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Eeyore is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Eeyore in a sentence

Eeyore meaning

An excessively negative or pessimistic person.

Using Eeyore

  • The main meaning on this page is: An excessively negative or pessimistic person.
  • In the example corpus, eeyore often appears in combinations such as: eeyore and, eeyore in.

Context around Eeyore

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

named 1× reason 1× onto 1× piglet 1× melancholy 1×

Often after:

greeting 1× makes 1×

Sentence patterns with Eeyore

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

be an eeyore greeting from 1× characters including eeyore and piglet 1× eeyore will get 1× milne s eeyore makes for 1× now named eeyore and zeus 1× one reason eeyore and dad 1× pooh piglet eeyore and tigger 1× right onto eeyore s chest 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

downplaying our chances 1× eeyore will get 1× joe summers with 1× pooh s plan 1× sympathetic portrayals return 1× the addition of 1×

Common sentence endings:

a dangerous blunder 1× a deflated wave 1× bashful nature sculpted 1× eeyore and piglet 1× his stuffed toys 1× in western literature 1×

Words around Eeyore

Just before it in the word index:

eex 2 eevees 2 eeveelutions 4 eeveelution 4 eevee 31 eeva 2

Just after it in the word index:

eeyou 4 eez 55 eezs 3 ef 99 efa 27 efan 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 13 aamer 13 aave 13 abdelmadjid 13 abdulkarim 13 abdulsalami 13

Corpus analysis for Eeyore

  • In this selection, "eeyore" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, named, reason, onto, greeting and makes stand out and add context to how "eeyore" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include be an eeyore greeting from and characters including eeyore and piglet. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "eeyore" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with eeyore

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Eeyore will get one as well as he gets his shy and bashful nature sculpted. (15 words)

For many, the map was a first introduction to the beloved characters including Eeyore and Piglet. (16 words)

The addition of A. A. Milne's Eeyore makes for an amusing update to the classic image. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

Pooh's plan to create waves by dropping stones in the water to make waves is good on paper, but when he drops a huge boulder right onto Eeyore's chest, we can't help but call that a dangerous blunder. (41 words)

Joe Summers, with one of the rabbits found at Hardy's Monument (Image: Joe Summers) Mr Summers gave two of the bunnies, now named Eeyore and Zeus, to his seven-year-old son Tyler. (34 words)

The character was based on the real boy and most of the other characters in the books, including Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, and Tigger, were based on his stuffed toys. (31 words)

Example sentences (10)

This kind of wave can be an Eeyore greeting from the Winnie the Pooh series, in which he sighs and shares a burden with a deflated wave.

Joe Summers, with one of the rabbits found at Hardy's Monument (Image: Joe Summers) Mr Summers gave two of the bunnies, now named Eeyore and Zeus, to his seven-year-old son Tyler.

Eeyore will get one as well as he gets his shy and bashful nature sculpted.

Downplaying our chances of success is a national pastime – one reason Eeyore and Dad’s Army’s Private Frazer (“We’re doomed!”) are such beloved characters.

Pooh's plan to create waves by dropping stones in the water to make waves is good on paper, but when he drops a huge boulder right onto Eeyore's chest, we can't help but call that a dangerous blunder.

The addition of A. A. Milne's Eeyore makes for an amusing update to the classic image.

For many, the map was a first introduction to the beloved characters including Eeyore and Piglet.

The character was based on the real boy and most of the other characters in the books, including Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, and Tigger, were based on his stuffed toys.

Sympathetic portrayals return in Juan Ramon Jimenez 's Platero and I. The melancholy Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh (first published in 1926) is arguably the most famous donkey in Western literature.

The voice has Eeyore in it, and Morrissey and Victor Meldrew, and could only be English and from that postwar, post-punk generation".

Common combinations with eeyore

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "eeyore" in a sentence?
An example: "This kind of wave can be an Eeyore greeting from the Winnie the Pooh series, in which he sighs and shares a burden with a deflated wave." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "eeyore" from authentic English texts.
What does "eeyore" mean?
Eeyore means: An excessively negative or pessimistic person.
How many example sentences with "eeyore" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "eeyore", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.