How do you use Grue in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Grue in a sentence
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Grue meaning
To be frightened; also, to shudder with fear; to quake, to tremble.
Using Grue
- The main meaning on this page is: To be frightened; also, to shudder with fear; to quake, to tremble.
Context around Grue
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Grue
- In this selection, "grue" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, molly, ling and repellent stand out and add context to how "grue" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include avoid the grue ling hike and can of grue repellent to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "grue" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with grue
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I avoid the grue-ling hike. (6 words)
An object is grue if it is blue before (say) 0 and green afterwards. (14 words)
The most haunting segment for readers involves Molly Grue, an older woman working for a seedily charming highwaymen. (18 words)
Clearly, we expect objects that were blue before 0 to remain blue afterwards, but we do not expect the objects that were found to be grue before 0 to be blue after 0, since after 0 they would be green. (40 words)
The exception to this rule occurs when the player must use a spray can of grue repellent to navigate dark areas requiring an empty inventory in order to traverse. (29 words)
The most haunting segment for readers involves Molly Grue, an older woman working for a seedily charming highwaymen. (18 words)
Example sentences (5)
I avoid the grue-ling hike.
The most haunting segment for readers involves Molly Grue, an older woman working for a seedily charming highwaymen.
An object is grue if it is blue before (say) 0 and green afterwards.
Clearly, we expect objects that were blue before 0 to remain blue afterwards, but we do not expect the objects that were found to be grue before 0 to be blue after 0, since after 0 they would be green.
The exception to this rule occurs when the player must use a spray can of grue repellent to navigate dark areas requiring an empty inventory in order to traverse.