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Ethel in a sentence
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Ethel meaning
- A female given name from Old English, popular at the turn of the 20th century.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Arkansas County, Arkansas.
Using Ethel
- The main meaning on this page is: A female given name from Old English, popular at the turn of the 20th century. | A number of places in the United States: | An unincorporated community in Arkansas County, Arkansas.
- In the example corpus, ethel often appears in combinations such as: and ethel, ethel was, ethel merman.
Context around Ethel
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ethel
- In this selection, "ethel" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, met, mary, mom, merman, cain and cairns stand out and add context to how "ethel" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ernest and ethel cairns wife and ethel cain oct. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ethel" sits close to words such as ammonium, asher and attaches, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ethel
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ethel Cain, Oct. 4. State Theatre, Portland, $25. (8 words)
His wife Ethel, was still pregnant with their eleventh child. (10 words)
Ethel, though a communist, had nothing to do with any spying. (11 words)
During this important period, Ethel placed Bobby in the hands of New York advertising agency executive 'Lem' Billings, a closeted homosexual who had idolized JFK, to the extent that he was said to have been in love with him. (39 words)
Martin Paul Halpin, 36, whose address was given as Ethel Street in Belfast, appeared before Lisburn Magistrates Court charged with interference with vehicles, theft from a vehicle, and possession of a Class B drug, namely cannabis. (36 words)
Aaron brought Charity to his family's home in Houston, Texas, where she met his mom Ethel, dad Eddie, older brother Edward, younger brother Erick, and Erick's wife, Audrey. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Ethel was the daughter of the late Ernest and Ethel Cairns, wife of the late Dr. Anthony J. Koury and mother of the late Suzanne Koury Clifford.
At the university, he met Ethel Reed (Mary Ethel Hayter Reed), another medical student, who became both his wife and his research colleague.
Ethel Merman —in her last film appearance—plays a shell-shocked male soldier who is convinced he is Ethel Merman.
Ethel suddenly realizes she was just talking to Arden herself, who soon passes Lucy and Ethel's table to leave the restaurant while the pair gawk.
Aaron brought Charity to his family's home in Houston, Texas, where she met his mom Ethel, dad Eddie, older brother Edward, younger brother Erick, and Erick's wife, Audrey.
At 17, the younger Ethel took a year off from her schooling at Miss Lee’s School in Boston and traveled east with her mother and stepfather.
At the April 5 South Algonquin Township council meeting, Mayor Ethel LaValley introduced Pollak and her delegation to council.
During this important period, Ethel placed Bobby in the hands of New York advertising agency executive 'Lem' Billings, a closeted homosexual who had idolized JFK, to the extent that he was said to have been in love with him.
Ethel Cain, Oct. 4. State Theatre, Portland, $25.
Ethel has attempted to speak to her several times during the two hours she has been sitting in the café, sighing often and checking her phone every five minutes.
Ethel Lee was at least correct in one way, for what transpires that night is not a fight in any conventional sense of the word.
Ethel Nelson (left) and her daughter, Renee Rumph, both breast cancer survivors, take part in the Pink Promenade breast cancer awareness event in 2022.
Ethel, though a communist, had nothing to do with any spying.
Fixed a crash and blocker when interacting with Auntie Ethel in Act III.
Her parents were murdered by a wild Milkman, but everyone was blaming Ethel for the attack.
His wife Ethel, was still pregnant with their eleventh child.
In the animated movie from the Ice Age franchise, Sid starts an egg-sitting business and takes responsibility for looking after Ethel’s soon-to-hatch eggs.
In the stereotypical episode titled “Job Switching,” Lucy and her friend Ethel argued with their husbands about what was harder, going to work every day or doing housework.
I think Ethel Cain is one of the most talented and brilliant musicians on the scene right now.
Martin Paul Halpin, 36, whose address was given as Ethel Street in Belfast, appeared before Lisburn Magistrates Court charged with interference with vehicles, theft from a vehicle, and possession of a Class B drug, namely cannabis.
Common combinations with ethel
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and ethel 29×
- ethel was 6×
- ethel merman 6×
- wife ethel 5×
- of ethel 4×
- ethel rosenberg 4×
- met ethel 3×
- ethel cain 3×
- at ethel 3×
- ethel and 3×