Chinua is an English word starting with the letter C. With 10+ example sentences you'll see exactly how it works in context.
Chinua in a sentence
Using Chinua
- In the example corpus, chinua often appears in combinations such as: chinua achebe, the chinua, with chinua.
Context around Chinua
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Chinua
- In this selection, "chinua" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, brother, icon, body, achebe and smith stand out and add context to how "chinua" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include chinua achebe has and chinua achebe in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "chinua" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with chinua
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The man who insulted Chinua Achebe in 2004 because CA turned down a National Honour. (15 words)
How will you access the promotion of Achebe’s books through the Chinua Achebe event? (15 words)
Chinua Achebe has quoted Schweitzer as saying: "The African is indeed my brother but my junior brother," Chinua Achebe. (19 words)
Achebes's body now in Enugu The body Chinua Achebe arrived Enugu at 12.35pm Tuesday, via an Overland jet chattered from Abuja, after member of his family aborted a planned display of body and tribute at the National Assembly in Abuja. (42 words)
The Mariners showed their fighting spirit with Captain Dave Rorke plowing over to make it 42-10., but the last hurrah went to Teachers who finished the scoring with Chinua Smith scoring, and Simons converting to make the final score 49-10. (42 words)
He was one of the brave ones who were not afraid to venture into the forest beyond the classrooms dubbed, “Evil Forest” after a place of a similar name from Chinua’ Achebe’s classic literary piece, Things fall apart. (39 words)
How will you access the promotion of Achebe’s books through the Chinua Achebe event? (15 words)
Example sentences (12)
Chinua Achebe has quoted Schweitzer as saying: "The African is indeed my brother but my junior brother," Chinua Achebe.
He contended that the most effective way to immortalize Nigeria’s llate iterary icon, Chinua Achebe of the “Things Fall Apart Fame”, is to produce more literary icons from among our young students.
These are the things that Chinua Achebe spoke about eloquently; you know he spoke about his people because he always insisted that Igbo must not allow these people who have money miss road to take over their communities.
In 1986, together with Chinua Achebe and JP Clark, he marched to Dodan Barracks to plead with the then military president, IBB, to spare the life of Mamman Vatsa who was accused of plotting a coup.
Achebes's body now in Enugu The body Chinua Achebe arrived Enugu at 12.35pm Tuesday, via an Overland jet chattered from Abuja, after member of his family aborted a planned display of body and tribute at the National Assembly in Abuja.
The man who insulted Chinua Achebe in 2004 because CA turned down a National Honour.
The Mariners showed their fighting spirit with Captain Dave Rorke plowing over to make it 42-10., but the last hurrah went to Teachers who finished the scoring with Chinua Smith scoring, and Simons converting to make the final score 49-10.
University of Nigeria, UNN, bid Achebe farewell Scores of academics from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) on Tuesday paid their last respect to the literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe, who died in March, in Boston, United States.
Chinua Achebe, in his book, ‘The Trouble with Nigeria,’ pointed out that the situation is directly linked to failure of leadership,” Agbakoba said.
He was one of the brave ones who were not afraid to venture into the forest beyond the classrooms dubbed, “Evil Forest” after a place of a similar name from Chinua’ Achebe’s classic literary piece, Things fall apart.
How will you access the promotion of Achebe’s books through the Chinua Achebe event?
In things fall apart, Chinua Achebe states that Ogbanje is " a 'wicked' child who continually re-enters its mother’s womb only to die again and again, causing its parents grief".
Common combinations with chinua
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: