Explore Vandegrift through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Vandegrift in a sentence
Vandegrift meaning
A surname.
Using Vandegrift
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
- In the example corpus, vandegrift often appears in combinations such as: alexander vandegrift, vandegrift sent.
Context around Vandegrift
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 5 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Vandegrift
- In this selection, "vandegrift" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, alexander, commander, fanny, sent, placed and stevenson stand out and add context to how "vandegrift" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include commander vandegrift placed few and fanny vandegrift stevenson miss. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "vandegrift" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with vandegrift
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
To counter this new threat, Vandegrift temporarily halted the Matanikau offensive on 4 November. (14 words)
Vandegrift, therefore, decided to conduct another series of small unit operations around the Matanikau Valley. (15 words)
Commander Vandegrift placed few restrictions on the reporters who were generally allowed to go wherever they wanted and write what they wanted. (22 words)
Fanny Vandegrift Stevenson miss-names the ship as the Janet Nicol in her account of the 1890 voyage a trading steamer owned by Henderson and Macfarlane of Auckland, New Zealand, which operated between Sydney, Auckland and into the central Pacific. (40 words)
Vandegrift and his staff were aware that Kawaguchi's troops had retreated to the area west of the Matanikau and that numerous groups of Japanese stragglers were scattered throughout the area between the Lunga Perimeter and the Matanikau River. (39 words)
Vandegrift also made some changes in the senior leadership of his combat units, transferring off the island several officers who did not meet his performance standards and promoting junior officers who had proven themselves to take their places. (38 words)
Example sentences (11)
On May 27, 1947, Carlson died of a heart attack at the age of 51. General Alexander Vandegrift, then Marine Corps Commandant, attended the funeral at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, but few others were present.
Commander Vandegrift placed few restrictions on the reporters who were generally allowed to go wherever they wanted and write what they wanted.
Fanny Vandegrift Stevenson miss-names the ship as the Janet Nicol in her account of the 1890 voyage a trading steamer owned by Henderson and Macfarlane of Auckland, New Zealand, which operated between Sydney, Auckland and into the central Pacific.
Having learned of the planned landing, Vandegrift sent a battalion of Marines under Herman H. Hanneken to intercept the Japanese at Koli.
In response, Vandegrift ordered Puller's Marine battalion plus two of the 164th infantry battalions, along with Hanneken's battalion, to move towards Koli Point to attack the Japanese forces there.
November land actions further In order to exploit the victory in the Battle for Henderson Field, Vandegrift sent six Marine battalions, later joined by one U.S. Army battalion, on an offensive west of the Matanikau.
Task force In preparation for the offensive in the Pacific in May 1942, U.S. Marine Major General Alexander Vandegrift was ordered to move his 1st Marine Division from the United States to New Zealand.
To counter this new threat, Vandegrift temporarily halted the Matanikau offensive on 4 November.
Vandegrift also made some changes in the senior leadership of his combat units, transferring off the island several officers who did not meet his performance standards and promoting junior officers who had proven themselves to take their places.
Vandegrift and his staff were aware that Kawaguchi's troops had retreated to the area west of the Matanikau and that numerous groups of Japanese stragglers were scattered throughout the area between the Lunga Perimeter and the Matanikau River.
Vandegrift, therefore, decided to conduct another series of small unit operations around the Matanikau Valley.
Common combinations with vandegrift
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: