How do you use Verrazano in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like verrazzano or navigator.
Verrazano in a sentence
Synonyms of Verrazano
Using Verrazano
- Useful related words include: giovanni da verrazano, verrazzano, giovanni da verrazzano, navigator.
- In the example corpus, verrazano often appears in combinations such as: the verrazano, verrazano sailed, verrazano narrows.
Context around Verrazano
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Verrazano
- In this selection, "verrazano" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, voyage, narrows, sailed and bridge stand out and add context to how "verrazano" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include on the verrazano narrows bridge and across the verrazano narrows bridge. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "verrazano" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with verrazano
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Verrazano Bridge west bound approach runs above the park containing the courts. (13 words)
On his voyage, Verrazano sailed north along the Atlantic seaboard, starting in the Carolinas. (14 words)
Tony and his friends ritually stop on the Verrazano–Narrows Bridge to clown around. (14 words)
On two occasions I rode in the rig taking the same route over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge through the Holland Tunnel into lower Manhattan, the same route the 11 took that fateful day. (33 words)
Since 1964 its main span length has been surpassed by ten bridges; it now has the second-longest main span in the United States, after the Verrazano–Narrows Bridge in New York City. (33 words)
Tim was fishing south of the Verrazano Bridge and since the fish was landed in Greenbackville, VA the first OC flounder of the season is still on the table…. (29 words)
Example sentences (12)
Tim was fishing south of the Verrazano Bridge and since the fish was landed in Greenbackville, VA the first OC flounder of the season is still on the table….
Each day at 5 a.m., he drove the empty streets and across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge into Brooklyn.
On two occasions I rode in the rig taking the same route over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge through the Holland Tunnel into lower Manhattan, the same route the 11 took that fateful day.
Bobby C. pulls the car over on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge for their usual cable-climbing antics.
On his voyage, Verrazano sailed north along the Atlantic seaboard, starting in the Carolinas.
Since 1964 its main span length has been surpassed by ten bridges; it now has the second-longest main span in the United States, after the Verrazano–Narrows Bridge in New York City.
The first explorers to conduct trade with Native Americans were Giovanni da Verrazano and Jacques Cartier in the 1820s-1930s.
The Tappan Zee Bridge is the longest bridge in New York, although the Verrazano–Narrows Bridge has a larger main span.
The Verrazano Bridge west bound approach runs above the park containing the courts.
Tony and his friends ritually stop on the Verrazano–Narrows Bridge to clown around.
Verrazano sailed all the way to New York Harbor, which he though was the mouth of a major river.
Verrazano sailed his boat into the harbor, and possibly sailed over what is now Battery Park (Battery Park was created with landfill).
Common combinations with verrazano
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: