Explore Danaids through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Danaids in a sentence
Danaids meaning
plural of danaid
Using Danaids
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of danaid
- In the example corpus, danaids often appears in combinations such as: the danaids.
Context around Danaids
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Danaids
- In this selection, "danaids" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, killed and deserve stand out and add context to how "danaids" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of the danaids and of the danaids killed their. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "danaids" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with danaids
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Danaids would open the day after the wedding. (9 words)
The satyr play following this trilogy was titled Amymone, after one of the Danaids. (14 words)
The people decide that the Danaids deserve protection, and they are allowed within the walls of Argos despite Egyptian protests. (20 words)
Sommerstein 2002, 89. In short order, it is revealed that forty-nine of the Danaids killed their husbands as ordered; Hypermnestra, however, loved her husband Lynceus, and thus spared his life and helped him to escape. (36 words)
Danaus secretly informs his daughters of an oracle predicting that one of his sons-in-law would kill him; he therefore orders the Danaids to murder their husbands on their wedding night. (32 words)
The people decide that the Danaids deserve protection, and they are allowed within the walls of Argos despite Egyptian protests. (20 words)
Example sentences (5)
Danaus secretly informs his daughters of an oracle predicting that one of his sons-in-law would kill him; he therefore orders the Danaids to murder their husbands on their wedding night.
Sommerstein 2002, 89. In short order, it is revealed that forty-nine of the Danaids killed their husbands as ordered; Hypermnestra, however, loved her husband Lynceus, and thus spared his life and helped him to escape.
The Danaids would open the day after the wedding.
The people decide that the Danaids deserve protection, and they are allowed within the walls of Argos despite Egyptian protests.
The satyr play following this trilogy was titled Amymone, after one of the Danaids.
Common combinations with danaids
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: