Explore Houri through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like nymph or woman. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Houri meaning
- A beautiful virgin girl supposed to dwell in Paradise for the enjoyment of the faithful.
- Any voluptuous, beautiful woman.
Using Houri
- The main meaning on this page is: A beautiful virgin girl supposed to dwell in Paradise for the enjoyment of the faithful. | Any voluptuous, beautiful woman.
- Useful related words include: nymph, woman, adult female, mythical being.
Context around Houri
- Average sentence length in these examples: 34.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 1 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Houri
- In this selection, "houri" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 34.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, holdall, fair, denied and brought stand out and add context to how "houri" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a fair houri brought and and the holdall houri denied knowing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "houri" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with houri
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Despite his fingerprints being found on the package of heroin in the holdall, Houri denied knowing anything about the weapons in the same bag. (24 words)
Quatrain 84 (equivalent of FitzGerald's quatrain XI in his 1st edition, as above): In the sweet spring a grassy bank I sought And thither wine and a fair Houri brought; And, though the people called me graceless dog, Gave not to Paradise another thought! (45 words)
Quatrain 84 (equivalent of FitzGerald's quatrain XI in his 1st edition, as above): In the sweet spring a grassy bank I sought And thither wine and a fair Houri brought; And, though the people called me graceless dog, Gave not to Paradise another thought! (45 words)
Despite his fingerprints being found on the package of heroin in the holdall, Houri denied knowing anything about the weapons in the same bag. (24 words)
Quatrain 84 (equivalent of FitzGerald's quatrain XI in his 1st edition, as above): In the sweet spring a grassy bank I sought And thither wine and a fair Houri brought; And, though the people called me graceless dog, Gave not to Paradise another thought! (45 words)
Example sentences (2)
Despite his fingerprints being found on the package of heroin in the holdall, Houri denied knowing anything about the weapons in the same bag.
Quatrain 84 (equivalent of FitzGerald's quatrain XI in his 1st edition, as above): In the sweet spring a grassy bank I sought And thither wine and a fair Houri brought; And, though the people called me graceless dog, Gave not to Paradise another thought!