Get to know Ursa better with 10+ real example sentences.
Using Ursa
- In the example corpus, ursa often appears in combinations such as: ursa major, ursa minor, the ursa.
Context around Ursa
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ursa
- In this selection, "ursa" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, constellation, dipper, forming, major, minor and covers stand out and add context to how "ursa" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include cargo ship ursa major sank and compared to ursa major the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ursa" sits close to words such as abstention, acadiana and actuarial, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ursa
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ursa Major as depicted by Sidney Hall in 1825. (9 words)
Ursa Major designs, manufacturers and tests engines in Berthoud, Colorado. (10 words)
Ursa promising to tell Zuko everything about her life, starting from the very beginning. (14 words)
From Tanis Borealis and Tanis Australis look for two more stars that form a curved line to the upper right that links up with the bright star Phecda, the corner of the Big Dipper’s pot (or the rear end of Ursa Major). (43 words)
However, when the Mother of Faces felt the pain in Ursa's heart she offered something extra: not only a new face but a new mind, where all her memories of her life as Ozai's wife would be erased. (40 words)
Oboronlogistika and SK-Yug, a company listed as the ship's direct owner and operator, were sanctioned by the United States in 2022 for their ties to Russia's military as was the Ursa Major itself. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Compared to Ursa Major the stars that make up Ursa Minor (with the exception of the North Star) are quite faint and not so easy to see.
One of the other paddlers breaks the reverie, discovering that the Big Dipper in the constellation Ursa Major, and the Little Dipper, Ursa Minor, now show themselves.
Arcas almost shoots the bear, but to avert the tragedy, Jupiter turns Arcas into a bear too and puts them both in the sky, forming Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
Some stories say that he placed both Arcas and Callisto into the heavens as bears, forming the Ursa Minor and Ursa Major constellations.
However, when the Mother of Faces felt the pain in Ursa's heart she offered something extra: not only a new face but a new mind, where all her memories of her life as Ozai's wife would be erased.
The Big Dipper is part of the constellation Ursa Major, which is also known as the Great Bear.
Ursa Major as depicted by Sidney Hall in 1825.
Ursa Major designs, manufacturers and tests engines in Berthoud, Colorado.
Britton began offending in 2014, sexually abusing his own pet dogs - Swiss Shepherds Ursa and Bolt - in a secret 'torture room' constructed on his rural property in McMinns Lagoon near the city of Darwin.
Oboronlogistika and SK-Yug, a company listed as the ship's direct owner and operator, were sanctioned by the United States in 2022 for their ties to Russia's military as was the Ursa Major itself.
Spain's Maritime Rescue Service said it had received a distress signal from the Ursa Major on Monday when it was located about 57 miles off the coast of Almeira.
The cargo ship, Ursa Major, sank while it was sailing through international waters between Spain and Algeria.
Ursa covers 65 kilometers of strike length of the Cable Bay Shear Zone, a highly prospective and underexplored geological analogue to the setting underpinning major current- and past-producing eastern Athabasca uranium mines.
Ursa promising to tell Zuko everything about her life, starting from the very beginning.
Blackmagic made a point to unify its UI across camera models, so if you own a Pocket Cinema Camera, you’ll feel at home with the Ursa.
Digital Trends Video Producer Dan Baker, who usually shoots on a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K, easily transitioned to the Ursa Mini Pro G2.
From Tanis Borealis and Tanis Australis look for two more stars that form a curved line to the upper right that links up with the bright star Phecda, the corner of the Big Dipper’s pot (or the rear end of Ursa Major).
In many ways, her jealousy and talent for firebending came as a result of Ursa's disapproval for her.
Songs from the soul: Daniela Gesundheit and Alex Lukashevsky perform “Alphabet of Wrongdoing” at URSA art space in Montreal.
The Little Dipper is also more formally known as Ursa Minor, the Little Bear.
Common combinations with ursa
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- ursa major 22×
- ursa minor 9×
- the ursa 6×
- constellation ursa 4×
- of ursa 4×
- in ursa 3×
- and ursa 2×
- by ursa 2×
- characteristics ursa 2×