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Chloral is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Chloral in a sentence

Chloral meaning

A colourless narcotic liquid, trichloroacetaldehyde, CCl₃CHO, obtained at first by the action of chlorine on alcohol and that, when treated with water, produces chloral hydrate.

Using Chloral

  • The main meaning on this page is: A colourless narcotic liquid, trichloroacetaldehyde, CCl₃CHO, obtained at first by the action of chlorine on alcohol and that, when treated with water, produces chloral hydrate.
  • In the example corpus, chloral often appears in combinations such as: chloral hydrate.

Context around Chloral

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

taking 1×

Often after:

hydrate 2×

Sentence patterns with Chloral

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

1869 when chloral hydrate was 1× after taking chloral hydrate in 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

some say that 1× treatment for insomnia 1×

Common sentence endings:

a fellow student 1× as a soporific 1×

Words around Chloral

Just before it in the word index:

chlorakas 3 chloracne 4 chlor 3 chloorkop 3 chloee 4 chloe 627

Just after it in the word index:

chloramines 4 chloramphenicol 18 chlorate 11 chlordiazepoxide 2 chlorella 7 chlorenchyma 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadu 4 aafmaa 4

Corpus analysis for Chloral

  • In this selection, "chloral" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, taking and hydrate stand out and add context to how "chloral" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 1869 when chloral hydrate was and after taking chloral hydrate in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "chloral" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with chloral

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Treatment for insomnia in psychiatry dates back to 1869 when chloral hydrate was first used as a soporific. (18 words)

Some say that he was expelled from Los Alamos after taking chloral hydrate in Santa Fe with a fellow student. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

Some say that he was expelled from Los Alamos after taking chloral hydrate in Santa Fe with a fellow student. (20 words)

Treatment for insomnia in psychiatry dates back to 1869 when chloral hydrate was first used as a soporific. (18 words)

Example sentences (2)

Some say that he was expelled from Los Alamos after taking chloral hydrate in Santa Fe with a fellow student.

Treatment for insomnia in psychiatry dates back to 1869 when chloral hydrate was first used as a soporific.

Common combinations with chloral

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "chloral" in a sentence?
An example: "Some say that he was expelled from Los Alamos after taking chloral hydrate in Santa Fe with a fellow student." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "chloral" from authentic English texts.
What does "chloral" mean?
Chloral means: A colourless narcotic liquid, trichloroacetaldehyde, CCl₃CHO, obtained at first by the action of chlorine on alcohol and that, when treated with water, produces chloral hydrate.
How many example sentences with "chloral" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "chloral", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.