Explore Dastard through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like dastardly or cowardly. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Dastard meaning
A malicious coward; a dishonorable sneak.
Using Dastard
- The main meaning on this page is: A malicious coward; a dishonorable sneak.
- Useful related words include: dastardly, cowardly, fearful, coward.
- In the example corpus, dastard often appears in combinations such as: the dastard, dastard acts.
Context around Dastard
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dastard
- In this selection, "dastard" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, acts, attacks and act stand out and add context to how "dastard" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include escalates to dastard acts riots and in the dastard and desecrating. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dastard" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dastard
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Shooting, fighting and disorderliness that subsequently escalates to dastard acts, riots and bloodletting is an order of the day. (19 words)
Odutola said preliminary investigation revealed that the suspected armed robbers had earlier mingled with lodgers before launching the dastard attacks. (20 words)
David said the aforementioned wards which were home to a serving commissioner in the state were known to be breeding ground for the opposition in perpetrating their dastard acts. (29 words)
Jam added that he had contacted the district head of the affected area and reported the matter to Tor Tiv, HRM, Professor James Ayatse who directed that the perpetrators of the dastard act be fished for the law to take its course. (42 words)
Wike, who described the attack as despicable, said the campaign council has commenced investigation into the roles played by certain individuals, including a businessman in the dastard and desecrating act. (30 words)
David said the aforementioned wards which were home to a serving commissioner in the state were known to be breeding ground for the opposition in perpetrating their dastard acts. (29 words)
Example sentences (5)
Odutola said preliminary investigation revealed that the suspected armed robbers had earlier mingled with lodgers before launching the dastard attacks.
Jam added that he had contacted the district head of the affected area and reported the matter to Tor Tiv, HRM, Professor James Ayatse who directed that the perpetrators of the dastard act be fished for the law to take its course.
Wike, who described the attack as despicable, said the campaign council has commenced investigation into the roles played by certain individuals, including a businessman in the dastard and desecrating act.
Shooting, fighting and disorderliness that subsequently escalates to dastard acts, riots and bloodletting is an order of the day.
David said the aforementioned wards which were home to a serving commissioner in the state were known to be breeding ground for the opposition in perpetrating their dastard acts.
Common combinations with dastard
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: