On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Heathcliff. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Heathcliff in a sentence
Heathcliff meaning
A male given name.
Using Heathcliff
- The main meaning on this page is: A male given name.
- In the example corpus, heathcliff often appears in combinations such as: heathcliff and, of heathcliff, as heathcliff.
Context around Heathcliff
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Heathcliff
- In this selection, "heathcliff" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, attack, 2021, leaves, granted, loves and lands stand out and add context to how "heathcliff" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include arrogance and heathcliff s instructions and at sunrise heathcliff escorts lockwood. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "heathcliff" sits close to words such as accede, adhesion and adjudicate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with heathcliff
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
What's the deal with Heathcliff, anyway? (7 words)
At sunrise Heathcliff escorts Lockwood back to Thrushcross Grange. (9 words)
Catherine tries to comfort Heathcliff, but he vows revenge on Hindley. (11 words)
Catherine confesses to Nelly that Edgar has proposed marriage and she has accepted, although her love for Edgar is not comparable to her love for Heathcliff, whom she cannot marry because of his low social status and lack of education. (40 words)
It’s been well-established by this point that Heathcliff loves meat, and is willing to attack someone with very little provocation - and those two points are explored hilariously in this comic. (32 words)
Among his upcoming film roles, Jacob will star as Heathcliff in the latest adaptation of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights – reuniting with Saltburn director Emerald Fennell to do so. (29 words)
What's the deal with Heathcliff, anyway? (7 words)
Example sentences (20)
Defeating him was nearly impossible, and Kirito only did it because Heathcliff granted the exceptional swordsman some additional abilities to make it possible.
I don’t think she had an affair, but she might have been watching these guys in terms of prototypes for Heathcliff and Edgar.
Starring Timothy Dalton as Heathcliff and Anna Calder-Marshall as Cathy, 1970's is one of the better earlier adaptations of the book.
Among his upcoming film roles, Jacob will star as Heathcliff in the latest adaptation of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights – reuniting with Saltburn director Emerald Fennell to do so.
It’s been well-established by this point that Heathcliff loves meat, and is willing to attack someone with very little provocation - and those two points are explored hilariously in this comic.
Right before Heathcliff lands his strike, the guests are told, “That’s a sensitive subject with him”.
This attack Heathcliff is launching is his signature move, as he’s used it against a number of people that have offended him.
Tony Hudgell, then seven, with his mother Paula Hudgell, meeting the royal couple at a carol service at Westminster Abbey in 2021 (Heathcliff O’Malley/PA).
What's the deal with Heathcliff, anyway?
While the intricacies of Heathcliff’s ethnicity are still debated, his difference to the starkly white society he entered as a young child was clear.
It has to belong to everyone: the service provider, the licensee, the accounting firm working with them, the whole ecosystem,” said Heathcliff Farrugia in an interview.
After Catherine's funeral Isabella leaves Heathcliff, takes refuge in the South of England and gives birth to a son, Linton.
Although she is kind to Lockwood, she doesn't like or help Cathy at Wuthering Heights because of Cathy's arrogance and Heathcliff's instructions.
As he gets ready to leave, he passes the graves of Catherine, Edgar and Heathcliff, and pauses to contemplate the quiet of the moors.
At sunrise Heathcliff escorts Lockwood back to Thrushcross Grange.
Catherine confesses to Nelly that Edgar has proposed marriage and she has accepted, although her love for Edgar is not comparable to her love for Heathcliff, whom she cannot marry because of his low social status and lack of education.
Catherine is injured by the Lintons' dog and taken into the house to recuperate, while Heathcliff is sent home.
Catherine marries him instead of Heathcliff because of his higher social status, with disastrous results.
Catherine tries to comfort Heathcliff, but he vows revenge on Hindley.
Characters Family tree * Heathcliff : Found, presumably orphaned, on the streets of Liverpool and taken by Mr Earnshaw to Wuthering Heights, where he is reluctantly cared for by the family.
Common combinations with heathcliff
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- heathcliff and 6×
- of heathcliff 5×
- as heathcliff 3×
- heathcliff is 3×
- and heathcliff 3×
- for heathcliff 2×
- heathcliff in 2×
- that heathcliff 2×
- heathcliff but 2×
- heathcliff who 2×