Get to know Cyril better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Cyril meaning
A male given name from Ancient Greek; best known for a ninth century missionary to the Slavs.
Using Cyril
- The main meaning on this page is: A male given name from Ancient Greek; best known for a ninth century missionary to the Slavs.
- In the example corpus, cyril often appears in combinations such as: cyril ramaphosa, president cyril, and cyril.
Context around Cyril
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cyril
- In this selection, "cyril" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, president, saints, prof, ramaphosa, ndifon and song stand out and add context to how "cyril" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accused president cyril ramaphosa of and after which cyril marched with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cyril" sits close to words such as busiest, chan and chester, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cyril
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Complicating matters is Reynolds’s sister, Cyril (), who runs the business side of Reynolds’s life. (16 words)
Cyril did not know when night began, or if he’d truly slept in the nightmare of the storm. (19 words)
Gunmen on Thursday abducted the embattled Dean of Law Faculty, University of Calabar, Prof Cyril Ndifon, the Punch reports. (19 words)
During his state of the nation address earlier this month, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster to respond to the electricity crisis with immediate effect, and announced the appointment of a minister of electricity. (37 words)
Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 47. Theodosius, by now old enough to hold power by himself, annulled the verdict of the Council and arrested Cyril, but Cyril eventually escaped. (33 words)
A statement by the Registrar of the University, Mr Gabriel Egbe, said that Ugbe would replace Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the former Dean, who was suspended on Aug. 17 following allegations bordering on highhandedness. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Commemoration Saints Cyril and Methodius' Day Saints Cyril and Methodius procession The canonization process was much more relaxed in the decades following Cyril's death than today.
Rangers fans regaled Dessers with “Nice One Cyriel”, a play on the “Nice One Cyril’ song most associated with Cyril Knowles, who played for Tottenham.
According to Theodoret, (HE 2.23), Acacius informed the emperor that one of the things sold by Cyril was a 'holy robe' dedicated by Constantine himself, which consequently turned Constantius against Cyril.
Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 47. Theodosius, by now old enough to hold power by himself, annulled the verdict of the Council and arrested Cyril, but Cyril eventually escaped.
Feeling his end approaching, Cyril became a monk, was given the new name Cyril, As is customary, when one becomes a monk in the Eastern Orthodox tradition, one receives a new name.
The next morning, all remaining Christians of the town came to Cyril with news of the massacre, after which Cyril marched with them to purge the Jews from Alexandria.
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of centralising power in his office, following the announcement of yet another appointment in the Presidency to deal with electricity blackouts.
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa says he does not feel betrayed by some branches who dumped him at the party’s 55th national conference last month.
A statement by the Registrar of the University, Mr Gabriel Egbe, said that Ugbe would replace Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the former Dean, who was suspended on Aug. 17 following allegations bordering on highhandedness.
Both have fond memories of their wedding day and Cyril believes that the recipe for a long and happy married life is "a lot of give and take".
Complicating matters is Reynolds’s sister, Cyril (), who runs the business side of Reynolds’s life.
Cyril did not know when night began, or if he’d truly slept in the nightmare of the storm.
Cyril thanked the outgoing members of the Waterford board who will continue to provide voluntary back up to the new society and who will continue to fundraise to support the animals.
During his state of the nation address earlier this month, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster to respond to the electricity crisis with immediate effect, and announced the appointment of a minister of electricity.
During that trial, it was stated the men had been directed by the late Cyril McGuinness, known locally at ‘Dublin Jimmy’.
Gunmen on Thursday abducted the embattled Dean of Law Faculty, University of Calabar, Prof Cyril Ndifon, the Punch reports.
He said the ANC led by Cyril Ramaphosa was not the organisation he knew and, as such, uMkhonto weSizwe would rescue it from the current leadership.
He will be part of a delegation led by President Cyril Ramaphosa that will meet with world leaders in Davos from 16 to 20 January to discuss ‘Cooperation in a Fragmented World’.
If you look closely at a video circulating on South Africa social media in March 2023, you might think there’s something uncanny about how president Cyril Ramaphosa appears and talks.
In 2019, Mr Lunney was kidnapped and tortured by a gang led by the now-deceased border criminal Cyril ‘Dublin Jimmy’ McGuinness.
Common combinations with cyril
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- cyril ramaphosa 136×
- president cyril 124×
- and cyril 6×
- by cyril 5×
- cyril and 4×
- with cyril 4×
- of cyril 4×
- prof cyril 3×
- cyril ramaphosa's 3×
- saints cyril 2×