Get to know Ernaux better with 10+ real example sentences.
Ernaux in a sentence
Using Ernaux
- In the example corpus, ernaux often appears in combinations such as: annie ernaux.
Context around Ernaux
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ernaux
- In this selection, "ernaux" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, annie, leslie, chill, worked, book and writes stand out and add context to how "ernaux" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about annie ernaux s musings and as ernaux writes of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ernaux" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ernaux
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Years by Annie Ernaux. (5 words)
As Ernaux writes of herself: “She is all desire and pride. (11 words)
Rooney, who said she was fascinated by the process of writing, asked how Ernaux worked. (15 words)
To coincide with the award, Seven Stories Press has published an English translation of “Getting Lost” — a diary of Ernaux’s intense, not always pleasant, affair with a Soviet diplomat (“S”), who is the unworthy object of her obsession. (39 words)
Thousands of people have signed the petition, which calls the poets “the French Oscar Wildes,” including Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot and several of her predecessors, as well as the writer Annie Ernaux and Agnès B, the fashion designer. (38 words)
Her favorite Ernaux book is “,” a story about a 23-year-old woman going through a clandestine abortion when it was illegal in France. (24 words)
Example sentences (12)
Ernaux, for example, refuses the autofiction label precisely because she seeks to shift the focus away from the self and toward the collective.
Ernaux is writing as both watcher and participant; she has lived on both ends of that divide.
In “Happening,” translated to English by Tanya Leslie, Ernaux’s diary entries take readers on her journey to obtain an illegal abortion.
Rooney, who said she was fascinated by the process of writing, asked how Ernaux worked.
The Dead Silence of Goods is a lovely essay in by Adrienne Raphel about Annie Ernaux’s musings on the “superstore” phenomenon.
To coincide with the award, Seven Stories Press has published an English translation of “Getting Lost” — a diary of Ernaux’s intense, not always pleasant, affair with a Soviet diplomat (“S”), who is the unworthy object of her obsession.
But even amid this chill, Ernaux’s precise rendering of both sex and cancer animates the book.
Her favorite Ernaux book is “,” a story about a 23-year-old woman going through a clandestine abortion when it was illegal in France.
The Years by Annie Ernaux.
As Ernaux writes of herself: “She is all desire and pride.
Thousands of people have signed the petition, which calls the poets “the French Oscar Wildes,” including Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot and several of her predecessors, as well as the writer Annie Ernaux and Agnès B, the fashion designer.
The Rouen area is an integral part of the work of French writer Annie Ernaux.
Common combinations with ernaux
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: