On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Camus. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as writer or author and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Camus meaning
- A surname from French.
- Albert Camus, French author and philosopher
Synonyms of Camus
Using Camus
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname from French. | Albert Camus, French author and philosopher
- Useful related words include: albert camus, writer, author, existentialist.
- In the example corpus, camus often appears in combinations such as: albert camus, camus was, in camus.
Context around Camus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 8 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Camus
- In this selection, "camus" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, albert, happy, literature, albert, crowning and maintained stand out and add context to how "camus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 199 albert camus camus used and academic xavier camus blog post. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "camus" sits close to words such as abducting, accentuate and accomplishes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with camus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Albert Camus advised us to imagine that Sisyphus was happy. (10 words)
That was the declaration by French philosopher, and my favourite, Albert Camus, 1903-1960. (14 words)
Another existentialist, Albert Camus, had a very particular view on this lack of meaning. (14 words)
See: The Lyrical and Critical Essays of Albert Camus The current confusion arises, in part, because many recent applications of existentialism have much in common with many of Camus's practical ideas (see: Resistance, Rebellion, and Death). (37 words)
Feted by Allan Massie, no mean wordsmith himself, as the finest Scottish novelist of his generation, he has also been described as “Scotland’s Camus”, as in Albert of that ilk, French writer of The Rebel. (36 words)
David Ouellette, research and public affairs director for the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs in Quebec, said the centre contacted authorities on Monday after seeing academic Xavier Camus' blog post denouncing the online hatred. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
A pervasive theme in the works of existentialist philosophy, however, is to persist through encounters with the absurd, as seen in Camus ' The Myth of Sisyphus ("One must imagine Sisyphus happy"), Camus, Albert.
Camus crowning Stockholm's Lucia on December 13, 1957, three days after accepting the Nobel Prize in Literature Camus maintained his pacifism and resisted capital punishment anywhere in the world.
Dienstag 2009, p. 199 Albert Camus Camus used the punishment of Sisyphus to represent the human condition.
See: The Lyrical and Critical Essays of Albert Camus The current confusion arises, in part, because many recent applications of existentialism have much in common with many of Camus's practical ideas (see: Resistance, Rebellion, and Death).
Albert Camus wrote in his novel The Plague, “I must tell you this: this is not about heroism.
Camus and the other writers claim back their copyright and are instead picked up by the mainstream Paris publishers.
Feted by Allan Massie, no mean wordsmith himself, as the finest Scottish novelist of his generation, he has also been described as “Scotland’s Camus”, as in Albert of that ilk, French writer of The Rebel.
Camus doesn't come from the hardcore punk subculture that has helpedfuel the North American anti-fascist movement.
David Ouellette, research and public affairs director for the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs in Quebec, said the centre contacted authorities on Monday after seeing academic Xavier Camus' blog post denouncing the online hatred.
For Camus, it may have been a metaphor for the Nazi occupation of France during World War II (he was an editor of a Resistance newspaper during this time).
In the first confinement, people were buying a lot of pandemic books — “The Plague” by Camus — and this time people seem to be looking for escapism — sci-fi, Greek mythology.
That was the declaration by French philosopher, and my favourite, Albert Camus, 1903-1960.
The full text is to be published in a new book about Camus by Vincent Duclert, historian and professor at the elite Sciences Po.
Albert Camus advised us to imagine that Sisyphus was happy.
As a recipient of government funds to help renovate his castle, Mr. Camus has had to open it to the public for part of the year.
In the novel, which includes both real and fictional characters, Mr. Camus makes an appearance as Marine Le Pen’s speechwriter.
Another existentialist, Albert Camus, had a very particular view on this lack of meaning.
Régis Camus, cellar manager at the Piper-Heidsieck champagne house, said that 2018 would “likely” be a vintage year.
According to Camus, Sartre was a writer who resisted; not a resister who wrote.
After the stone falls back down the mountain Camus states that "It is during that return, that pause, that Sisyphus interests me.
Common combinations with camus
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- albert camus 12×
- camus was 4×
- in camus 3×
- camus wrote 3×
- camus the 2×
- camus albert 2×
- camus camus 2×
- camus and 2×
- for camus 2×
- camus by 2×