Duellists is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Duellists meaning
plural of duellist
Using Duellists
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of duellist
- In the example corpus, duellists often appears in combinations such as: the duellists.
Context around Duellists
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Duellists
- In this selection, "duellists" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, aim stand out and add context to how "duellists" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include death the duellists aim was and directed the duellists he was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "duellists" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with duellists
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Duellists had limited commercial impact internationally. (7 words)
Such modern duels were not fought to the death, the duellists' aim was instead merely to draw blood from the opponent's sword arm. (24 words)
Stanley Kubrick’s work dates earlier than Sir Ridley’s films ( 1977’s The Duellists) by almost a quarter century (1953’s Fear And Desire). (25 words)
When Ridley Scott directed “The Duellists,” he was already in his late 30s, realizing that if he continued concentrating on his lucrative career as a commercials director, he’d never get around to shooting a movie. (36 words)
Stanley Kubrick’s work dates earlier than Sir Ridley’s films ( 1977’s The Duellists) by almost a quarter century (1953’s Fear And Desire). (25 words)
Such modern duels were not fought to the death, the duellists' aim was instead merely to draw blood from the opponent's sword arm. (24 words)
Example sentences (4)
Stanley Kubrick’s work dates earlier than Sir Ridley’s films ( 1977’s The Duellists) by almost a quarter century (1953’s Fear And Desire).
When Ridley Scott directed “The Duellists,” he was already in his late 30s, realizing that if he continued concentrating on his lucrative career as a commercials director, he’d never get around to shooting a movie.
Such modern duels were not fought to the death, the duellists' aim was instead merely to draw blood from the opponent's sword arm.
The Duellists had limited commercial impact internationally.
Common combinations with duellists
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: