How do you use Hamnet in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Hamnet meaning
A surname.
Using Hamnet
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
Context around Hamnet
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hamnet
- In this selection, "hamnet" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, adaptation and died stand out and add context to how "hamnet" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include fiction for hamnet a novel and hamnet died of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hamnet" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hamnet
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Hamnet died of unknown causes at the age of 11 and was buried 11 August 1596. (16 words)
Author Maggie O'Farrell has won this year's Women's Prize for Fiction for Hamnet, a novel inspired by and named after William Shakespeare's only son. (28 words)
He is also set to star opposite Josh O’Connor in war romance The History of Sound, as William Shakespeare in Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet adaptation, and he is part of an all-star ensemble for Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II. (41 words)
He is also set to star opposite Josh O’Connor in war romance The History of Sound, as William Shakespeare in Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet adaptation, and he is part of an all-star ensemble for Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II. (41 words)
Author Maggie O'Farrell has won this year's Women's Prize for Fiction for Hamnet, a novel inspired by and named after William Shakespeare's only son. (28 words)
Hamnet died of unknown causes at the age of 11 and was buried 11 August 1596. (16 words)
Example sentences (3)
He is also set to star opposite Josh O’Connor in war romance The History of Sound, as William Shakespeare in Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet adaptation, and he is part of an all-star ensemble for Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II.
Author Maggie O'Farrell has won this year's Women's Prize for Fiction for Hamnet, a novel inspired by and named after William Shakespeare's only son.
Hamnet died of unknown causes at the age of 11 and was buried 11 August 1596.