How do you use Hessians in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Hessians meaning
plural of Hessian
Using Hessians
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of Hessian
- In the example corpus, hessians often appears in combinations such as: the hessians, hessians and, hessians to.
Context around Hessians
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hessians
- In this selection, "hessians" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, prussians, 100, hanoverians, camped, returning and sounded stand out and add context to how "hessians" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include by the hessians and english and hessians to re. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hessians" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hessians
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
George Washington crossed the Delaware River and surprised the Hessians. (10 words)
Rowe's own regiment lost their colours, but they were soon retrieved by the Hessians. (15 words)
The Hanoverians, Hessians and Danes, despite earlier undertakings, found, or invented, pressing reasons for withholding their support. (17 words)
However, Wilkes' Hessian brigade, lying nearby in the marshy grass at the water's edge, stood firm and repulsed the Gens d'Armes with steady fire, enabling the English and Hessians to re-order and launch another attack. (38 words)
A stalemate persisted, with regular exchanges of cannon fire, until September 21, when 100 Hessians, returning from the Mohawk Valley to support Burgoyne, arrived on the scene to provide reinforcement to the besieged fort. (34 words)
When the Hessians sounded the alarm, they tried to get several of their artillery pieces in action to pour grapeshot into the Americans marching down towards the homes they had commandeered. (31 words)
Example sentences (10)
After being summoned by Captain Richardson () to hand-deliver a message to a group of Hessians camped at Spotswood, the young man sets off immediately.
George Washington crossed the Delaware River and surprised the Hessians.
As news spread of the Allies’ triumph, the Prussians, Hessians and Hanoverian contingents, long delayed by their respective rulers, eagerly joined the pursuit of the broken French and Bavarian forces.
A stalemate persisted, with regular exchanges of cannon fire, until September 21, when 100 Hessians, returning from the Mohawk Valley to support Burgoyne, arrived on the scene to provide reinforcement to the besieged fort.
However, Wilkes' Hessian brigade, lying nearby in the marshy grass at the water's edge, stood firm and repulsed the Gens d'Armes with steady fire, enabling the English and Hessians to re-order and launch another attack.
In John Trumbull 's painting Capture of the Hessians at the Battle of Trenton, Monroe can be seen lying wounded at left center of the painting.
Rowe's own regiment lost their colours, but they were soon retrieved by the Hessians.
The Hanoverians, Hessians and Danes, despite earlier undertakings, found, or invented, pressing reasons for withholding their support.
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel contributed more soldiers than any other state, and German soldiers became known as " Hessians " to the Americans.
When the Hessians sounded the alarm, they tried to get several of their artillery pieces in action to pour grapeshot into the Americans marching down towards the homes they had commandeered.
Common combinations with hessians
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the hessians 4×
- hessians and 2×
- hessians to 2×