Explore Foxe through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Foxe meaning
Obsolete spelling of fox.
Using Foxe
- The main meaning on this page is: Obsolete spelling of fox.
- In the example corpus, foxe often appears in combinations such as: john foxe, foxe 's, and foxe.
Context around Foxe
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 6 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Foxe
- In this selection, "foxe" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, john, fanne, edward, tabled, downplays and presented stand out and add context to how "foxe" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bishop edward foxe tabled proposals and chaucer echoes foxe s own. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "foxe" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with foxe
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Tracing the origins of Fox’s Bow… Or is it Foxe’s Bow? (13 words)
John Foxe in his Actes and Monuments singled this out as "shameful railing". (13 words)
Foxe did most of the final editing and the book was published in late September. (15 words)
By 1613, English-speaking Protestants began to use the word when they wished to imply that an event (especially the story of any saint not acknowledged in John Foxe 's Actes and Monuments ) was fictitious. (35 words)
Warham and Foxe, who failed to share the King’s enthusiasm for the French war, fell from power (1515/1516) and Wolsey took over as the King's most trusted advisor and administrator. (33 words)
Speght's "Life of Chaucer" echoes Foxe's own account, which is itself dependent upon the earlier editions that added the Testament of Love and The Plowman's Tale to their pages. (32 words)
Tracing the origins of Fox’s Bow… Or is it Foxe’s Bow? (13 words)
Example sentences (19)
Tracing the origins of Fox’s Bow… Or is it Foxe’s Bow?
Rep. Wilbur Mills (D-Ark.) appears onstage at Boston’s Pilgrim Theater with stripper Fanne Foxe.
In this Dec. 2, 1974, photo Mills stands with Foxe after one of her late-night performances in Boston.
The entire Hammers group were thrown out of Sugar Reef, while Foxe was fined two weeks’ wages and given a free transfer at the end of the season.
According to John Foxe 's legendary account of his death, his last words were: "I am faint; Lord have mercy upon me, and take my spirit".
Bishop Edward Foxe tabled proposals in Convocation, with strong backing from Cromwell and Cranmer, which the King later endorsed as the Ten Articles and which were printed in August 1536.
By 1613, English-speaking Protestants began to use the word when they wished to imply that an event (especially the story of any saint not acknowledged in John Foxe 's Actes and Monuments ) was fictitious.
Foxe did most of the final editing and the book was published in late September.
Foxe downplays Chaucer's bawdy and amorous writing, insisting that it all testifies to his piety.
Foxe's Chaucer both derived from and contributed to the printed editions of Chaucer's Works, particularly the pseudepigrapha.
Henry showed much interest in the idea when Gardiner and Foxe presented him this plan.
Jack Upland was first printed in Foxe's Acts and Monuments, and then it appeared in Speght's edition of Chaucer's Works.
John Foxe in his Actes and Monuments singled this out as "shameful railing".
Later authors such as Brian Moynahan and Michael Farris cite Foxe when repeating these allegations. citation.
Like Speght's Chaucer, Foxe's Chaucer was also a shrewd (or lucky) political survivor.
Material that is troubling is deemed metaphoric, while the more forthright satire (which Foxe prefers) is taken literally.
Speght's "Life of Chaucer" echoes Foxe's own account, which is itself dependent upon the earlier editions that added the Testament of Love and The Plowman's Tale to their pages.
There is a hole burnt in the middle of the relevant page in Perne's own copy of Foxe.
Warham and Foxe, who failed to share the King’s enthusiasm for the French war, fell from power (1515/1516) and Wolsey took over as the King's most trusted advisor and administrator.
Common combinations with foxe
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- john foxe 3×
- foxe 's 2×
- and foxe 2×