How do you use Hunchbacked in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like crookback or humped, plus the exact meaning.
Hunchbacked meaning
Having an abnormally curved or hunched back
Using Hunchbacked
- The main meaning on this page is: Having an abnormally curved or hunched back
- Useful related words include: crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked.
- In the example corpus, hunchbacked often appears in combinations such as: and hunchbacked.
Context around Hunchbacked
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hunchbacked
- In this selection, "hunchbacked" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wise, seriously, lawyer and character stand out and add context to how "hunchbacked" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a wise hunchbacked character from and centered around hunchbacked lawyer matthew. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hunchbacked" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hunchbacked
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I see the hero has been made no longer ugly and hunchbacked! (12 words)
University of California Press. 2002. page 14. and left him seriously hunchbacked. (12 words)
It’s centered around hunchbacked lawyer Matthew Shardlake, who works as a detective during the Tudor reign. (17 words)
Finally, he appears as an old man with a long beard, short and hunchbacked, in an old torn woolen coat, who carries a club and drives a multitude of beasts before him (Loomis, 1927). (34 words)
Proteus was a wise hunchbacked character from the Odyssey who knew many secrets, and Steinmetz felt the name suited him. (20 words)
It’s centered around hunchbacked lawyer Matthew Shardlake, who works as a detective during the Tudor reign. (17 words)
I see the hero has been made no longer ugly and hunchbacked! (12 words)
Example sentences (5)
It’s centered around hunchbacked lawyer Matthew Shardlake, who works as a detective during the Tudor reign.
Finally, he appears as an old man with a long beard, short and hunchbacked, in an old torn woolen coat, who carries a club and drives a multitude of beasts before him (Loomis, 1927).
I see the hero has been made no longer ugly and hunchbacked!
Proteus was a wise hunchbacked character from the Odyssey who knew many secrets, and Steinmetz felt the name suited him.
University of California Press. 2002. page 14. and left him seriously hunchbacked.
Common combinations with hunchbacked
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: