Get to know Gay better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like merry or joyous. In Dutch this translates to homoseksueel.
Gay in a sentence
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Gay meaning
- An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.
- A unisex given name from English.
- A female given name from English, from the word gay (“joyful”); rare today.
Synonyms of Gay
Gay vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Gay
- The main meaning on this page is: An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person. | A unisex given name from English. | A female given name from English, from the word gay (“joyful”); rare today.
- Useful related words include: merry, joyous, homophile, homosexual.
- Possible Dutch translations are: homoseksueel, homofiel, verwijfd.
- In the example corpus, gay often appears in combinations such as: of gay, gay men, the gay.
Context around Gay
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 7 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gay
- In this selection, "gay" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sometimes, miss, term, days, men and rights stand out and add context to how "gay" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include advances in gay rights, americans about gay rights back, gay men, gay rights and openly gay. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gay" sits close to words such as efficient, jury and surprised, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gay
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Basically, things become gay because you are gay and you are doing them. (13 words)
There were so many gay men, a couple of gay women, and gay non-binary people. (16 words)
By overning Roe vs. Wade, the Supreme Court opens the door to reversing gay sex, gay marriage, contraception. (18 words)
When Gallup first Americans about gay rights back in 1977, just 43% of the country thought that “gay or lesbian relations between consenting adults should be legal” and 14% thought that gay and lesbians should be allowed to adopt children. (40 words)
Director Rod Natkiel headlines his programme notes with ‘This is not a gay play’- well in the Noel Coward sense of the term gay indeed it’s not – nor is a writer on a gay recruitment crusade. (37 words)
Introduced by host Aubrey Plaza, the performance from the Los Angeles chapter of the Gay Men Chorus celebrated the gay moments from this year's films that many may not have realized were gay. (34 words)
Also, does the other gay in the breakthrough gay rom-com really have to turn out to be the villain? (20 words)
Example sentences (20)
He’s at the gay bar not to demonstrate that there’s a gay character, but because sometimes gay guys go to gay bars.
Check out photos from Gay Days 2018, including photos from Mr. Gay Days Leather, Miss Gay Days, Taste of Gay Days and the Expo.
Director Rod Natkiel headlines his programme notes with ‘This is not a gay play’- well in the Noel Coward sense of the term gay indeed it’s not – nor is a writer on a gay recruitment crusade.
There were so many gay men, a couple of gay women, and gay non-binary people.
When Gallup first Americans about gay rights back in 1977, just 43% of the country thought that “gay or lesbian relations between consenting adults should be legal” and 14% thought that gay and lesbians should be allowed to adopt children.
Introduced by host Aubrey Plaza, the performance from the Los Angeles chapter of the Gay Men Chorus celebrated the gay moments from this year's films that many may not have realized were gay.
It was what my own people would think of it, that they would be concerned that my family have a gay man who's very openly gay, very unabashedly gay, so publicly.
For over a decade, the unspoken rule of gay cinema and television has been that gay men can be sexy protagonists — as long as they are masculine gay men.
Gay TV presenter James Barr said it was “frustrating” to see a straight person take a gay role when his gay actor friends get turned down for straight roles.
Ojakian, who is gay, mentioned Malloy’s support of gay marriage and how the governor twice raised the rainbow flag over the residence to support advances in gay rights.
Activists of a less radical nature began taking over the march committees in different cities, and they dropped "Gay Liberation" and "Gay Freedom" from the names, replacing them with "Gay Pride".
Gay-Lussac's Law main Gay-Lussac's Law, Amontons' Law or the Pressure Law, was found by Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac in 1809.
The gay rights movement was reclamation of cultural, social, and political citizenship through sex and decriminalized gay sex, by removing gay sex as a psychological sickness.
You Bet Your Sweet Ass We Are!", the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) was soon formed, the first gay organization to use "gay" in its name.
Also, does the other gay in the breakthrough gay rom-com really have to turn out to be the villain?
Basically, things become gay because you are gay and you are doing them.
But Gay would receive overwhelming support from Harvard’s faculty as 700 members signed a letter urging administrators to resist any call for Gay to be removed from her position as president.
But parents of gay or transgender children probably want to know what they’re getting into before making an appointment with a pediatrician who defends gay conversion therapy as harmless.
But, to repeat, there are plenty of gay couples where partner swapping is not the norm (in fact, a claims that monogamy is becoming more common among gay couples).
By overning Roe vs. Wade, the Supreme Court opens the door to reversing gay sex, gay marriage, contraception.
Phrases with gay
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with gay
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of gay 36×
- gay men 32×
- the gay 30×
- gay and 23×
- gay rights 20×
- openly gay 19×
- and gay 14×
- as gay 13×
- gay people 13×
- gay man 12×