Explore Hornblower through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Hornblower meaning
Someone or something that blows a horn.
Using Hornblower
- The main meaning on this page is: Someone or something that blows a horn.
- In the example corpus, hornblower often appears in combinations such as: horatio hornblower, hornblower and, of hornblower.
Context around Hornblower
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 13 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hornblower
- In this selection, "hornblower" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, horatio, atropos, simon, aspect, playing and events stand out and add context to how "hornblower" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 524 bc hornblower and spawforth and 569 570 hornblower the head. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hornblower" sits close to words such as abad, abovementioned and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hornblower
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Pier 15 Hornblower Events & Cruises, 78 South St. (8 words)
The first was this sort of Horatio Hornblower aspect to Kirk. (11 words)
With demand for more stories, Forester filled in Hornblower's life story, in effect. (14 words)
It is possible that as Cecil L. T. Smith and an Old Boy he would have been present at the unveiling of the War Memorial panels which are still on display where he would have read the name 'Hornblower'. (39 words)
Not only did Shatner take inspiration from Roddenberry's suggestion of Hornblower, but also from Alexander the Great – "the athlete and the intellectual of his time" – whom Shatner had played for an unsold television pilot two years earlier. (38 words)
Roddenberry often humorously referred to Captain Kirk as "Horatio Hornblower in Space". citation Roddenberry had extensive experience in writing for series about the Old West that had been popular television fare earlier in the 1960s and the 1950s. (38 words)
Example sentences (19)
In Hornblower and the Atropos, Hornblower is put in charge of Admiral Nelson's funeral in London.
The first was this sort of Horatio Hornblower aspect to Kirk.
In 1951, for example, Gregory Peck took the title role in “Captain Horatio Hornblower,” playing the protagonist of Forrester’s popular series of books about the Napoleonic Wars.
Pier 15 Hornblower Events & Cruises, 78 South St.
Hornblower will still be able to keep the bulk of the fare box revenues as well as all of the advertising and concessions revenues, under the terms of its controversial deal with the city.
A few years later, he appeared in Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951) as a Spanish captain.
At Alleyn's he may have been a contemporary of E.S. Hornblower, who died on active service with the Canadian Infantry in 1917.
Family Themistocles was born in Athens around 524 BC, Hornblower and Spawforth; entry Themistocles the son of Neocles, who was, in the words of Plutarch "no very conspicuous man".
Girls generally received instruction Oxford Classical Dictionary, Edited by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth, Third Edition.
He began the series with Hornblower fairly high in rank in the first novel, published in 1937.
Hornblower was soon brought to trial and the verdict of the four judges (in 1799) was decisively in favour of Watt.
It is possible that as Cecil L. T. Smith and an Old Boy he would have been present at the unveiling of the War Memorial panels which are still on display where he would have read the name 'Hornblower'.
Meyer later said: error Meyer described his script as " 'Hornblower' in outer space", utilizing nautical references and a swashbuckling atmosphere.
Nevins, 569–570 Hornblower, the head of a New York City law firm, was thought to be a qualified appointee, but his campaign against a New York machine politician had made Senator David B. Hill his enemy.
Not only did Shatner take inspiration from Roddenberry's suggestion of Hornblower, but also from Alexander the Great – "the athlete and the intellectual of his time" – whom Shatner had played for an unsold television pilot two years earlier.
Roddenberry often humorously referred to Captain Kirk as "Horatio Hornblower in Space". citation Roddenberry had extensive experience in writing for series about the Old West that had been popular television fare earlier in the 1960s and the 1950s.
The author has stated that the series structure is modeled after the Horatio Hornblower books, documenting the life of a single person.
This included his ship location from Hawaii Passage and added a Horatio Hornblower character, plus the multi-racial crew from his airship idea.
With demand for more stories, Forester filled in Hornblower's life story, in effect.
Common combinations with hornblower
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- horatio hornblower 6×
- hornblower and 3×
- of hornblower 2×