Wondering how to use Herschel in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as astronomer or stargazer.
Herschel meaning
- A surname.
- A male given name.
- The planet Uranus. In use until the mid-19th century as an alternative to Georgium Sidus after King George III.
Synonyms of Herschel
Using Herschel
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname. | A male given name. | The planet Uranus. In use until the mid-19th century as an alternative to Georgium Sidus after King George III.
- Useful related words include: astronomer, uranologist, stargazer, john herschel.
- In the example corpus, herschel often appears in combinations such as: herschel walker, john herschel, william herschel.
Context around Herschel
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Herschel
- In this selection, "herschel" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, john, louisa, photography, walker, jantjies and street stand out and add context to how "herschel" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include dallas for herschel walker the and experimenter john herschel wrote regularly. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "herschel" sits close to words such as acuity, admiralty and albertsons, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with herschel
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As I recall, in 1982 the punchline revolved around Herschel Walker. (11 words)
Herschel Walker shakes hands with former President Trump in Atlanta in 2021. (12 words)
The Stormers responded two minutes later through Herschel Jantjies as the Sharks defence inexplicably fell asleep. (16 words)
During a zoom meeting on the eve of Memorial Day by the Embassy of Israel in Berlin that hosted survivor Zvi Herschel, anti-Israel activists disrupted his talk posting pictures of Hitler and shouting anti-Semitic slogans. (37 words)
Captain Siya Kolisi‚ Pieter-Steph du Toit‚ Steven Kitshoff‚ Herschel Jantjies‚ JD Schickerling and Bongi Mbonambi‚ among others‚ are all on the mend and some may even be ready should the tournament resume in mid-May. (36 words)
In 1989, believing that their running back problem could be a quick fix, general manager Mike Lynn shipped five players and six draft picks to Dallas for Herschel Walker — the largest trade ever in the NFL. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Portrait of Sir John Herschel by his daughter Margaret Louisa Herschel Photography Herschel made numerous important contributions to photography.
For the last 6 years, The Herschel Arms has offered singers, poets, comedians, and musicians a space to perform in a weekly open mic event called the ‘Innerverse’.
Fox Talbot’s close friend and fellow experimenter, John Herschel, wrote regularly to Somerville and even helped her photographic investigations to gain some publicity.
Herschel learned that he is not, in fact, an American bulldog but actually just an overweight Frenchie.
Herschel Walker and John Fetterman both democratically won legitimately contested primaries for the United States Senate — democracy fair and square.
Herschel Walker shakes hands with former President Trump in Atlanta in 2021.
In May, Kevin and Kelly Godin took over Wardwell’s Service on Herschel Street after previous owners Rod and Kim Wardwell retired.
Kelly and Kevin Godin are the new owners of Godin’s Service, formerly Wardwell’s Service, on Herschel Street in Caribou.
Sparks will fly when livewire Stormers scrumhalf Herschel Jantjies and Munster’s Conor Murray come face-to-face in a confrontation for supremacy in the United Rugby Championship final in Cape Town on Saturday.
The trailer sets up the duo's journey into the heart of a Walker-infested New York City as Maggie enlists her sworn enemy to help her rescue her son, Herschel.
Let’s be honest: Ben Carson is Black, and so is Herschel Walker, but they just ain’t down.
The only Democrat victory was in the Senate race, in which too many voters were skittish about football legend Herschel Walker, who was Trump’s handpicked candidate.
As I recall, in 1982 the punchline revolved around Herschel Walker.
Captain Siya Kolisi‚ Pieter-Steph du Toit‚ Steven Kitshoff‚ Herschel Jantjies‚ JD Schickerling and Bongi Mbonambi‚ among others‚ are all on the mend and some may even be ready should the tournament resume in mid-May.
During a zoom meeting on the eve of Memorial Day by the Embassy of Israel in Berlin that hosted survivor Zvi Herschel, anti-Israel activists disrupted his talk posting pictures of Hitler and shouting anti-Semitic slogans.
Herschel takes a job chasing rats at a pickle factory, and one day he falls in a vat of brine, which preserves him in salty stasis for 100 years.
In 1989, believing that their running back problem could be a quick fix, general manager Mike Lynn shipped five players and six draft picks to Dallas for Herschel Walker — the largest trade ever in the NFL.
One of several African Americans on the schedule, former football star Herschel Walker, defended the president against those who call him a racist.
The Stormers responded two minutes later through Herschel Jantjies as the Sharks defence inexplicably fell asleep.
The story concerns Herschel Greenbaum (Rogen), “a struggling laborer who immigrates to America in 1920" but accidentally “falls into a vat of pickles and is brined for 100 years.
Common combinations with herschel
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- herschel walker 13×
- john herschel 11×
- william herschel 11×
- herschel was 6×
- herschel in 4×
- herschel jantjies 3×
- in herschel 3×
- herschel and 3×
- herschel made 2×
- the herschel 2×