How do you use Holofernes in a sentence? See 7 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like general, plus the exact meaning.
Holofernes in a sentence
Holofernes meaning
a character in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith, an invading general of Nebuchadnezzar, beheaded by Judith.
Synonyms of Holofernes
Using Holofernes
- The main meaning on this page is: a character in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith, an invading general of Nebuchadnezzar, beheaded by Judith.
- Useful related words include: general, full general.
- In the example corpus, holofernes often appears in combinations such as: slaying holofernes.
Context around Holofernes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Holofernes
- In this selection, "holofernes" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, slaying, common, fine, keeping, difficult and 1596 stand out and add context to how "holofernes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a common holofernes and a fine holofernes keeping just. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "holofernes" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with holofernes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She met Holofernes, who was smitten by her beauty. (9 words)
Peter Schmitz gave us a fine Holofernes, keeping just on the clever side of caricature. (15 words)
She painted Biblical scenes, including Judith with the Head of Holofernes (1596), but was primarily fond of still lifes. (19 words)
Kathy Griffin's career was sent into witness protection for a while because she in an over-the-top photo holding a severed Trump head (like he's a common Holofernes). (31 words)
Some also have a custom to eat dairy products to remember Judith and how she overcame Holofernes by feeding him cheese, which made him thirsty, and giving him wine to drink. (31 words)
Aggressive, tense, explosive, it brings to mind works like Gentileschi’s ‘Judith Slaying Holofernes’—difficult to experience, but impossible to walk away from. (23 words)
Example sentences (7)
Kathy Griffin's career was sent into witness protection for a while because she in an over-the-top photo holding a severed Trump head (like he's a common Holofernes).
Peter Schmitz gave us a fine Holofernes, keeping just on the clever side of caricature.
Aggressive, tense, explosive, it brings to mind works like Gentileschi’s ‘Judith Slaying Holofernes’—difficult to experience, but impossible to walk away from.
She painted Biblical scenes, including Judith with the Head of Holofernes (1596), but was primarily fond of still lifes.
Suddenly, a painting like Judith Slaying Holofernes took on a more biographical meaning—or so art feminist historians argued.
She met Holofernes, who was smitten by her beauty.
Some also have a custom to eat dairy products to remember Judith and how she overcame Holofernes by feeding him cheese, which made him thirsty, and giving him wine to drink.
Common combinations with holofernes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: