead of council meeting on the Raac crisis.
Ali, of Balnagask Road, Torry, pled guilty to driving while disqualified and without insurance, failing to stop for police and breaching bail conditions by failing to turn up for a previous court appearance.
Amie has lived in Torry since she was 10 and bought what she hoped would be her forever house two-and-a-half years ago.
He explained: “I was at Torry Battery taking photographs and after this, it was was time to go and pick up my son.
It takes in a slice of the city centre around Aberdeen Harbour and extends south-east across the River Dee to cover Cove Bay and more deprived neighbourhoods like Torry and Kincorth.
The noise could be heard in Torry.
But now the Torry youngster’s mum Karen Simpson has revealed he has woken up.
It’s not making any sense,” the conductor, 25-year-old Torry Chalmers, can be heard saying.
It will ensure the social enterprise can reach those in self-isolation in the Torry, Cove and Kincorth areas to hand out vital supplies throughout the pandemic.
Scott, for his part, was one of the Shankly luminaries who followed in the footsteps of the Busby Babes, on a long and winding road from Torry to Liverpool and then Port Elizabeth.
Singer Calum McDonald, from Ruthrieston, stopped by Balnagask House in Torry to perform a set for the home’s residents ahead of VE Day – and the care home staff even acted as backing singers.
Six weeks and three days later, on July 14, Torry was discharged from Windsor Regional Hospital.
The city wardens office on Balnagask Circle in Torry was targeted overnight between 10.30pm on Friday and 6.30am this morning.
Common combinations with torry
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in torry 8×
- the torry 7×
- torry was 4×
- from torry 3×
- torry and 3×
- to torry 3×
- torry to 3×
- torry kincorth 2×
- noise torry 2×
- torry residents 2×