Héloïse is an English word with synonyms like abbess or prioress. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Héloïse in a sentence
Héloïse meaning
A female given name from French.
Using Héloïse
- The main meaning on this page is: A female given name from French.
- Useful related words include: abbess, mother superior, prioress.
- In the example corpus, héloïse often appears in combinations such as: of héloïse, héloïse in, héloïse adèle.
Context around Héloïse
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Héloïse
- In this selection, "héloïse" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, observing, mirroring, across, opposed, recently and letissier stand out and add context to how "héloïse" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include companion studying héloïse in secret and crack across héloïse s stony. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "héloïse" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with héloïse
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The request, then, is that Marianne poses as a walking companion, studying Héloïse in secret. (15 words)
Spending her days observing Héloïse and her nights painting, Marianne finds herself getting closer and closer to her model. (19 words)
It’s 1770 in France and a young painter, Marianne (Noémie Merlant) is commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse (Adèle Haenel). (23 words)
Héloïse’s countess mother (played with imperious fragility by Valeria Golino) intends to send the painting to a Milanese nobleman; if he approves, her daughter will be wed and they will both be transported to a new life. (38 words)
Héloïse — opposed to the impending nuptials — has refused to sit for portraits before, and at first Marianne must do her job surreptitiously, studying her subject carefully during outings under the guise of having been hired as her companion. (38 words)
More recently, we have had Héloïse Letissier from the band Christine and the Queens and the pansexual popstar serenading the star-filled Ralph Lauren autumn/winter 2019 show in a backless tuxedo top, bow tie and billowing skirt. (38 words)
Example sentences (13)
Spending her days observing Héloïse and her nights painting, Marianne finds herself getting closer and closer to her model.
Ghostly images of Héloïse in her wedding dress lend a quasi-gothic edge, and there’s something of the Brontës in the cliffside walks she embraces with abandon.
Héloïse’s countess mother (played with imperious fragility by Valeria Golino) intends to send the painting to a Milanese nobleman; if he approves, her daughter will be wed and they will both be transported to a new life.
In 1760 France, young Marianne is commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent and become reluctantly betrothed.
It’s 1770 in France and a young painter, Marianne (Noémie Merlant) is commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse (Adèle Haenel).
Musically, Sciamma keeps things sparse and diegetic, mirroring Héloïse’s cloistered experience (she longs to hear an orchestra), emphasising her silenced sense of imprisonment.
Their desire is read through the subtlest of hints: the way hands might briefly brush up against each other or a faint smile will crack across Héloïse’s stony face.
The request, then, is that Marianne poses as a walking companion, studying Héloïse in secret.
As though the pure, clear notes of the choir could shatter everything that binds Marianne and Héloïse to their time and their place and their limits.
Héloïse — opposed to the impending nuptials — has refused to sit for portraits before, and at first Marianne must do her job surreptitiously, studying her subject carefully during outings under the guise of having been hired as her companion.
Héloïse, recently plucked from a convent to be married off, has only ever heard organ music; Marianne can hunt and peck her way through Vivaldi on a harpsichord, but that’s about it.
More recently, we have had Héloïse Letissier from the band Christine and the Queens and the pansexual popstar serenading the star-filled Ralph Lauren autumn/winter 2019 show in a backless tuxedo top, bow tie and billowing skirt.
Soprano Héloïse Werner, mezzo-soprano Lucy Goddard, and Official Harpist to HRH The Prince of Wales, Anne Denholm performing celebrated works by women composers beats your date with a supermarket meal deal any day.
Common combinations with héloïse
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of héloïse 4×
- héloïse in 2×
- héloïse adèle 2×