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Blackmails is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Blackmails | Blackmail | Blackmailing | Blackmailed | Blackmailer | Blackmailers

Blackmails meaning

third-person singular simple present indicative of blackmail

Using Blackmails

  • The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of blackmail
  • In the example corpus, blackmails often appears in combinations such as: he blackmails, and blackmails, blackmails him.

Context around Blackmails

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 5 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

eric 1× louis 1× daisy 1× less 1× addison 1× mohiam 1× calmly 1× instead 1×

Often after:

barry 1× lastly 1× eve 1× digory 1× david 1×

Sentence patterns with Blackmails

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

addison blackmails eve informing 1× around and blackmails the royal 1× fluently he blackmails david to 1× graduating eric blackmails the school 1× he blackmails digory into 1× lester instead blackmails him for 1× locker and blackmails him into 1× or less blackmails a foreign 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a turning point 1× addison blackmails eve 1× as the baron 1× but we cannot 1× desperate to stop 1× dorian then calmly 1×

Common sentence endings:

belongs to him 1× blackmails the royal 1× both can return 1× conceives his child 1× domestic political rivals 1× for the guy 1×

Words around Blackmails

Just before it in the word index:

blackmailing 64 blackmailers 10 blackmailer 17 blackmailed 63 blackmail 317 blackmagic 8

Just after it in the word index:

blackman 99 blackmer 3 blackmon 59 blackmoon 2 blackmoor 8 blackmoore 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaa 20 abductees 20 abdulahi 20 abetment 20 abhors 20 ablution 20

Corpus analysis for Blackmails

  • In this selection, "blackmails" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, eric, louis, daisy, barry, lastly and eve stand out and add context to how "blackmails" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include addison blackmails eve informing and around and blackmails the royal. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "blackmails" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with blackmails

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

To tame the pain and resist until you react, to first of all insults, then to blackmails, lastly to aggressions. (20 words)

Desperate to stop Billy from graduating, Eric blackmails the school principal to say that Billy bribed him to get passing grades. (21 words)

As the Baron's homosexuality is something of an open secret, Mohiam blackmails him into having sexual relations with her and conceives his child. (24 words)

Longer example sentences

While Daisy blackmails her into having a relationship, Lou begins to fear what actions her father will take, as Lou Sr. had used the ravine to dispense with the bodies of business rivals that he's killed prior. (38 words)

Later, when Nick can talk more fluently, he blackmails David to get Lily a paternity test to see who the father is or he will tell the police and the Platt family how the accident was really caused. (38 words)

But we cannot have a situation in which a US president more or less blackmails a foreign government dependent on US aid to involve itself in punishing that president’s domestic political rivals. (33 words)

Example sentences (14)

Desperate to stop Billy from graduating, Eric blackmails the school principal to say that Billy bribed him to get passing grades.

Sure, he blackmails Barry into killing people and teaching Murder 101 to young Chechen recruits, but he also has a real soft spot for the guy.

A turning point in the series and the firm's trajectory, Louis blackmails his way back to Pearson Specter as named partner after discovering Mike's secret.

While Daisy blackmails her into having a relationship, Lou begins to fear what actions her father will take, as Lou Sr. had used the ravine to dispense with the bodies of business rivals that he's killed prior.

To tame the pain and resist until you react, to first of all insults, then to blackmails, lastly to aggressions.

But we cannot have a situation in which a US president more or less blackmails a foreign government dependent on US aid to involve itself in punishing that president’s domestic political rivals.

Yet as the Duke of Edinburgh suggests he'll be keeping a close eye on the art historian, the staff member turns around and blackmails the royal.

Needing more members for Glee club and knowing Finn – a jock – probably won’t volunteer for it himself, Mr. Schue plants marijuana in Finn’s locker and blackmails him into joining the club.

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Addison blackmails Eve, informing her that she will not be marrying Lloyd or anyone else; in exchange for Addison's silence, she now "belongs" to him.

As the Baron's homosexuality is something of an open secret, Mohiam blackmails him into having sexual relations with her and conceives his child.

Dorian then calmly blackmails an old friend, the scientist Alan Campbell, into using his knowledge of chemistry to destroy the body of Basil Hallward.

He blackmails Digory into taking another yellow ring to follow wherever Polly has gone, and two green rings so that they both can return.

Later, when Nick can talk more fluently, he blackmails David to get Lily a paternity test to see who the father is or he will tell the police and the Platt family how the accident was really caused.

When Lester's boss, Brad, tells him that he is to be laid off, Lester instead blackmails him for $60,000 and quits his job.

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Common combinations with blackmails

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "blackmails" in a sentence?
An example: "Desperate to stop Billy from graduating, Eric blackmails the school principal to say that Billy bribed him to get passing grades." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "blackmails" from authentic English texts.
What does "blackmails" mean?
Blackmails means: third-person singular simple present indicative of blackmail
How many example sentences with "blackmails" are there?
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