How do you use Cowry in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like cowrie or gastropod, plus the exact meaning.
Cowry meaning
Alternative spelling of cowrie.
Using Cowry
- The main meaning on this page is: Alternative spelling of cowrie.
- Useful related words include: cowrie, gastropod, univalve.
- In the example corpus, cowry often appears in combinations such as: of cowry, cowry asset, cowry shells.
Context around Cowry
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cowry
- In this selection, "cowry" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, spelt, skirts, stones, shells, asset and card stand out and add context to how "cowry" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also spelt cowry were not and beans stones cowry shells half. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cowry" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cowry
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Bengal-Maldives cowry shell trade was the largest shell currency trade network in history. (15 words)
Take advantage of the current palliative measures; get your cowry cards to ease your movement,” Ogunlende said. (17 words)
It might come as a surprise that cowrie shells, also spelt cowry, were not created by Africans or the English. (20 words)
More than 200 revolving actors have slept in a holiday resort near the set and been bussed over every morning to be adorned in raffia skirts, cowry shells and leather tunics in an African village built with wire mesh. (39 words)
Also speaking on the programme, the Managing Director of Cowry Asset Management Ltd., Johnson Chukwu, said the proposed budget is not too different from others before it, lamenting the continued increase of recurrent expenditure. (34 words)
Our correspondent made a payment of N500 via a PoS machine at the terminal for the purchase of a cowry card, which was also loaded with N500 travel fare. (29 words)
Example sentences (10)
Also speaking on the programme, the Managing Director of Cowry Asset Management Ltd., Johnson Chukwu, said the proposed budget is not too different from others before it, lamenting the continued increase of recurrent expenditure.
It might come as a surprise that cowrie shells, also spelt cowry, were not created by Africans or the English.
More than 200 revolving actors have slept in a holiday resort near the set and been bussed over every morning to be adorned in raffia skirts, cowry shells and leather tunics in an African village built with wire mesh.
Our correspondent made a payment of N500 via a PoS machine at the terminal for the purchase of a cowry card, which was also loaded with N500 travel fare.
Take advantage of the current palliative measures; get your cowry cards to ease your movement,” Ogunlende said.
A young lady, Goodness Kingsley has been swindled after suspected conmen deceived her, opened her legs and purportedly removed a cowry from her private part in Lagos.
Today eastern seaports are not functioning and we are left with only Apapa and Tin can,” Johnson Chuwku, MD of Cowry Asset Limited said.
Playing pieces are seeds, beans, stones, cowry shells, half-marbles or other small undifferentiated counters that are placed in and transferred about the holes during play.
The Bengal-Maldives cowry shell trade was the largest shell currency trade network in history.
To further incentivize the soldiers, each soldier received bonuses paid in cowry shells for each enemy they killed or captured in battle.
Common combinations with cowry
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of cowry 3×
- cowry asset 3×
- cowry shells 3×