Chekhov is an English word with synonyms like chekov or dramatist. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Chekhov in a sentence
Chekhov meaning
- A surname from Russian
- A male surname from Russian, feminine equivalent Chekhova
Synonyms of Chekhov
Using Chekhov
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname from Russian | A surname from Russian | A male surname from Russian, feminine equivalent Chekhova
- Useful related words include: chekov, anton chekhov, anton chekov, anton pavlovich chekhov.
- In the example corpus, chekhov often appears in combinations such as: anton chekhov, chekhov and, chekhov wrote.
Context around Chekhov
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Chekhov
- In this selection, "chekhov" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, anton, biographies, though, wrote, biographies and known stand out and add context to how "chekhov" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include memoir by chekhov s brother and translation of chekhov s letters. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "chekhov" sits close to words such as abm, adsl and adua, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with chekhov
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Chekhov biographies Chekhov's posthumous reputation greatly exceeded his expectations. (10 words)
And, like a Chekhov piece, the play offers us no easy resolution. (12 words)
Scott stars in the one-man show, bringing multiple of Chekhov's characters to life. (15 words)
Though Chekhov found the experience "sickening" and painted a comic portrait of the chaotic production in a letter to his brother Alexander, the play was a hit and was praised, to Chekhov's bemusement, as a work of originality. (39 words)
Rayfield, 500. Up to that point, Chekhov, known as "Russia's most elusive literary bachelor," Harvey Pitcher in Chekhov's Leading Lady, quoted in Malcolm, 59. had preferred passing liaisons and visits to brothels over commitment. (36 words)
Chekhov’s gun is there on every page: words spoken carelessly or in jest are later repeated in a court of law, their meaning twisted; gifts given in innocence are produced with new motives ascribed. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Allen, 11. The Art Theatre commissioned more plays from Chekhov and the following year staged Uncle Vanya, which Chekhov had completed in 1896.
Chekhov biographies Chekhov's posthumous reputation greatly exceeded his expectations.
From the biographical sketch, adapted from a memoir by Chekhov's brother Mihail, which prefaces Constance Garnett 's translation of Chekhov's letters, 1920.
From the biographical sketch, adapted from a memoir by Chekhov's brother Mikhail, which prefaces Constance Garnett 's translation of Chekhov's letters, 1920.
Rayfield, 500. Up to that point, Chekhov, known as "Russia's most elusive literary bachelor," Harvey Pitcher in Chekhov's Leading Lady, quoted in Malcolm, 59. had preferred passing liaisons and visits to brothels over commitment.
Though Chekhov found the experience "sickening" and painted a comic portrait of the chaotic production in a letter to his brother Alexander, the play was a hit and was praised, to Chekhov's bemusement, as a work of originality.
And, like a Chekhov piece, the play offers us no easy resolution.
He also found out how to join the Screen Actor’s Guild by doing background work and began to study with Scott Fielding at the Chekhov Institute of Boston.
We realized the similarities between Chekhov’s text and our own history, so we took advantage of those parallels to reinforce the idea that the passions that agitate human beings are always the same.
Whatever Russia emerges after the war, it won’t be the Russia of Chekhov and Dostoyevsky, the country that once tantalized Western intellectuals with its perennial quest for meaning and capacity for the sublime.
It centers on three middle-aged siblings named after Chekhov characters who are uneasily negotiating with age.
Scott stars in the one-man show, bringing multiple of Chekhov's characters to life.
Chekhov’s gun is there on every page: words spoken carelessly or in jest are later repeated in a court of law, their meaning twisted; gifts given in innocence are produced with new motives ascribed.
Everyone in my house was an art enthusiast, so the dinner table conversations always revolved around Vijay Tendulkar or Anton Chekhov.
His accounts of his youthful experiences going on his own to watch Shakespeare, Chekhov, Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams plays at rep theatres in San Francisco are revealing.
One day he recorded a one-man performance of by Anton Chekhov, playing all the sisters while wearing a belted doona and purple curtains from his cabin.
Repolovsky didn’t know, when we watched the Newman film that evening, that Michael Strong was a Russian Jew, that he’d grown up hearing the language in which Chekhov wrote his play.
Because I was speaking about the translations… will be adapted on stage by a young director, a young woman who is terribly brilliant who did a Chekhov three years ago.
They met at a libertarian conference in Las Vegas in July 2015, where they discussed Milton Friedman, Anton Chekhov and John Locke.
Because Chekhov wrote “Uncle Vanya” in 19th -entury Russia, his plays represent a culture which emphasized decorum and avoided overt displays of emotion, Schendel said.
Common combinations with chekhov
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: