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Explore Ampersands through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Ampersands in a sentence

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Ampersands | Ampersand

Ampersands meaning

plural of ampersand

Using Ampersands

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of ampersand

Context around Ampersands

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

huge 1× roman 1× containing 1×

Often after:

find 1×

Sentence patterns with Ampersands

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and roman ampersands 1× material containing ampersands into xml 1× symbols or ampersands 1× the huge ampersands find their 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after the advent 1× could the huge 1× for instance when 1× when one team 1×

Common sentence endings:

and roman ampersands 1× public art elsewhere 1× symbols or ampersands 1× the files correctly 1×

Words around Ampersands

Just before it in the word index:

ampersand 19 amperity 2 amperian 2 amperex 2 amperes 24 ampere 55

Just after it in the word index:

ampex 8 ampezzo 8 ampflp 3 amph 4 amphan 8 amphastar 12

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 6 aaah 6 aaargh 6 aacl 6 aadhi 6 aak 6

Corpus analysis for Ampersands

  • In this selection, "ampersands" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, huge, roman, containing and find stand out and add context to how "ampersands" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and roman ampersands and material containing ampersands into xml. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ampersands" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ampersands

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Could the huge ampersands find their way to the Pappajohn Sculpture Park, or serve as public art elsewhere? (18 words)

After the advent of printing in Europe in 1455, printers made extensive use of both the italic and Roman ampersands. (20 words)

When one team wanted to crash the game or cause their opponent’s lag to spike, they would fill the window with a string of as many symbols as it could take, usually dollar signs, greater than symbols, or ampersands. (40 words)

Longer example sentences

For instance, when putting URLs or other material containing ampersands into XML format files such as RSS files the & must be replaced with amp; or they are considered not well formed, and computers will be unable to read the files correctly. (41 words)

When one team wanted to crash the game or cause their opponent’s lag to spike, they would fill the window with a string of as many symbols as it could take, usually dollar signs, greater than symbols, or ampersands. (40 words)

After the advent of printing in Europe in 1455, printers made extensive use of both the italic and Roman ampersands. (20 words)

Question examples

Could the huge ampersands find their way to the Pappajohn Sculpture Park, or serve as public art elsewhere? (18 words)

Example sentences (4)

Could the huge ampersands find their way to the Pappajohn Sculpture Park, or serve as public art elsewhere?

When one team wanted to crash the game or cause their opponent’s lag to spike, they would fill the window with a string of as many symbols as it could take, usually dollar signs, greater than symbols, or ampersands.

After the advent of printing in Europe in 1455, printers made extensive use of both the italic and Roman ampersands.

For instance, when putting URLs or other material containing ampersands into XML format files such as RSS files the & must be replaced with amp; or they are considered not well formed, and computers will be unable to read the files correctly.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "ampersands" in a sentence?
An example: "Could the huge ampersands find their way to the Pappajohn Sculpture Park, or serve as public art elsewhere?" This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "ampersands" from authentic English texts.
What does "ampersands" mean?
Ampersands means: plural of ampersand
How many example sentences with "ampersands" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "ampersands", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.