On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Adonis. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as man or daemon and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Adonis meaning
- A beautiful young man loved by Aphrodite.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- A surname.
Using Adonis
- The main meaning on this page is: A beautiful young man loved by Aphrodite. | A male given name from Ancient Greek. | A surname.
- Useful related words include: man, adult male, genus adonis, magnoliid dicot genus.
- In the example corpus, adonis often appears in combinations such as: adonis creed, adonis and, of adonis.
Context around Adonis
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 11 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Adonis
- In this selection, "adonis" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, though, storm, lyrics, creed, realizes and johnson stand out and add context to how "adonis" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include adonis has been and a son adonis six. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "adonis" sits close to words such as adopters, airfields and allowable, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with adonis
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Adonis also spoke about his relationship with his dad. (9 words)
Jackknife from Adonis, Patch bridges up but Adonis cuts him off with a knee strike. (15 words)
Before he took the world of professional boxing by storm, Adonis Creed grew up as Adonis Johnson. (17 words)
At the time of the diss, Drake had yet to admit any connection to his son, but Pusha's lyrics "Adonis is your son / and he deserves more than an Adidas press run, that’s real" led to Drake defending his decision. (42 words)
The film weaves a web of male relationships—Rocky and Adonis, Adonis and Creed, Viktor and Ivan, Ivan and Rocky, and so on—reconciling each thread in an ending montage liable to make grown men break down in tears. (39 words)
His comfortable life is upended by “Diamond” Damian Anderson (Jonathan Majors), a Gold Gloves-winning amateur boxer who grew up alongside young Adonis in a foster home and went to prison defending him in a street fight in 2002. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
After Damian fights dirty to take down one of Adonis’s fighters and claim the world championship, though, Adonis realizes he’s going to have to return to the ring to answer for his past.
Before he took the world of professional boxing by storm, Adonis Creed grew up as Adonis Johnson.
Jackknife from Adonis, Patch bridges up but Adonis cuts him off with a knee strike.
The film weaves a web of male relationships—Rocky and Adonis, Adonis and Creed, Viktor and Ivan, Ivan and Rocky, and so on—reconciling each thread in an ending montage liable to make grown men break down in tears.
Adonis also spoke about his relationship with his dad.
Adonis has been featured in several sketch shows throughout the city, including Chicago Sketch Fest and the Best of Annoyance sketch show.
Adonis has been thriving in both his career and family life, but when a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces, the face-off is more than just a fight.
After appearing in the first two films, Apollo Creed's best friend and Adonis' former trainer will not appear in the upcoming sequel.
At the time of the diss, Drake had yet to admit any connection to his son, but Pusha's lyrics "Adonis is your son / and he deserves more than an Adidas press run, that’s real" led to Drake defending his decision.
Creed 3 indicates that Adonis Creed is retiring again, but that appears to be a lie as Michael B. Jordan already has plans for sequels in the future.
Damian won one of two fights right out of the gate, and though he’s older than Adonis, Dame’s boxing career seems to just be getting started.
Drake, as you probably know, previously dated people like Rihanna, SZA, and artist Sophie Brussaux, with whom he a son, Adonis, six.
Even if Adonis isn't retiring after all, he's still using his privilege to help train the next generation of fighters as well as provide a comfortable life for his wife, adopted mother, and daughter.
Even though Drago doesn't directly appear in the first movie, his presence is definitely felt, with Adonis lamenting the death of his father at the hands of Drago.
Following the somewhat divisive reign of Lord Andrew Adonis as Chair of the European Movement, an election contest is underway to replace him.
His comfortable life is upended by “Diamond” Damian Anderson (Jonathan Majors), a Gold Gloves-winning amateur boxer who grew up alongside young Adonis in a foster home and went to prison defending him in a street fight in 2002.
However, the positive reception to means Adonis and Bianca could very well take center stage in their very own fourth movie as Jordan's champion faces off against a new challenger.
In a lengthy tweet shared on Twitter (X) recently, a user outlined a litany of reasons why North’s song was much better than Adonis’.
In Creed 3, we revisit the world of Adonis Creed, son of Apollo Creed, as he faces up against new adversaries.
It'd also be about karma, but given Adonis put up a tough fight, Dame could have ended his triumphant run by letting go of his rage.
Common combinations with adonis
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- adonis creed 12×
- adonis and 8×
- of adonis 7×
- and adonis 6×
- as adonis 5×
- adonis is 5×
- son adonis 4×
- than adonis 3×
- young adonis 3×
- adonis in 3×