How do you use Anthropoid in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like apelike or nonhuman, plus the exact meaning.
Anthropoid meaning
- Having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance.
- Of the pelvis, having an anteroposterior diameter equal or exceeding the transverse diameter.
Using Anthropoid
- The main meaning on this page is: Having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance. | Having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance. | Of the pelvis, having an anteroposterior diameter equal or exceeding the transverse diameter.
- Useful related words include: anthropoidal, apelike, nonhuman, manlike.
Context around Anthropoid
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Anthropoid
- In this selection, "anthropoid" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, decorated, paragroup, jews and coffin stand out and add context to how "anthropoid" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a decorated anthropoid coffin and from the anthropoid paragroup in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "anthropoid" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with anthropoid
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The body was then wrapped in linen with protective amulets inserted between layers and placed in a decorated anthropoid coffin. (20 words)
Most of the launch maps were on the smaller side, so I was happy that Anthropoid and Occupation had larger playing fields, making for better objective play. (27 words)
In his 1934 pageant play The Rock, Eliot distances himself from Fascist movements of the thirties by caricaturing Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts, who 'firmly refuse/ To descend to palaver with anthropoid Jews'. (32 words)
His mother, father and younger brother were among the closest collaborators of paratroopers Jan Kubis and Josef Gabcik, from the Anthropoid paragroup in Prague, who, on May 27 1942, carried out the assassination of the Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich. (39 words)
In his 1934 pageant play The Rock, Eliot distances himself from Fascist movements of the thirties by caricaturing Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts, who 'firmly refuse/ To descend to palaver with anthropoid Jews'. (32 words)
Most of the launch maps were on the smaller side, so I was happy that Anthropoid and Occupation had larger playing fields, making for better objective play. (27 words)
Example sentences (4)
His mother, father and younger brother were among the closest collaborators of paratroopers Jan Kubis and Josef Gabcik, from the Anthropoid paragroup in Prague, who, on May 27 1942, carried out the assassination of the Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich.
Most of the launch maps were on the smaller side, so I was happy that Anthropoid and Occupation had larger playing fields, making for better objective play.
In his 1934 pageant play The Rock, Eliot distances himself from Fascist movements of the thirties by caricaturing Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts, who 'firmly refuse/ To descend to palaver with anthropoid Jews'.
The body was then wrapped in linen with protective amulets inserted between layers and placed in a decorated anthropoid coffin.