Wondering how to use Hercules in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as heracles or herakles.
Hercules meaning
- The Roman name for the Greek divine hero Heracles, who was the son of Jupiter and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his twelve labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family.
- A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the mythical hero, lying between the constellations Lyra and Corona Borealis.
- A crater in the first quadrant on the moon.
Synonyms of Hercules
Using Hercules
- The main meaning on this page is: The Roman name for the Greek divine hero Heracles, who was the son of Jupiter and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his twelve labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family. | A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the mythical hero, lying between the constellations Lyra and Corona Borealis. | A crater in the first quadrant on the moon.
- Useful related words include: heracles, herakles, alcides, mythical being.
- In the example corpus, hercules often appears in combinations such as: of hercules, the hercules, hercules and.
Context around Hercules
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 11 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hercules
- In this selection, "hercules" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mistress, baby, italian, capital, let and left stand out and add context to how "hercules" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include added for hercules computer technology and also the hercules bikeway connecting. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hercules" sits close to words such as athena, baylor and beginners, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hercules
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An increase in the non-accrual ratio is Hercules Capital's biggest risk. (13 words)
He directed a number of episodes of Hercules and Xena, including the Hercules series finale. (15 words)
Despite losing the battle, Leo is much easier to see in the sky than Hercules! (15 words)
An RAF C-130 Hercules carrier capable of carrying around 100 passengers that has travelled back from Khartoum to Cyprus was understood to have been carrying an advance team, rather than being the first evacuation flight of the operation. (39 words)
Lighthouses main The Tower of Hercules Many lighthouses were built around the Mediterranean and the coasts of the empire, including the Tower of Hercules at A Coruña in northern Spain, a structure which survives to this day. (37 words)
The show is a spin-off of the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys ; citation the saga began with three episodes in Hercules where Xena was a recurring character originally scheduled to die in her third appearance. (37 words)
Despite losing the battle, Leo is much easier to see in the sky than Hercules! (15 words)
Example sentences (20)
The King then appeared, but the moment that Hercules let the hind go, it sprinted back to its mistress; Hercules left, commenting that Eurystheus had not been quick enough.
Baby Hercules strangling a snake sent to kill him in his cradle (Roman marble, 2nd century CE) Hercules had a number of myths that were distinctly Roman.
Encounter with Hercules and subsequent reform Xena continues her life as a warlord for many years until she has a life-changing encounter with Hercules wherein she turns her back on the path of evil.
Goliath and the Dragon (1960) was originally an Italian Hercules movie called The Revenge of Hercules.
He directed a number of episodes of Hercules and Xena, including the Hercules series finale.
However, a few months later support was added for Hercules Computer Technology's Hercules Graphics Adapter which was a clone of the MDA that allowed bitmap mode.
In Hercules, during her two first episodes, Xena was a villain and a powerful warlord, but in her third appearance she joins Hercules to defeat the warlord Darphus, who had taken her army.
Lighthouses main The Tower of Hercules Many lighthouses were built around the Mediterranean and the coasts of the empire, including the Tower of Hercules at A Coruña in northern Spain, a structure which survives to this day.
Side adventures Hercules had a greater number of " deeds on the side " (parerga) that have been popular subjects for art, including: File:Hercules killing Cacus at his Cave.
There is also the Hercules Bikeway connecting the Ohlone Trail with Hercules, which runs along the neighborhoods of East Richmond and El Sobrante.
The show is a spin-off of the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys ; citation the saga began with three episodes in Hercules where Xena was a recurring character originally scheduled to die in her third appearance.
They run well on Hercules, and many Linux on System z developers do their work using Hercules.
Xena seems to be getting the upper hand until Hercules' cousin intervenes, making no real difference himself but inadvertently giving Hercules his sword, which allows him to fight Xena on equal ground and defeat her.
An increase in the non-accrual ratio is Hercules Capital's biggest risk.
Another neighbour Deb, 44, who works as a plastic welder and lives in nearby Hercules Road, said: ‘Just trying to drive down the road is really difficult because there can be people parking both sides.
An RAF C-130 Hercules carrier capable of carrying around 100 passengers that has travelled back from Khartoum to Cyprus was understood to have been carrying an advance team, rather than being the first evacuation flight of the operation.
As a group, analysts predict that Hercules Capital will post 1.99 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
As Biff Smooter, my redoubtable observing buddy, might say, Hercules “wiped the snake guts off himself” and went on to his next labor.
Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. boosted its position in Hercules Capital, Inc. () by 81.2% in the first quarter, reports.
Despite losing the battle, Leo is much easier to see in the sky than Hercules!
Common combinations with hercules
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of hercules 25×
- the hercules 17×
- hercules and 13×
- in hercules 12×
- hercules the 12×
- hercules capital 11×
- c- hercules 9×
- and hercules 8×
- hercules aircraft 8×
- hercules is 8×