Wondering how to use Houyhnhnms in a sentence? Below are 6 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Houyhnhnms in a sentence
Houyhnhnms meaning
plural of Houyhnhnm
Synonyms of Houyhnhnms
Using Houyhnhnms
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of Houyhnhnm
- Useful related words include: imaginary place, mythical place, fictitious place.
- In the example corpus, houyhnhnms often appears in combinations such as: the houyhnhnms, houyhnhnms is.
Context around Houyhnhnms
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Houyhnhnms
- In this selection, "houyhnhnms" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, humans, company, rules and approach stand out and add context to how "houyhnhnms" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about humans houyhnhnms have a and in the houyhnhnms is that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "houyhnhnms" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with houyhnhnms
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Gulliver much prefers the Houyhnhnms' company to the Yahoos', even though the latter are biologically closer to him. (18 words)
Whereas the Yahoos represent all that is bad about humans, Houyhnhnms have a settled, calm, reliable and rational society. (19 words)
Of the countries Lemuel Gulliver visits, Brobdingnag and Country of the Houyhnhnms approach a utopia; the others have significant dystopian aspects. (21 words)
Gulliver's visit to the Land of the Houyhnhnms is described in Part IV of his Travels, and its location illustrated on the map at the start of Part IV. (30 words)
A further example of the lack of humanity and emotion in the Houyhnhnms is that their laws reason that each couple produce two children, one male and one female. (29 words)
However, an Assembly of the Houyhnhnms rules that Gulliver, a Yahoo with some semblance of reason, is a danger to their civilisation, and expels him. (25 words)
Example sentences (6)
A further example of the lack of humanity and emotion in the Houyhnhnms is that their laws reason that each couple produce two children, one male and one female.
Gulliver much prefers the Houyhnhnms' company to the Yahoos', even though the latter are biologically closer to him.
Gulliver's visit to the Land of the Houyhnhnms is described in Part IV of his Travels, and its location illustrated on the map at the start of Part IV.
However, an Assembly of the Houyhnhnms rules that Gulliver, a Yahoo with some semblance of reason, is a danger to their civilisation, and expels him.
Of the countries Lemuel Gulliver visits, Brobdingnag and Country of the Houyhnhnms approach a utopia; the others have significant dystopian aspects.
Whereas the Yahoos represent all that is bad about humans, Houyhnhnms have a settled, calm, reliable and rational society.
Common combinations with houyhnhnms
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the houyhnhnms 4×
- houyhnhnms is 2×