Explore Whitsunday through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like pentecost. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Whitsunday meaning
- The Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls, seven weeks after Easter.
- A quarter day falling on 15th May.
Synonyms of Whitsunday
Using Whitsunday
- The main meaning on this page is: The Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls, seven weeks after Easter. | A quarter day falling on 15th May.
- Useful related words include: pentecost, quarter day.
- In the example corpus, whitsunday often appears in combinations such as: the whitsunday, whitsunday islands, whitsunday island.
Context around Whitsunday
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Whitsunday
- In this selection, "whitsunday" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, off, islands, island and 1549 stand out and add context to how "whitsunday" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the whitsunday islands should and harbour at whitsunday island during. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "whitsunday" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with whitsunday
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Victorian Daniel Christidis, 33, died last November after being attacked at Cid Harbour at Whitsunday Island during a trip with friends and colleagues. (23 words)
The BoM said people between Ayr to St Lawrence, including Mackay and the Whitsunday Islands, should consider what action they will take if the cyclone threat increases. (27 words)
The latest attack, which left the girl with a serious leg injury, occurred at Cid Harbour, off Whitsunday Island in the state of Queensland, on Thursday afternoon. (27 words)
The last shark attack in the Whitsunday Islands before the latest spate occurred on Feb. 13, 2010, off Dent Island where 60-year-old tourist Patricia Trumbull survived lacerations to her buttocks and major blood loss. (36 words)
Ashley Denness (pictured), who worked for Sydney 's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit, was holidaying with her partner's family in the Whitsunday islands off Queensland, when she collapsed. (33 words)
Recognising the continuing unpopularity of the Book of Common Prayer in such areas, the Act of Uniformity had been introduced, making the Latin liturgical rites unlawful from Whitsunday 1549 onward. (30 words)
Example sentences (6)
Ashley Denness (pictured), who worked for Sydney 's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit, was holidaying with her partner's family in the Whitsunday islands off Queensland, when she collapsed.
The BoM said people between Ayr to St Lawrence, including Mackay and the Whitsunday Islands, should consider what action they will take if the cyclone threat increases.
Victorian Daniel Christidis, 33, died last November after being attacked at Cid Harbour at Whitsunday Island during a trip with friends and colleagues.
The last shark attack in the Whitsunday Islands before the latest spate occurred on Feb. 13, 2010, off Dent Island where 60-year-old tourist Patricia Trumbull survived lacerations to her buttocks and major blood loss.
The latest attack, which left the girl with a serious leg injury, occurred at Cid Harbour, off Whitsunday Island in the state of Queensland, on Thursday afternoon.
Recognising the continuing unpopularity of the Book of Common Prayer in such areas, the Act of Uniformity had been introduced, making the Latin liturgical rites unlawful from Whitsunday 1549 onward.
Common combinations with whitsunday
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: