How do you use Gentry in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like aristocracy, plus the exact meaning.
Gentry in a sentence
Gentry meaning
- Birth; condition; rank by birth.
- Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
- People of education and good breeding.
Synonyms of Gentry
Using Gentry
- The main meaning on this page is: Birth; condition; rank by birth. | Courtesy; civility; complaisance. | People of education and good breeding.
- Useful related words include: aristocracy, upper class, upper crust.
- In the example corpus, gentry often appears in combinations such as: the gentry, gentry and, landed gentry.
Context around Gentry
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gentry
- In this selection, "gentry" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, landed, angie, troy, started, foundation and argues stand out and add context to how "gentry" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as bobbie gentry did when and be landed gentry if he. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gentry" sits close to words such as abel, adjective and arvind, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gentry
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Matt Gentry, his long-time manager, will continue to work alongside him. (12 words)
For his service project he helped build an outdoor classroom at Gentry Middle School. (14 words)
Gentry has spent the last several years as a freelance photographer for organizations such as AL. (16 words)
His belief in the rise of the gentry in the century before the outbreak of the Civil War in England provoked the 'Storm over the Gentry' in which his methods were subjected to severe criticisms by Hugh Trevor-Roper and John Cooper. (42 words)
Nicknamed “The Sixth Offensive Lineman” during his time at Georgia thanks to his prowess as a blocker, Washington does Gentry’s job at a far better level while also bringing more to the table as a pass catcher. (38 words)
If the landed gentry, from the monarch downwards, or the industrial capitalist class were to miraculously disappear overnight, it is difficult to see in what way our health, welfare or everyday life would be changed one iota. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Gentry's wife, Angie Gentry, started the Troy Gentry Foundation in memory of her late husband and to give back to those in need.
A native of Barren County, he was the son of the late Garland “Junior” Gentry and Nelda Earlene Geralds Gentry.
She sang “Ode to Billie Joe,” as beautifully as Bobbie Gentry did, when Gentry made it a hit in 1967.
His belief in the rise of the gentry in the century before the outbreak of the Civil War in England provoked the 'Storm over the Gentry' in which his methods were subjected to severe criticisms by Hugh Trevor-Roper and John Cooper.
Therefore, in order to secure their co-operation, monarchs permitted the gentry (and only the gentry) to elect representatives to sit in the House of Commons.
After the game, Tomlin said the team suffered no significant injuries, which tracks with his comments today, but it’s still notable for Gentry.
A recent article in the American Intelligence Journal by John A. Gentry argues that this represents a “belated success” of the Soviet active measures campaigns designed to destabilize the U.S. from within.
As Greef stresses to Din that he would be ‘landed gentry’ if he were to stay with him, rather than living a life as an apostate, Grogu uses the Force to summon one of the sweeties.
At least in terms of usage and role, the 2022 season was a career year for Zach Gentry.
Dr. Hollis Gentry, a genealogy specialist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture Library, shared personal experiences of tracing her ancestry to slavery.
For his service project he helped build an outdoor classroom at Gentry Middle School.
For weeks, USC linebacker Eric Gentry’s usage had been head-scratching, confounding, a clear difference-maker on a rollercoaster of a snap count.
Gentry has spent the last several years as a freelance photographer for organizations such as AL.
Gentry took the loss in relief as she allowed just one earned run and struck out four in two innings of work.
Gentry was also presented with a gift from the airport authority by Board Chair Guy McCook.
If the landed gentry, from the monarch downwards, or the industrial capitalist class were to miraculously disappear overnight, it is difficult to see in what way our health, welfare or everyday life would be changed one iota.
I suspect he and Gentry might do the same this offseason should neither be re-signed within the first week of unrestricted free agency.
Kidani (D, Mililani Town-Waipio Gentry-Royal Kunia) said she wishes the UH Board of Regents “would start looking for someone else.
Matt Gentry, his long-time manager, will continue to work alongside him.
Nicknamed “The Sixth Offensive Lineman” during his time at Georgia thanks to his prowess as a blocker, Washington does Gentry’s job at a far better level while also bringing more to the table as a pass catcher.
Common combinations with gentry
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the gentry 27×
- gentry and 20×
- landed gentry 17×
- and gentry 11×
- alvin gentry 8×
- gentry in 6×
- gentry said 5×
- of gentry 5×
- zach gentry 4×
- gentry who 4×