How do you use Zeebrugge in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Zeebrugge in a sentence
Zeebrugge meaning
- A coastal village and port on the North Sea in West Flanders, Belgium.
- Ellipsis of Zeebrugge Raid.
Using Zeebrugge
- The main meaning on this page is: A coastal village and port on the North Sea in West Flanders, Belgium. | Ellipsis of Zeebrugge Raid.
- In the example corpus, zeebrugge often appears in combinations such as: of zeebrugge, at zeebrugge, zeebrugge belgium.
Context around Zeebrugge
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Zeebrugge
- In this selection, "zeebrugge" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rosyth, via, block, belgium, dirk and ferry stand out and add context to how "zeebrugge" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include arrived at zeebrugge or they and ferry from zeebrugge belgium. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "zeebrugge" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with zeebrugge
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Derek Sloan is behind proposals to restore the Rosyth-Zeebrugge ferry. (11 words)
The lorry had originally left mainland Europe on a ferry from the port town of Zeebrugge, in Belgium. (18 words)
Services to Zeebrugge are worked by ferries MS Pride of Bruges and MS Pride of York (previously named MS Norsea ). (20 words)
The goal of this mission was to block Zeebrugge harbour as German U-boats were using the Dutch and Belgian canal system behind it as a base from which to sneak out and attack British shipping. (36 words)
In the NCA’s 2016 threat report, the organisation identified Zeebrugge as a key embarkation point, adding that organised crime groups were switching to ports away from migrant camps that were perceived as having less security. (36 words)
Along with two others, they were found dead in a container they had climbed into at the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium – about 100 kilometres north of Calais – in 2001. (29 words)
Example sentences (13)
The Mayor of Zeebrugge, Dirk De Fauw, insists the migrants were dead before they arrived at Zeebrugge, or they would have been detected by heat cameras.
Derek Sloan is behind proposals to restore the Rosyth-Zeebrugge ferry.
Along with two others, they were found dead in a container they had climbed into at the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium – about 100 kilometres north of Calais – in 2001.
P&O’s Arcadia will sail from Southampton on December 29 and spend New Year’s Eve in Amsterdam before returning to Southampton via Zeebrugge.
The goal of this mission was to block Zeebrugge harbour as German U-boats were using the Dutch and Belgian canal system behind it as a base from which to sneak out and attack British shipping.
The introduction of the new LoLo service from Rotterdam into Cork is in addition to CLdN's existing service to Zeebrugge.
Emergency services had been called to an industrial estate in Grays, Essex, shortly after a lorry arrived on a ferry from Zeebrugge in Belgium.
In the NCA’s 2016 threat report, the organisation identified Zeebrugge as a key embarkation point, adding that organised crime groups were switching to ports away from migrant camps that were perceived as having less security.
Last month, 39 people were found dead inside a container in Essex which had arrived in the UK via a ferry from Zeebrugge, Belgium.
The lorry had originally left mainland Europe on a ferry from the port town of Zeebrugge, in Belgium.
The refrigerated lorry container left the Belgian port of Zeebrugge on Tuesday afternoon, arriving at Purfleet Docks just after midnight on Wednesday.
The nearest border inspection posts are Zeebrugge and Rotterdam which have historically acted as the gateway for non-EU traffic, or Liverpool on the route to Ireland.
Services to Zeebrugge are worked by ferries MS Pride of Bruges and MS Pride of York (previously named MS Norsea ).
Common combinations with zeebrugge
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of zeebrugge 4×
- at zeebrugge 2×
- zeebrugge belgium 2×
- to zeebrugge 2×
- from zeebrugge 2×
- zeebrugge in 2×