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Hurrians is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Hurrians in a sentence

Related words

Hurrians | Hurrian

Hurrians meaning

plural of Hurrian

Using Hurrians

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of Hurrian
  • In the example corpus, hurrians often appears in combinations such as: the hurrians.

Context around Hurrians

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 18.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 0 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

lived 1× inherited 1×

Sentence patterns with Hurrians

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and the hurrians 1× suggested that hurrians lived on 1× the hurrians inherited the 1× times while hurrians were merely 1× yamhad the hurrians also migrated 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

i j gelb 1× nuzi at seventy 1× some scholars have 1× the hurrians inherited 1× yamhad the hurrians 1×

Common sentence endings:

and the hurrians 1× conquered by assyria 1× in this period 1× merely late arrivals 1× story from babylonia 1×

Words around Hurrians

Just before it in the word index:

hurrian 27 hurren 3 hurrelmann 2 hurrell 9 hurray 5 hurras 3

Just after it in the word index:

hurrican 2 hurricane 2.452 hurricanes 880 hurricanethe 2 hurricanrana 22 hurricats 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadujeevitham 7 aani 7 aapp 7 aarne 7 aaronic 7 aasa 7

Corpus analysis for Hurrians

  • In this selection, "hurrians" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, lived and inherited stand out and add context to how "hurrians" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and the hurrians and suggested that hurrians lived on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "hurrians" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aapp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with hurrians

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The Hurrians inherited the Flood story from Babylonia. (8 words)

Yamhad The Hurrians also migrated further west in this period. (10 words)

Nuzi at seventy-five (Studies in the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians). (15 words)

Longer example sentences

I. J. Gelb and E. A. Speiser believed East Semitic speaking Assyrians Subarians had been the linguistic and ethnic substratum of northern Mesopotamia since earliest times, while Hurrians were merely late arrivals. (32 words)

Some scholars have suggested that Hurrians lived on in the country of Nairi north of Assyria during the early Iron Age, before this too was conquered by Assyria. (28 words)

Nuzi at seventy-five (Studies in the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians). (15 words)

Example sentences (5)

I. J. Gelb and E. A. Speiser believed East Semitic speaking Assyrians Subarians had been the linguistic and ethnic substratum of northern Mesopotamia since earliest times, while Hurrians were merely late arrivals.

Nuzi at seventy-five (Studies in the Civilization and Culture of Nuzi and the Hurrians).

Some scholars have suggested that Hurrians lived on in the country of Nairi north of Assyria during the early Iron Age, before this too was conquered by Assyria.

The Hurrians inherited the Flood story from Babylonia.

Yamhad The Hurrians also migrated further west in this period.

Common combinations with hurrians

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hurrians" in a sentence?
An example: "I. J. Gelb and E. A. Speiser believed East Semitic speaking Assyrians Subarians had been the linguistic and ethnic substratum of northern Mesopotamia since earliest times, while Hurrians were merely late arrivals." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "hurrians" from authentic English texts.
What does "hurrians" mean?
Hurrians means: plural of Hurrian
How many example sentences with "hurrians" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "hurrians", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.