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Heathens is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Heathens in a sentence

Related words

Heathens | Heathen

Heathens meaning

plural of heathen

Using Heathens

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of heathen
  • In the example corpus, heathens often appears in combinations such as: of heathens, the heathens, heathens that.

Context around Heathens

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

eyed 1× killing 1× fareham 1× sea 1×

Often after:

return 1× performing 1× assisting 1×

Sentence patterns with Heathens

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

against the heathens władysław countered 1× are these heathens who believe 1× band of heathens assisting long 1× band of heathens performing live 1× conversion of heathens 1× fareham heathens return to 1× for killing heathens in the 1× of the heathens that christians 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

british merchants who 1× dansker this seems 1× fareham heathens return 1× he defended christianity 1× i judge the 1× in 1792 the 1×

Common sentence endings:

coast to bognor 1× conversion of heathens 1× dwindle to nothing 1× in that band 1× in the baltics 1× network of traders 1×

Words around Heathens

Just before it in the word index:

heathenish 1 heathen 42 heathcote 31 heathcock 2 heathcliff 54 heathcare 2

Just after it in the word index:

heather 765 heatherdale 2 heathered 3 heatherfield 3 heatherington 6 heatherly 7

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 16 abada 16 abbottabad 16 abdulkareem 16 abha 16 abominations 16

Corpus analysis for Heathens

  • In this selection, "heathens" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, eyed, killing, fareham, return, performing and assisting stand out and add context to how "heathens" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include against the heathens władysław countered and are these heathens who believe. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "heathens" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with heathens

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

I judge the fark out of people from Manitowoc, buncha Dagon-worshipping sea heathens. (14 words)

Are you one of those heathens that lets their phone battery dwindle to nothing? (14 words)

The album featured the Texas rock band Band of Heathens assisting long time band Twisted Brown Trucker. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

British merchants who declared openly that they were Christian and would not trade with heathens and infidels (Muslims and the Norse) would get preferred status for availability and pricing of goods through a Christian network of traders. (37 words)

The Knights dispatched letters to the monarchs of Europe, preaching their usual crusade against the heathens; Władysław countered with his own letters to the monarchs, accusing the Order of planning to conquer the whole world. (35 words)

They were devout church goers & seems priests didn’t allow them to mix with the “heathens” so they skipped out on the Inuit Luxury Kayak food service for dwindling revenue from ivory. (32 words)

Question examples

Are you one of those heathens that lets their phone battery dwindle to nothing? (14 words)

I’m not opposed to masochism, but who are these heathens who believe masochism belongs outside the bedroom? (18 words)

Example sentences (13)

Just then, the rusty lament of the saloon door hinges introduce three more squinty-eyed heathens with five o’clock shadows.

Dansker: This seems like a good time to thank God for personally giving us a flag as reward for killing heathens in the baltics.

Fareham Heathens return to league action after a week off with a trip along the coast to Bognor.

Here are the Band of Heathens performing live a few years ago, and I totally forgot former Fort Worth resident and multi-instrumentalist Scott Davis was in that band.

I judge the fark out of people from Manitowoc, buncha Dagon-worshipping sea heathens.

They were devout church goers & seems priests didn’t allow them to mix with the “heathens” so they skipped out on the Inuit Luxury Kayak food service for dwindling revenue from ivory.

Are you one of those heathens that lets their phone battery dwindle to nothing?

I’m not opposed to masochism, but who are these heathens who believe masochism belongs outside the bedroom?

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British merchants who declared openly that they were Christian and would not trade with heathens and infidels (Muslims and the Norse) would get preferred status for availability and pricing of goods through a Christian network of traders.

He defended Christianity and the Christians in the apologia Ad Demetrianum, directed against a certain Demetrius and the reproach of the heathens that Christians were the cause of the public calamities.

In 1792 the British Baptist shoemaker William Carey published his influential missionary tract, An Enquiry of the obligations of Christians to use means for the conversion of heathens.

The album featured the Texas rock band Band of Heathens assisting long time band Twisted Brown Trucker.

The Knights dispatched letters to the monarchs of Europe, preaching their usual crusade against the heathens; Władysław countered with his own letters to the monarchs, accusing the Order of planning to conquer the whole world.

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Common combinations with heathens

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "heathens" in a sentence?
An example: "Just then, the rusty lament of the saloon door hinges introduce three more squinty-eyed heathens with five o’clock shadows." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "heathens" from authentic English texts.
What does "heathens" mean?
Heathens means: plural of heathen
How many example sentences with "heathens" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "heathens", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.