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Hollies is an English word. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Hollies in a sentence

Related words

Hollies | Hollie

Hollies meaning

plural of holly

Using Hollies

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

Context around Hollies

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

eric 1× manicured 1×

Often after:

egremont 1× care 1× spin 1× yews 1×

Sentence patterns with Hollies

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

by the hollies the kinks 1× from the hollies egremont admitted 1× of the hollies yews and 1× putting a hollies spin on 1× spinner eric hollies 1× the hollies is currently 1× to the hollies care home 1× with manicured hollies and yews 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

don bradman needed 1× donations to the 1× dynes p 95 1× the 29 year 1× the hollies is 1× the revolvers will 1×

Common sentence endings:

and further office 1× at the service 1× from the 1960s 1× leave the group 1× no valid insurance 1× on the tune 1×

Words around Hollies

Just before it in the word index:

hollier 9 hollie 47 hollidaysburg 4 holliday 100 hollick 3 holli 5

Just after it in the word index:

holliman 3 hollin 4 holling 2 hollinger 10 hollinghurst 2 hollings 22

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 12 abacos 12 abboud 12 abdelkader 12 abdomens 12 abdou 12

Corpus analysis for Hollies

  • In this selection, "hollies" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, eric, manicured, egremont, care and spin stand out and add context to how "hollies" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include by the hollies the kinks and from the hollies egremont admitted. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "hollies" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with hollies

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

Donations to the Hollies Care Home may be left at the service. (12 words)

We know what we can do with it, too, putting a Hollies spin on the tune. (16 words)

The Revolvers will perform music by the Hollies, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones and many, many more favourites from the 1960s. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

It’s just as well that I can identify at least a few of them en route, because they’re adept, once they’ve landed, at burying themselves within the deep dark greens of the hollies, yews and pines. (39 words)

The Hollies is currently laid out on the ground floor with a porch, hall with access to a cellar, store cupboard, WC and two interconnecting offices as well as a conference room and further office. (35 words)

Don Bradman needed only four runs from his final innings to have a Test batting average of exactly 100, but he failed to score, bowled for a duck by leg-spinner Eric Hollies. (33 words)

Example sentences (9)

The 29-year-old defendant, from The Hollies, Egremont, admitted four offences: dangerous driving, driving while over the limit for cocaine, driving while disqualified and driving while having no valid insurance.

The Hollies is currently laid out on the ground floor with a porch, hall with access to a cellar, store cupboard, WC and two interconnecting offices as well as a conference room and further office.

The Revolvers will perform music by the Hollies, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones and many, many more favourites from the 1960s.

Donations to the Hollies Care Home may be left at the service.

We know what we can do with it, too, putting a Hollies spin on the tune.

It’s just as well that I can identify at least a few of them en route, because they’re adept, once they’ve landed, at burying themselves within the deep dark greens of the hollies, yews and pines.

Don Bradman needed only four runs from his final innings to have a Test batting average of exactly 100, but he failed to score, bowled for a duck by leg-spinner Eric Hollies.

By this time creative tensions within The Hollies were coming to a head, and Nash had already decided to leave the group.

Dynes. p. 95. This garden, originally William III's private garden, was replanted in 1992 in period style with manicured hollies and yews along a geometric system of paths.

Common combinations with hollies

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hollies" in a sentence?
An example: "The 29-year-old defendant, from The Hollies, Egremont, admitted four offences: dangerous driving, driving while over the limit for cocaine, driving while disqualified and driving while having no valid insurance." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "hollies" from authentic English texts.
What does "hollies" mean?
Hollies means: plural of holly
How many example sentences with "hollies" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "hollies", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.