Cylon is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Cylon meaning
- A male given name of historical usage.
- Cylon of Athens, an Athenian noble who attempted a coup in either 636 BCE or 632 BCE.
Using Cylon
- The main meaning on this page is: A male given name of historical usage. | Cylon of Athens, an Athenian noble who attempted a coup in either 636 BCE or 632 BCE. | A male given name of historical usage.
Context around Cylon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cylon
- In this selection, "cylon" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, outrun, female, soldiers, township and walks stand out and add context to how "cylon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 46 in cylon township and a female cylon. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cylon" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cylon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Since I forgot to check the vote button on the female borg one, how about a female cylon? (18 words)
About 3 p.m., the St. Croix County sheriff’s office responded to a traffic crash in the 2300 block of Highway 46 in Cylon Township. (26 words)
Their enemies, headed by Cylon and Ninon, the former of whom is said to have been irritated by his exclusion from the brotherhood, roused the populace against them. (28 words)
One subplot involves the pilot Karl "Helo" Agathon () attempting to outrun Cylon soldiers on the abandoned world of Caprica; compounding Agathon's plight is the fact that Caprica is irradiated by a nuclear attack. (34 words)
The second season episode, "Steel," includes a scene at Universal Studios where Face is seen looking bemused as a Cylon walks by him as an in-joke to his previous role in Battlestar Galactica. (34 words)
Their enemies, headed by Cylon and Ninon, the former of whom is said to have been irritated by his exclusion from the brotherhood, roused the populace against them. (28 words)
Since I forgot to check the vote button on the female borg one, how about a female cylon? (18 words)
Example sentences (5)
One subplot involves the pilot Karl "Helo" Agathon () attempting to outrun Cylon soldiers on the abandoned world of Caprica; compounding Agathon's plight is the fact that Caprica is irradiated by a nuclear attack.
About 3 p.m., the St. Croix County sheriff’s office responded to a traffic crash in the 2300 block of Highway 46 in Cylon Township.
Since I forgot to check the vote button on the female borg one, how about a female cylon?
Their enemies, headed by Cylon and Ninon, the former of whom is said to have been irritated by his exclusion from the brotherhood, roused the populace against them.
The second season episode, "Steel," includes a scene at Universal Studios where Face is seen looking bemused as a Cylon walks by him as an in-joke to his previous role in Battlestar Galactica.