Furphy is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Furphy in a sentence
Furphy meaning
An erroneous or improbable story; also, a rumour.
Using Furphy
- The main meaning on this page is: An erroneous or improbable story; also, a rumour.
Context around Furphy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Furphy
- In this selection, "furphy" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 29.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 2023, added, literary and water stand out and add context to how "furphy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include furphy added that and pulling a furphy water cart. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "furphy" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with furphy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Finally, the weather has shown us what a furphy the idea of raising the Warragamba Dam wall to stop flooding downstream is. (22 words)
Furphy added that the investigation was also a prime example of cross partner collaboration with the Crown Prosecution Service, Human Tissue Authority and Justice and Care. (26 words)
St Lawrence won Varuna's 2019 Mick Dark Flagship Fellowship for her novella and short story collection in progress and was shortlisted for the 2023 Furphy Literary award. (28 words)
They will be joined in the arena by cameleer Rod Sansom, bullockies Ron McKinnon and Darcy Quinnnd their teams, a donkey team driven by Emily Parrott and Barellan farmer David Irvin with his vintage tractor pulling a Furphy water cart train. (41 words)
St Lawrence won Varuna's 2019 Mick Dark Flagship Fellowship for her novella and short story collection in progress and was shortlisted for the 2023 Furphy Literary award. (28 words)
Furphy added that the investigation was also a prime example of cross partner collaboration with the Crown Prosecution Service, Human Tissue Authority and Justice and Care. (26 words)
Example sentences (4)
Furphy added that the investigation was also a prime example of cross partner collaboration with the Crown Prosecution Service, Human Tissue Authority and Justice and Care.
St Lawrence won Varuna's 2019 Mick Dark Flagship Fellowship for her novella and short story collection in progress and was shortlisted for the 2023 Furphy Literary award.
They will be joined in the arena by cameleer Rod Sansom, bullockies Ron McKinnon and Darcy Quinnnd their teams, a donkey team driven by Emily Parrott and Barellan farmer David Irvin with his vintage tractor pulling a Furphy water cart train.
Finally, the weather has shown us what a furphy the idea of raising the Warragamba Dam wall to stop flooding downstream is.