How do you use Birlings in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Birlings meaning
plural of birling
Using Birlings
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of birling
- In the example corpus, birlings often appears in combinations such as: the birlings.
Context around Birlings
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Birlings
- In this selection, "birlings" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, elder, younger, query, youngest and elder stand out and add context to how "birlings" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include at the birlings house to and birling the birlings elder child. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "birlings" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with birlings
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sheila Birling The Birlings' elder child. (6 words)
Eric Birling He is the Birlings' youngest child. (8 words)
The younger Birlings, however, still realise the error of their ways and promise to change. (15 words)
Both during and after his interrogation of the family, the Birlings query whether he is actually a real inspector, and a phone call made by Gerald to the local police station reveals that there is no Inspector Goole in the local police force. (43 words)
The play ends abruptly with a telephone call, taken by Arthur, who reports that a young woman has died, a suspected case of suicide by disinfectant, and that the local police are on their way to question the Birlings. (39 words)
Yet the final phone call, announcing that a police inspector is shortly to arrive at the Birlings' house to investigate the suicide of a young girl, leaves open the possibility that Eva Smith really did exist after all. (38 words)
Example sentences (8)
Both during and after his interrogation of the family, the Birlings query whether he is actually a real inspector, and a phone call made by Gerald to the local police station reveals that there is no Inspector Goole in the local police force.
Eric Birling He is the Birlings' youngest child.
Initially he appears to be correct, and does not think the Birlings have anything to feel ashamed of or worry about.
Sheila Birling The Birlings' elder child.
The elder Birlings and Gerald celebrate, with Arthur dismissing the evening's events as "moonshine" and "bluffing".
The play ends abruptly with a telephone call, taken by Arthur, who reports that a young woman has died, a suspected case of suicide by disinfectant, and that the local police are on their way to question the Birlings.
The younger Birlings, however, still realise the error of their ways and promise to change.
Yet the final phone call, announcing that a police inspector is shortly to arrive at the Birlings' house to investigate the suicide of a young girl, leaves open the possibility that Eva Smith really did exist after all.
Common combinations with birlings
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: