Yamuna is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Yamuna meaning
The largest tributary river of the Ganges in northern India.
Using Yamuna
- The main meaning on this page is: The largest tributary river of the Ganges in northern India.
- In the example corpus, yamuna often appears in combinations such as: the yamuna, yamuna river, and yamuna.
Context around Yamuna
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Yamuna
- In this selection, "yamuna" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, near, teachers, river, river, flow and water stand out and add context to how "yamuna" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include areas near yamuna continued to and as river yamuna overflows and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "yamuna" sits close to words such as abacha, abang and abetting, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with yamuna
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Yamuna river near Delhi Noida Direct Flyway seen covered in smog. (11 words)
The Yamuna river is considered dead from the Wazirabad dam to Etawah. (12 words)
The Yamuna, an important tributary of the Ganga, is considered holy in Hinduism. (13 words)
A week earlier, in New Delhi, jammed flood gates and a broken drainage regulator saw water from the Yamuna flow into the city, inundating several areas, including around the historic Red Fort and Rajghat - a memorial dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi. (40 words)
Visuals of the city show flood waters inundating not just the low-lying areas near the Yamuna River but also reaching the power corridors in the heart of the capital – the Supreme Court, the Delhi Secretariat and the ITO area. (40 words)
The water level of the Yamuna in Delhi breached the danger mark again on Sunday following a surge in the discharge from the Hathnikund barrage into the river after heavy rain in parts of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
A week earlier, in New Delhi, jammed flood gates and a broken drainage regulator saw water from the Yamuna flow into the city, inundating several areas, including around the historic Red Fort and Rajghat - a memorial dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi.
He alleged that the sand mafia had stopped the Yamuna water released for Delhi in an area of about 7-8 km from Yamunanagar in Haryana, where the sand mafia is indiscriminately mining sand.
Heavy rain returned to Delhi once again on Saturday evening as it grapples with severe flooding after record showers, and a record-breaking rise in water levels in the Yamuna River that flows through the city.
Major roads at ITO and other low-lying areas near Yamuna continued to remain flooded late on Friday night and commuters could be seen facing convenience to reach their destination.
More than a decade ago, environmentalists went to court to challenge the construction of the Commonwealth Games village on the Yamuna floodplain.
Since February, personnel of the Territorial Army have been standing guard along bridges and other areas near the Yamuna to ensure waste is not thrown into the river.
Six more groups, of Teachers (Yamuna), professionals (Godavari), spiritual members, (Saraswati), farmers and artisans (Narmada), writers (Sindhu) and traders and businessmen (Kaveri) will be reaching the city in the coming days.
The area near Nigam Bodh Ghat in Delhi gets flooded as river Yamuna overflows and floods low-lying nearby areas.
The Central Water Commission has shared an update on the water level in the Yamuna.
The police had, a day earlier, closed the Iron Bridge Pusta Road in Gandhi Nagar for traffic until further notice in view of the dangerously high water levels in the Yamuna River.
The water-level in Yamuna began to recede from Saturday morning, after it ran at a record high of over 207-208 meters for close to 48 hours.
The water level of the Yamuna in Delhi breached the danger mark again on Sunday following a surge in the discharge from the Hathnikund barrage into the river after heavy rain in parts of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.
The Yamuna, an important tributary of the Ganga, is considered holy in Hinduism.
The Yamuna river is considered dead from the Wazirabad dam to Etawah.
Through the passage of time, spanning decades and centuries, the Yamuna returns to reclaim its floodplain, reminding us of its unyielding power.
Visuals of the city show flood waters inundating not just the low-lying areas near the Yamuna River but also reaching the power corridors in the heart of the capital – the Supreme Court, the Delhi Secretariat and the ITO area.
We will be using the water treated at Delhi Jal Board’s STPs for this purpose, instead of discharging it into the Yamuna,” he said.
Yamuna river near Delhi Noida Direct Flyway seen covered in smog.
Bigg Boss Kannada 11 premiered on September 24, and among those who have participated in the reality show this year are Bhavya Gowda, Yamuna Srinidhi, Gauthami Jadav, Dhanraj Achar, Dharma Keerthiraj, and others.
He has to take a dip in the holy rivers like Narmada, Yamuna, Ganga, Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery, Tungabhadra, Netravati and Kumaradhara.
Common combinations with yamuna
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: