Explore Biggles through 7 example sentences from English. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Context around Biggles
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Biggles
- In this selection, "biggles" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, company, orders, cardinal, disco, war and flies stand out and add context to how "biggles" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2003 and biggles flies south and floor was biggles disco. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "biggles" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with biggles
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Our minds were bent forever by Biggles, War Stories for Boys and suchlike. (13 words)
When he calls for "the rack ", Cardinal Biggles produces a dish-drying rack. (13 words)
The lost army also features in Christopher Golden 's Hellboy novel The Lost Army (2003), and Biggles Flies South (1938). (20 words)
Her biggest achievement, she says, is being able to publish her own book through her own publishing company, Biggles and Boggles, which she admits has only published her work, though she is hopeful to publish more authors. (37 words)
In the Monty Python Live (Mostly) stage show the sketch ends when Ximénez orders Biggles to "torture" the victim (who is sitting in the comfy chair) by giving her a glass of cold milk from the fridge. (37 words)
When Biggles opens the door, the Man in the Fridge ( Eric Idle ) emerges and begins singing the Galaxy Song to the victim, while the Inquisition exit through the fridge. (29 words)
Example sentences (7)
Downstairs punters could enjoy Butlers Public Bar, the next floor up they’d find Butlers Lounge, and on second floor was Biggles disco.
Our minds were bent forever by Biggles, War Stories for Boys and suchlike.
Her biggest achievement, she says, is being able to publish her own book through her own publishing company, Biggles and Boggles, which she admits has only published her work, though she is hopeful to publish more authors.
In the Monty Python Live (Mostly) stage show the sketch ends when Ximénez orders Biggles to "torture" the victim (who is sitting in the comfy chair) by giving her a glass of cold milk from the fridge.
The lost army also features in Christopher Golden 's Hellboy novel The Lost Army (2003), and Biggles Flies South (1938).
When Biggles opens the door, the Man in the Fridge ( Eric Idle ) emerges and begins singing the Galaxy Song to the victim, while the Inquisition exit through the fridge.
When he calls for "the rack ", Cardinal Biggles produces a dish-drying rack.