Explore Elwin through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Elwin in a sentence
Elwin meaning
- A surname.
- A census-designated place in South Wheatland Township, Macon County, Illinois, United States; the name is from the founders Daniel Elwood and William Martin.
Using Elwin
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname. | A census-designated place in South Wheatland Township, Macon County, Illinois, United States; the name is from the founders Daniel Elwood and William Martin.
Context around Elwin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Elwin
- In this selection, "elwin" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, alderman, june, years, robinson, wilson and graduated stand out and add context to how "elwin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include by alderman elwin of sunderland and elwin graduated from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "elwin" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with elwin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Elwin graduated from Chapman High School in 1951. (8 words)
The business partner named in this lawsuit, June Elwin, is Jackson’s mother-in-law, as confirmed by the Guyana voter roll. (22 words)
Those yelling for the Bearcats on Friday night included Helen Hamilton and Kenneth Speegle, Doris Lessman and Kermit Robinson, Gwen Hart and Elwin Robinson and Jeanette and Bobby Joe Blalock. (30 words)
Plenty of newspapers across the north record how the foundation stone for the new chapel was laid on Friday, June 28, 1872, by Alderman Elwin of Sunderland, who used a silver trowel with an ivory handle which bore “a suitable inscription”. (41 words)
In a moving postscript to his protest years, Elwin Wilson, a white man who assaulted Lewis at a bus station in Rock Hill, South Carolina, in 1961, traveled to Washington in 2009 to apologize tearfully to Lewis, who forgave him. (40 words)
Those yelling for the Bearcats on Friday night included Helen Hamilton and Kenneth Speegle, Doris Lessman and Kermit Robinson, Gwen Hart and Elwin Robinson and Jeanette and Bobby Joe Blalock. (30 words)
Example sentences (5)
Those yelling for the Bearcats on Friday night included Helen Hamilton and Kenneth Speegle, Doris Lessman and Kermit Robinson, Gwen Hart and Elwin Robinson and Jeanette and Bobby Joe Blalock.
Plenty of newspapers across the north record how the foundation stone for the new chapel was laid on Friday, June 28, 1872, by Alderman Elwin of Sunderland, who used a silver trowel with an ivory handle which bore “a suitable inscription”.
The business partner named in this lawsuit, June Elwin, is Jackson’s mother-in-law, as confirmed by the Guyana voter roll.
In a moving postscript to his protest years, Elwin Wilson, a white man who assaulted Lewis at a bus station in Rock Hill, South Carolina, in 1961, traveled to Washington in 2009 to apologize tearfully to Lewis, who forgave him.
Elwin graduated from Chapman High School in 1951.