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Wondering how to use Hankies in a sentence? Below are 3 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .

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Hankies in a sentence

Related words

Hankies | Hankie

Hankies meaning

  1. plural of hanky
  2. plural of hankie

Using Hankies

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of hanky | plural of hankie
  • In the example corpus, hankies often appears in combinations such as: homer hankies.

Context around Hankies

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 17 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

homer 2× wet 1×

Sentence patterns with Hankies

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

2019 homer hankies into face 1× inaugural homer hankies 1× s wet hankies is generally 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

minnesota twins turning 1× mr pennycook one 1×

Common sentence endings:

call him pennycock 1× inaugural homer hankies 1× into face masks 1×

Words around Hankies

Just before it in the word index:

hankie 3 hankey 11 hankerson 9 hankering 29 hanker 8 hanken 2

Just after it in the word index:

hankin 4 hankins 22 hankinson 5 hankison 14 hanko 8 hankou 7

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 5 aacr 5 aacsb 5 aadar 5 aadk 5 aadvantage 5

Corpus analysis for Hankies

  • In this selection, "hankies" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 17 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, homer and wet stand out and add context to how "hankies" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 2019 homer hankies into face and inaugural homer hankies. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "hankies" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with hankies

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Minnesota Twins turning excess inventory of 2019 Homer Hankies into face masks. (12 words)

It was her idea to originally give away 60,000 inaugural Homer Hankies. (13 words)

Mr Pennycook, one of life’s wet hankies, is generally an equable fellow but I am told he hates it when people mistakenly call him ‘Pennycock’. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

Mr Pennycook, one of life’s wet hankies, is generally an equable fellow but I am told he hates it when people mistakenly call him ‘Pennycock’. (26 words)

It was her idea to originally give away 60,000 inaugural Homer Hankies. (13 words)

Minnesota Twins turning excess inventory of 2019 Homer Hankies into face masks. (12 words)

Example sentences (3)

Mr Pennycook, one of life’s wet hankies, is generally an equable fellow but I am told he hates it when people mistakenly call him ‘Pennycock’.

Minnesota Twins turning excess inventory of 2019 Homer Hankies into face masks.

It was her idea to originally give away 60,000 inaugural Homer Hankies.

Common combinations with hankies

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hankies" in a sentence?
An example: "Mr Pennycook, one of life’s wet hankies, is generally an equable fellow but I am told he hates it when people mistakenly call him ‘Pennycock’." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "hankies" from authentic English texts.
What does "hankies" mean?
Hankies means: plural of hanky
How many example sentences with "hankies" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "hankies", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.