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Banville in a sentence
Banville meaning
A surname from French.
Using Banville
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname from French.
- In the example corpus, banville often appears in combinations such as: john banville, and banville, de banville.
Context around Banville
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Banville
- In this selection, "banville" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, john, touched, walks and writing stand out and add context to how "banville" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include advanced on banville the headquarters and banville touched his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "banville" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with banville
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Banville touched his own shoulder, which he said aches after years of writing by hand. (15 words)
The effect on fellow artists was, as Théodore de Banville stated, "immense, prodigious, unexpected, mingled with admiration and with some indefinable anxious fear". (23 words)
Zuehlke, p. 250 "B" Company joined them, and pushed through the gap between St. Croix and Banville, joining "C" Company as it did so. (24 words)
Copp, pp. 55–56 On the western edge of the Canadian sector, the advance of the 7th Brigade had stalled in the face of stiffening resistance in St. Croix and Banville, throwing the right flank of the assault off-schedule. (40 words)
Zuehlke, p. 311 Once St. Croix and Banville were cleared, the Canadian Scots pushed south to Colombiers, reinforced the platoons that had captured the bridge across the Seulles earlier in the day, and moved towards the Creully–Caen road. (39 words)
Among the few supportive critics was the poet Théodore de Banville ; writing in Le National, he applauded Bizet for presenting a drama with real men and women instead of the usual Opéra-Comique "puppets". (34 words)
Example sentences (11)
Banville touched his own shoulder, which he said aches after years of writing by hand.
Novelist John Banville walks around looking at paintings including 'Diego Velazquez's 'Las Meninas' in the background at the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024.
Previous books discussed by the club include, most recently, “” by William Kent Krueger, “” by John Banville, and “The Widows of Malabar Hill” by Sujata Massey.
Among the few supportive critics was the poet Théodore de Banville ; writing in Le National, he applauded Bizet for presenting a drama with real men and women instead of the usual Opéra-Comique "puppets".
Copp, pp. 55–56 On the western edge of the Canadian sector, the advance of the 7th Brigade had stalled in the face of stiffening resistance in St. Croix and Banville, throwing the right flank of the assault off-schedule.
In popular culture Rheticus narrates the third part of John Banville 's 1975 novel Doctor Copernicus, relating how he convinced Copernicus to publish the book.
The effect on fellow artists was, as Théodore de Banville stated, "immense, prodigious, unexpected, mingled with admiration and with some indefinable anxious fear".
The posthumous publication by Anthony Thwaite in 1992 of his letters triggered controversy about his personal life and political views, described by John Banville as hair-raising, but also in places hilarious.
Zuehlke, p. 250 "B" Company joined them, and pushed through the gap between St. Croix and Banville, joining "C" Company as it did so.
Zuehlke, p. 311 Once St. Croix and Banville were cleared, the Canadian Scots pushed south to Colombiers, reinforced the platoons that had captured the bridge across the Seulles earlier in the day, and moved towards the Creully–Caen road.
Zuehlke, pp. 242–3 "C" Company advanced on Banville—the headquarters of II Battalion of the 726th—but was stopped by three machine-gun emplacements just short of the town.
Common combinations with banville
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- john banville 4×
- and banville 3×
- de banville 2×