Get to know Bunyan better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like logger or lumberjack.
Bunyan in a sentence
Bunyan meaning
- An English surname; a nickname for someone with a hump or lump.
- John Bunyan, English preacher and writer.
- An unincorporated community in Georgetown, Polk County, Wisconsin, United States.
Synonyms of Bunyan
Using Bunyan
- The main meaning on this page is: An English surname; a nickname for someone with a hump or lump. | John Bunyan, English preacher and writer. | An unincorporated community in Georgetown, Polk County, Wisconsin, United States.
- Useful related words include: john bunyan, logger, lumberjack, lumberman.
- In the example corpus, bunyan often appears in combinations such as: paul bunyan, bunyan and, bunyan is.
Context around Bunyan
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 11 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bunyan
- In this selection, "bunyan" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, paul, parkway, onto, avenue, road and moved stand out and add context to how "bunyan" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 49 of bunyan road kempston and articles paul bunyan is praised. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bunyan" sits close to words such as acropolis, ade and admirably, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bunyan
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The "Say Nice Things About Portland" Paul Bunyan / Big Pink Tank Top! (12 words)
Here are 10 places where you can find Paul Bunyan statues in New York. (14 words)
Tracy Wicks, 49, of Bunyan Road, Kempston, Bedfordshire, was also aboard the San Periel when it was raided. (18 words)
Sen. Carrie Ruud, R-Breezy Point, and other GOP lawmakers pointed to an issue with Brainerd-based Paul Bunyan Land amusement park in which owners weren’t able to use waivers previously applicable there to bring on 16- and 17-year-olds to operate rides. (45 words)
The Act had been little used, and Bunyan's arrest was probably due in part to concerns that non-conformist religious meetings were being held as a cover for people plotting against the king (although this was not the case with Bunyan's meetings). (44 words)
People in Minnesota are gifted in their ways of family, community and culture, and there is no cocktail better associated with that practice than the Bloody Mary, which stands on the Paul Bunyan shoulders of the Upper Midwest in triumphant glory. (41 words)
The "Say Nice Things About Portland" Paul Bunyan / Big Pink Tank Top! (12 words)
Example sentences (20)
Non-Injury Motor Vehicle Accident/Following Too Closely: North Berthoud Parkway/Bunyan Avenue — A vehicle was turning onto Bunyan Avenue from North Berthoud Parkway and was struck by the vehicle following behind.
D. Harrigan did refer to a giant pink ox in "Paul Bunyan's Oxen," circa 1914. citation In all the articles, Paul Bunyan is praised as a logger of great physical strength and unrivaled skill.
His father had remarried and had more children and Bunyan moved from Bunyan's End to a cottage in Elstow High Street.
In 2007, Michael Edmonds of the Wisconsin Historical Society began a thorough reinvestigation of the Paul Bunyan tradition, publishing his findings in Out of the Northwoods: The Many Lives of Paul Bunyan.
James Stevens in his 1925 book Paul Bunyan makes another unverified claim that Paul Bunyan was a soldier in the Papineau Rebellion named Paul Bon Jean, citation and this is occasionally repeated in other accounts.
The Act had been little used, and Bunyan's arrest was probably due in part to concerns that non-conformist religious meetings were being held as a cover for people plotting against the king (although this was not the case with Bunyan's meetings).
Here are 10 places where you can find Paul Bunyan statues in New York.
The Bunyan family were its most famous residents and John, a former tinker, was arrested a couple of miles away in Harlington village after refusing to stop giving sermons in the local area.
The "Say Nice Things About Portland" Paul Bunyan / Big Pink Tank Top!
Tracy Wicks, 49, of Bunyan Road, Kempston, Bedfordshire, was also aboard the San Periel when it was raided.
Ashley Moss, of Bunyan Road, Bedford, appeared at St Albans Magistrates' Court on April 5. He also admitted breaching Section 4B of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.
Bemidji, located on the shores of Lake Bemidji, is a vibrant city with a rich Native American and logging history, and it's home to iconic landmarks such as the Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues.
He was given the city’s Paul Bunyan Citizenship Award in 2009, shortly before the restaurant closed, for the beneficial effect he had on the community.
Statues of Paul Bunyan and his blue ox Babe stand tall in onetime lumber boomtowns Bemidji (pictured), Brainerd and tiny Akeley, near Walker.
Carol Olson and Dean Beattie read through some recent entries in Paul Bunyan’s guest book on Feb. 24, taking in their last days as Bemidji’s unofficial greeters.
Most of the narrations, from different persons, indicated that Michael Bunyan was killed by electric shock while he was running electric wires from the blue house one house to another (or vice versa) in the Jallah Town community.
Others who played with the club but not in the photograph Cormac Bunyan, Tom Dillon, Billy Hinds, Martin Drea and Dave Wilson.
People in Minnesota are gifted in their ways of family, community and culture, and there is no cocktail better associated with that practice than the Bloody Mary, which stands on the Paul Bunyan shoulders of the Upper Midwest in triumphant glory.
Reg Bunyan, who's with the Bow Valley Naturalists, said the group hopes the parks agency also moves to limit the impact of traffic on the road by bringing in a dusk-to-dawn restriction.
Sen. Carrie Ruud, R-Breezy Point, and other GOP lawmakers pointed to an issue with Brainerd-based Paul Bunyan Land amusement park in which owners weren’t able to use waivers previously applicable there to bring on 16- and 17-year-olds to operate rides.
Common combinations with bunyan
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- paul bunyan 41×
- bunyan and 6×
- bunyan is 5×
- bunyan was 4×
- bunyan as 3×
- bunyan avenue 2×
- and bunyan 2×
- of bunyan 2×
- bunyan road 2×
- bunyan drive 2×