Explore Drachmas through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Drachmas meaning
plural of drachma
Using Drachmas
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of drachma
- In the example corpus, drachmas often appears in combinations such as: raised drachmas.
Context around Drachmas
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Drachmas
- In this selection, "drachmas" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 18 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 000, fifty and thousand stand out and add context to how "drachmas" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 10 000 drachmas and used and 330 000 drachmas. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "drachmas" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with drachmas
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This grassroots effort raised 330,000 drachmas. (7 words)
When it came to penal sanctions, no officeholder could impose a fine over fifty drachmas. (15 words)
When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas. (15 words)
Courage, dignity, altruism and loyalty were morally redemptive; Lucian idealised this principle in his story of Sisinnes, who voluntarily fought as a gladiator, earned 10,000 drachmas and used it to buy freedom for his friend, Toxaris. (37 words)
A special set of postage stamps were commissioned; the sale of which raised 400,000 drachmas. (16 words)
When it came to penal sanctions, no officeholder could impose a fine over fifty drachmas. (15 words)
Example sentences (5)
A special set of postage stamps were commissioned; the sale of which raised 400,000 drachmas.
Courage, dignity, altruism and loyalty were morally redemptive; Lucian idealised this principle in his story of Sisinnes, who voluntarily fought as a gladiator, earned 10,000 drachmas and used it to buy freedom for his friend, Toxaris.
This grassroots effort raised 330,000 drachmas.
When it came to penal sanctions, no officeholder could impose a fine over fifty drachmas.
When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.
Common combinations with drachmas
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: