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Explore Ickes through 6 example sentences from English. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Ickes in a sentence

Context around Ickes

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

harold 1× penurious 1×

Often after:

father 1× instituted 1× won 1×

Sentence patterns with Ickes

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

and penurious ickes won out 1× attention of ickes 1× by harold ickes and the 1× ickes instituted quotas 1× lynn a ickes jr passed 1× passed to ickes father and 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

dickmann and smith 1× ickes instituted quotas 1× obituary lynn a 1× the cautious and 1× the farm has 1×

Common sentence endings:

attention of ickes 1× by harry hopkins 1× december 23 2023 1× public works administration 1× then to himself 1× works administration pwa 1×

Words around Ickes

Just before it in the word index:

icker 4 ick 21 icj 200 icivics 2 icis 2 icir 2

Just after it in the word index:

icknield 3 icks 3 ickx 4 icky 35 icl 21 iclei 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Ickes

  • In this selection, "ickes" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, harold, penurious, father, instituted and won stand out and add context to how "ickes" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and penurious ickes won out and attention of ickes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ickes" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ickes

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

Obituary: Lynn A. Ickes Jr. passed away on December 23, 2023. (11 words)

The farm has since been passed to Ickes' father and then to himself. (13 words)

Ickes instituted quotas for hiring skilled and unskilled blacks in construction financed through the Public Works Administration (PWA). (18 words)

Longer example sentences

Dickmann and Smith applied for funding from two New Deal agencies —the Public Works Administration (headed by Harold Ickes ) and the Works Progress Administration (headed by Harry Hopkins ). (28 words)

It was his singing on what was meant to be a scratch vocal on a Blue Highway album that first brought him to the attention of Ickes. (27 words)

The cautious and penurious Ickes won out over the more imaginative Hugh S. Johnson as chief of public works administration. (20 words)

Example sentences (6)

Obituary: Lynn A. Ickes Jr. passed away on December 23, 2023.

It was his singing on what was meant to be a scratch vocal on a Blue Highway album that first brought him to the attention of Ickes.

The farm has since been passed to Ickes' father and then to himself.

Dickmann and Smith applied for funding from two New Deal agencies —the Public Works Administration (headed by Harold Ickes ) and the Works Progress Administration (headed by Harry Hopkins ).

Ickes instituted quotas for hiring skilled and unskilled blacks in construction financed through the Public Works Administration (PWA).

The cautious and penurious Ickes won out over the more imaginative Hugh S. Johnson as chief of public works administration.

Frequently asked questions

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An example: "Obituary: Lynn A. Ickes Jr. passed away on December 23, 2023." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "ickes" from authentic English texts.
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