How do you use Cosima in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Cosima meaning
A female given name.
Using Cosima
- The main meaning on this page is: A female given name.
- In the example corpus, cosima often appears in combinations such as: to cosima, cosima von, cosima wagner.
Context around Cosima
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cosima
- In this selection, "cosima" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, novel, death, gave, von, wagner and 1937 stand out and add context to how "cosima" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include cosima barred anyone and cosima von bonin. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cosima" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cosima
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Millington (2001) 308 Wagner described it to Cosima as his "last card". (12 words)
The marriage to Cosima lasted to the end of Wagner's life. (12 words)
Cosima von Bonin was born in Mombasa, Kenya) lives and works in Cologne, Germany. (14 words)
Gutman (1990) 262 Following Minna's death Cosima wrote to Hans von Bülow on a number of occasions asking him to grant her a divorce, but Bülow refused to concede this. (31 words)
Only at Bayreuth could his last work be presented in the way envisaged by him – a tradition maintained by his wife, Cosima, long after his death. (26 words)
The first public edition (with many passages suppressed by Cosima) appeared in 1911; the first attempt at a full edition (in German) appeared in 1963. (25 words)
Example sentences (14)
Cosima von Bonin was born in Mombasa, Kenya) lives and works in Cologne, Germany.
That same year, Wagner moved in with Cosima von Bülow, the daughter of the composer Franz Liszt, and began a family, settling in Lucerne.
Von Bulow said at the time that he was pleased with the result because he had been seeking financial parity for Cosima.
A completed manuscript of the novel "Cosima" (1937) was discovered after her death and published posthumously.
Commenting on the struggle to finish the building, Wagner remarked to Cosima: "Each stone is red with my blood and yours".
Cosima barred anyone involved in the New York production from working at Bayreuth in future performances.
Cosima Wagner (1978) II, 996 See also the articles on these operas in Wikipedia.
Gutman (1990) 262 Following Minna's death Cosima wrote to Hans von Bülow on a number of occasions asking him to grant her a divorce, but Bülow refused to concede this.
In 1870, he gave Cosima Wagner the manuscript of "The Genesis of the Tragic Idea" as a birthday gift.
Millington (1992) 17 On Christmas Day of that year, Wagner arranged a surprise performance (its premiere) of the Siegfried Idyll for Cosima's birthday.
Millington (2001) 308 Wagner described it to Cosima as his "last card".
Only at Bayreuth could his last work be presented in the way envisaged by him – a tradition maintained by his wife, Cosima, long after his death.
The first public edition (with many passages suppressed by Cosima) appeared in 1911; the first attempt at a full edition (in German) appeared in 1963.
The marriage to Cosima lasted to the end of Wagner's life.
Common combinations with cosima
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to cosima 3×
- cosima von 2×
- cosima wagner 2×