Explore Drusilla through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Drusilla meaning
A female given name from Latin.
Using Drusilla
- The main meaning on this page is: A female given name from Latin.
- In the example corpus, drusilla often appears in combinations such as: drusilla and, drusilla was, and drusilla.
Context around Drusilla
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Drusilla
- In this selection, "drusilla" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, livia, asking, julia, explains, location and stone stand out and add context to how "drusilla" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 10 38 drusilla died possibly and but drusilla was clearly. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "drusilla" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with drusilla
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Her mother Drusilla Stone encouraged her education and acting. (9 words)
However, he returns several times after Drusilla leaves him. (9 words)
Part of the deal was that he and Drusilla leave Sunnydale. (11 words)
Darla was initially distraught, asking Drusilla why she would do such a thing, which started a 60-second sequence that was the best in season 2. Drusilla explains her actions as only she could in a severely unstable fashion. (39 words)
In Buffy's senior year at high school, she meets Faith ( Eliza Dushku ), the other current Slayer, who was brought forth when Slayer Kendra Young ( Bianca Lawson ) was killed by vampire Drusilla ( Juliet Landau ), in season two. (37 words)
After a little more than a year in operation, however, Jarreau has decided to relocate the Drusilla location to a new 2,600-square-foot space on Corporate Boulevard adjacent to Maxwell’s Market. (34 words)
Example sentences (19)
Darla was initially distraught, asking Drusilla why she would do such a thing, which started a 60-second sequence that was the best in season 2. Drusilla explains her actions as only she could in a severely unstable fashion.
But Drusilla was clearly born in 18. A second sister Julia Drusilla was born on 16 Sept. AD 16 also in Germany.
After a little more than a year in operation, however, Jarreau has decided to relocate the Drusilla location to a new 2,600-square-foot space on Corporate Boulevard adjacent to Maxwell’s Market.
A traction engine steams up as it leaves Drusilla's Inn, near Horton, Dorset.
Her mother Drusilla Stone encouraged her education and acting.
Drusilla was one-of-a-kind, as both a human and a vampire.
Although he enters the series as a villain, Spike allies briefly with the Scoobies during Season Two to save his vampire lover Drusilla and stop Angel from destroying the world.
Ann 2.54 disproves Suetonius' claim, placing Livilla's birthday in AD 18. Note the births of Agrippina the Younger and Drusilla are only 10 months apart if Suetonius is correct.
Graves's Caligula commits incest with all three of his sisters and is implied to have murdered Drusilla.
He kills Drusilla while trying to reenact the birth of Athena by cutting his child from her womb.
However, after Drusilla's death, Lepidus was accused of having affairs with Caligula's other sisters Agrippina the Younger and Julia Livilla and he was executed.
However, he returns several times after Drusilla leaves him.
In Buffy's senior year at high school, she meets Faith ( Eliza Dushku ), the other current Slayer, who was brought forth when Slayer Kendra Young ( Bianca Lawson ) was killed by vampire Drusilla ( Juliet Landau ), in season two.
On June 10, 38, Drusilla died, possibly of a fever, rampant in Rome at the time.
Part of the deal was that he and Drusilla leave Sunnydale.
Roman sestertius depicting Caligula, c. AD 38. The reverse shows Caligula's three sisters, Agrippina, Drusilla and Julia Livilla, with whom Caligula was rumoured to have carried on incestuous relationships.
She was only the third Roman woman ( Livia Drusilla and Antonia Minor received this title) and only the second living Roman woman (the first being Antonia) to receive this title.
The play focuses on Caligula's love for his sister Drusilla and his deep-rooted loathing for Tiberius.
With her siblings, Agrippina was raised in Rome by her maternal grandfather and maternal step-grandmother Livia Drusilla.
Common combinations with drusilla
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: