How do you use Gourneau in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts.
Gourneau in a sentence
Context around Gourneau
- Average sentence length in these examples: 35.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gourneau
- In this selection, "gourneau" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 35.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, patrick and served stand out and add context to how "gourneau" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include grandfather patrick gourneau served as and rita née gourneau a chippewa. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gourneau" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gourneau
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She was the oldest of seven children to her father, Ralph Erdrich, a German-American, and her mother Rita (née Gourneau), a Chippewa Indian (of half Ojibwe and half French blood). (31 words)
Both parents taught at a boarding school in Wahpeton, North Dakota, set up by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and her maternal grandfather, Patrick Gourneau, served as tribal chairman for the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians for many years. (40 words)
Both parents taught at a boarding school in Wahpeton, North Dakota, set up by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and her maternal grandfather, Patrick Gourneau, served as tribal chairman for the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians for many years. (40 words)
She was the oldest of seven children to her father, Ralph Erdrich, a German-American, and her mother Rita (née Gourneau), a Chippewa Indian (of half Ojibwe and half French blood). (31 words)
Example sentences (2)
Both parents taught at a boarding school in Wahpeton, North Dakota, set up by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and her maternal grandfather, Patrick Gourneau, served as tribal chairman for the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians for many years.
She was the oldest of seven children to her father, Ralph Erdrich, a German-American, and her mother Rita (née Gourneau), a Chippewa Indian (of half Ojibwe and half French blood).