Used in a Sentence

fosse

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for fosse.

Editorial note

Ou você tem medo demais para perceber que algo foi criado e que você não imaginaria que fosse possível?

Examples14
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A ditch or moat.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fosse gathered in one view.

noun

A ditch or moat.

noun

A surname.

noun

(anatomy) Alternative form of fossa. [(anatomy) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fosse.

noun

A ditch or moat.

noun

A surname.

noun

(anatomy) Alternative form of fossa. [(anatomy) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression.]

Example sentences

1

Ou você tem medo demais para perceber que algo foi criado e que você não imaginaria que fosse possível?

2

The boundary between his North and South roughly follows the Roman Fosse Way from Lincoln to Exeter.

3

It's more like a diagonal line really, as if the Fosse Way had been a fortification.

4

Jon Fosse was the 2023 winner and to my knowledge his work isn't considered especially political.

5

The 'ditch' ( fosse ) and road marked the border of the initial phase of the Roman invasion after 43 AD.

6

Reading a book by Jon Fosse (the recent Noble prize winner) right now.

7

Se você fosse inteligente o suficiente, teria aberto os componentes e lido.

8

Only then, as I clicked through, did I think about Fosse or Knausgård.

9

I want to write a comment about living next to the Fosse Way but instead I have to point out that website is only missing the <blink> tag.

Quote examples

1

The thing I find weird/ironic about this is that the Single Ladies choreography famously copies a lot from Bob Fosse's "Mexican Breakfast" (the article I linked talks about this in detail).

2

In the microscopic size of the charge of electronics and proton relations with "the values of these numbers," Hawking writes, "seem to have been exactly coordinated to enable the development of life." E poi la velocità di espansione dell’universo: se un secondo dopo il Big Bang fosse stata un pochino superiore o appena inferiore sarebbe accaduta la catastrofe.

Proper noun examples

1

Fosse Park shopping center is practically on the M1 (Leicester) but only has 16 chargers.

2

A fun and relevant challenge would be to read some works by Jon Fosse, who was the recent Nobel Prize winner.

3

If this worked I'd love to see this applied to Bob Fosse's 'The Rich Man's Frug'.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use fosse in a sentence?

Ou você tem medo demais para perceber que algo foi criado e que você não imaginaria que fosse possível?

What does fosse mean?

A ditch or moat.

What part of speech is fosse?

fosse is commonly used as noun.