Bowmen is an English word. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Bowmen in a sentence
Bowmen meaning
plural of bowman
Using Bowmen
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of bowman
Context around Bowmen
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bowmen
- In this selection, "bowmen" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, entice, giving, british and archery stand out and add context to how "bowmen" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include archers and bowmen whose role and castle giving bowmen an advantageous. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bowmen" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bowmen
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Scottish infantry would have had axes, swords and pikes, with few bowmen among them. (15 words)
Country or Sports club main A print of the 1822 meeting of the "Royal British Bowmen" archery club. (18 words)
The English force of English, Welsh and Scots knights, bowmen and foot soldiers camped to the south of the river. (20 words)
It remains unclear whether the infantry shooting bolts, arrows and stones at the spearmen proved the deciding factor, although it is very likely that it was the arrows of Edward's bowmen. (32 words)
As well as offering some protection for those inside, a siege tower could overlook the interior of a castle, giving bowmen an advantageous position from which to unleash missiles. (29 words)
Below them were archers and bowmen, whose role was to prevent the enemy reaching the walls as can be seen by the positioning of arrowslits. (25 words)
Example sentences (7)
To entice bowmen to join up, Charles decreed that anyone who entered the king’s service would be granted an exemption on all taxes.
As well as offering some protection for those inside, a siege tower could overlook the interior of a castle, giving bowmen an advantageous position from which to unleash missiles.
Below them were archers and bowmen, whose role was to prevent the enemy reaching the walls as can be seen by the positioning of arrowslits.
Country or Sports club main A print of the 1822 meeting of the "Royal British Bowmen" archery club.
It remains unclear whether the infantry shooting bolts, arrows and stones at the spearmen proved the deciding factor, although it is very likely that it was the arrows of Edward's bowmen.
The English force of English, Welsh and Scots knights, bowmen and foot soldiers camped to the south of the river.
The Scottish infantry would have had axes, swords and pikes, with few bowmen among them.