Get to know Cimon better with 10+ real example sentences.
Cimon in a sentence
Using Cimon
- In the example corpus, cimon often appears in combinations such as: cimon is, cimon will, cimon in.
Context around Cimon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 6 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cimon
- In this selection, "cimon" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, jokes, promote, asked, recently, looks and son stand out and add context to how "cimon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 451 bc cimon returned from and after all cimon finally accepted. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cimon" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cimon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
However, CIMON looks undeniably dumb. (5 words)
Thucydides 101 After two years Thasos surrendered to the Athenian leader Cimon. (12 words)
Plutarch claims that his remains were returned to Athens and placed in Cimon 's family vault. (16 words)
P.J. Rhodes, A History of the Classical Greek World, 44 In 451 BC, Cimon returned from exile and negotiated a five years' truce with Sparta after a proposal of Pericles, an event which indicates a shift in Pericles' political strategy. (41 words)
D. Kagan, The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, 79 After all, Cimon finally accepted the new democracy and did not oppose the citizenship law, after he returned from exile in 451 BC. (32 words)
David Campbell, Greek Lyric Poetry, Bristol Classical Press (1982), page 406 Meanwhile, the Spartans actively worked against him, trying to promote Cimon (son of Miltiades) as a rival to Themistocles. (30 words)
Example sentences (18)
Cimon is larger, at 32 cm across, and has a face displayed on a screen — though it's arguably not nearly as cute as the Int-Ball.
As for what kind of jokes CIMON might tell, Biniok said most were provided by a student and “some of them are pretty harsh.
CIMON is a technology demonstration experiment that will likely receive updates and improvements from its development team.
CIMON recently gained attention for a strange glitch: When asked to cancel its music-playing mode, the robot got defensive.
CIMON will be powered by more than a dozen propellers to help it jet around and avoid bumping into things inside the Columbus module of the space lab.
CIMON will relay questions or comments from Gerst to the Watson AI via the station’s satellite internet link and then relay the answer to Gerst.
However, CIMON looks undeniably dumb.
Athenian citizens had to be descended from citizens—after the reforms of Pericles and Cimon in 450 BC, they "would be confined to those whose parents were both Athenian".
David Campbell, Greek Lyric Poetry, Bristol Classical Press (1982), page 406 Meanwhile, the Spartans actively worked against him, trying to promote Cimon (son of Miltiades) as a rival to Themistocles.
D. Kagan, The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, 79 After all, Cimon finally accepted the new democracy and did not oppose the citizenship law, after he returned from exile in 451 BC.
Instead of following the usual custom of choosing judges by lot, the archon asked Cimon and the other strategoi present to decide the victor of the contest.
Kagan believes that Cimon adapted himself to the new conditions and promoted a political marriage between Periclean liberals and Cimonian conservatives.
Life of Cimon 8. Plutarch is mistaken about Aeschylus' death during this trip; he went on to produce dramas in Athens for another decade.
P.J. Rhodes, A History of the Classical Greek World, 44 In 451 BC, Cimon returned from exile and negotiated a five years' truce with Sparta after a proposal of Pericles, an event which indicates a shift in Pericles' political strategy.
Plutarch claims that his remains were returned to Athens and placed in Cimon 's family vault.
Similar but more controversial claims have been made about the ostracism of Cimon in 461 BC.
The Hellenic League was led by Pausanias and, after he was recalled, by Cimon of Athens.
Thucydides 101 After two years Thasos surrendered to the Athenian leader Cimon.
Common combinations with cimon
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- cimon is 2×
- cimon will 2×
- cimon in 2×
- of cimon 2×