Fortas is an English word starting with the letter F. With 9 example sentences you'll see exactly how it works in context.
Using Fortas
- In the example corpus, fortas often appears in combinations such as: abe fortas, fortas to.
Context around Fortas
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fortas
- In this selection, "fortas" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, abe, overcome, mrs, assuming, wife and expressed stand out and add context to how "fortas" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include abe fortas in particular and could overcome fortas wife s. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fortas" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fortas
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Mrs. Fortas expressed unparalleled disapproval to Johnson personally afterwards. (9 words)
Abe Fortas in particular was the individual that Johnson thought could fill the bill. (14 words)
However, Fortas's nomination was filibustered by senators and neither nominee was voted upon by the full Senate. (18 words)
No nomination for associate justice has ever been filibustered, but President Lyndon Johnson 's nomination of sitting Associate Justice Abe Fortas to succeed Earl Warren as Chief Justice was successfully filibustered in 1968. (33 words)
Only Johnson's insistence, as well as a slight of hand, in Fortas' assuming Goldberg's seat, could overcome Fortas' wife's objection, that it was too early in his career. (31 words)
In order to mute his announcement, Johnson at the same time announced the nomination of Abe Fortas to the Supreme Court and John Chancellor as director of the Voice of America. (31 words)
Example sentences (9)
Only Johnson's insistence, as well as a slight of hand, in Fortas' assuming Goldberg's seat, could overcome Fortas' wife's objection, that it was too early in his career.
He was Don Agger, a journalist and brother-in-law of the Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas, not Donald Agger, an assistant secretary in the Department of Transportation.
Abe Fortas in particular was the individual that Johnson thought could fill the bill.
Associate Justice Abe Fortas was nominated to the position of Chief Justice of the United States, but his nomination was filibustered by Senate Republicans in 1968.
However, Fortas's nomination was filibustered by senators and neither nominee was voted upon by the full Senate.
In order to mute his announcement, Johnson at the same time announced the nomination of Abe Fortas to the Supreme Court and John Chancellor as director of the Voice of America.
Mrs. Fortas expressed unparalleled disapproval to Johnson personally afterwards.
No nomination for associate justice has ever been filibustered, but President Lyndon Johnson 's nomination of sitting Associate Justice Abe Fortas to succeed Earl Warren as Chief Justice was successfully filibustered in 1968.
The term enclave originated with Supreme Court justice Abe Fortas 's use of the phrase "schools may not be enclaves of totalitarianism" in the Tinker v. Des Moines decision.
Common combinations with fortas
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- abe fortas 6×
- fortas to 2×