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

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Clerihews in a sentence

Related words

Clerihews | Clerihew

Clerihews meaning

plural of clerihew.

Using Clerihews

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of clerihew.

Context around Clerihews

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 18.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

wrote 1× classic 1×

Sentence patterns with Clerihews

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

himself wrote clerihews and illustrated 1× other classic clerihews by bentley 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

chesterton himself wrote 1× other classic clerihews 1×

Common sentence endings:

the clerihew form 1× to have occurred 1×

Words around Clerihews

Just before it in the word index:

clerihew 4 clerides 8 clerics 196 clericis 5 clericalism 12 clerical 235

Just after it in the word index:

clerk 1.236 clerke 5 clerked 13 clerkenwell 8 clerkin 6 clerking 8

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadujeevitham 7 aani 7 aarne 7 aasb 7 aasen 7 aashiqui 7

Corpus analysis for Clerihews

  • In this selection, "clerihews" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, wrote and classic stand out and add context to how "clerihews" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include himself wrote clerihews and illustrated and other classic clerihews by bentley. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "clerihews" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with clerihews

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

Other classic clerihews by Bentley include: George the Third Ought never to have occurred. (14 words)

Chesterton himself wrote clerihews and illustrated his friend's first published collection of poetry, Biography for Beginners (1905), which popularised the clerihew form. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

Chesterton himself wrote clerihews and illustrated his friend's first published collection of poetry, Biography for Beginners (1905), which popularised the clerihew form. (23 words)

Other classic clerihews by Bentley include: George the Third Ought never to have occurred. (14 words)

Example sentences (2)

Chesterton himself wrote clerihews and illustrated his friend's first published collection of poetry, Biography for Beginners (1905), which popularised the clerihew form.

Other classic clerihews by Bentley include: George the Third Ought never to have occurred.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "clerihews" in a sentence?
An example: "Chesterton himself wrote clerihews and illustrated his friend's first published collection of poetry, Biography for Beginners (1905), which popularised the clerihew form." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "clerihews" from authentic English texts.
What does "clerihews" mean?
Clerihews means: plural of clerihew.
How many example sentences with "clerihews" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "clerihews", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.