Dukakis is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Dukakis in a sentence
Dukakis meaning
A surname from Greek.
Using Dukakis
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname from Greek.
- In the example corpus, dukakis often appears in combinations such as: michael dukakis, dukakis and, olympia dukakis.
Context around Dukakis
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dukakis
- In this selection, "dukakis" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, michael, olympia, portray, stayed, supported and lost stand out and add context to how "dukakis" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accurately redefined dukakis a far and and michael dukakis harvard law. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dukakis" sits close to words such as abenaki, abstracted and addendum, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dukakis
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Michael Dukakis is backing Elizabeth Warren for president. (8 words)
Like Harris today, Dukakis was undefined in the minds of many Americans. (12 words)
We recall the jokes about "Dukakis" and "Bush" back in high school. (12 words)
Dukakis was ahead in the polls in the presidential campaign in 1988, and then George Bush came out this Willie Horton ad which depicted a black rapist who had kidnapped a white couple, and Dukakis stayed silent on it. (39 words)
Bush’s politico Lee Atwater, in series of brutal but accurate ads (the polluted Boston Harbor ad, etc.) accurately redefined Dukakis — a far more capable, kind, and well-spoken official than Harris — as an unapologetic Massachusetts far-left liberal. (39 words)
And there are some familiar faces among the cast also, with Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis among those reprising the roles that they played in the original adaptations of the Tales Of The City books in the 1990s. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Dukakis was ahead in the polls in the presidential campaign in 1988, and then George Bush came out this Willie Horton ad which depicted a black rapist who had kidnapped a white couple, and Dukakis stayed silent on it.
To portray Dukakis as soft on crime, the commercial highlighted the case of Willie Horton, who raped a woman after escaping prison during a weekend furlough program that Dukakis supported.
Reporter Bernard Shaw asked Dukakis whether he would support the death penalty if his wife were raped and murdered; Dukakis's answer discussed the statistical ineffectiveness of capital punishment.
After two solid Reagan victories, Wisconsin was just one of ten states to support Michael Dukakis.
Wisconsin was once considered a blue state — 1988 Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis lost California but carried Wisconsin.
Bush’s politico Lee Atwater, in series of brutal but accurate ads (the polluted Boston Harbor ad, etc.) accurately redefined Dukakis — a far more capable, kind, and well-spoken official than Harris — as an unapologetic Massachusetts far-left liberal.
Even the Democrat wannabes, like John Kerry (Yale University), Al Gore (Harvard), and Michael Dukakis (Harvard Law School), boasted impressive credentials.
Experienced Democratic professionals remember that George McGovern, Michael Dukakis, and John Kerry were all defeated due to their radical views and odd demeanors.
If President Joe Biden takes the debate stage Thursday night, it will be the worst act of political malpractice since Michael Dukakis climbed into that tank.
Like Harris today, Dukakis was undefined in the minds of many Americans.
Dating back decades, this schedule advantages candidates based on geographic accidents, like Massachusetts politicians Michael Dukakis, John Kerry and Mitt Romney getting propelled to their party’s nomination by wins in neighboring New Hampshire.
Four years later, it was Michael Dukakis who got branded outside of the mainstream.
When Dukakis did take a car, he was usually mocked because it would be a compact, and not a limo.
And there are some familiar faces among the cast also, with Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis among those reprising the roles that they played in the original adaptations of the Tales Of The City books in the 1990s.
Linney and Dukakis shoulder the weight of these new hours, although Morelli writes an edged selfishness into Mary Ann that would be irritating if not for Linney’s lithe, comedic handling of her self-absorption.
Michael Dukakis is backing Elizabeth Warren for president.
The cast includes Academy Award nominee and Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe Award-winning actress Laura Linney and Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Olympia Dukakis reprising their roles as Mary Ann Singleton and Anna Madrigal.
We recall the jokes about "Dukakis" and "Bush" back in high school.
When Dukakis and Clinton were running for president, there were roughly 300 new death sentences annually nationwide, as opposed to around 40 today.
When Mr. Dukakis and Mr. Clinton were running for president, there were roughly 300 new death sentences annually nationwide, as opposed to around 40 today.
Common combinations with dukakis
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: