Wondering how to use Ironsides in a sentence? Below are 7 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as cromwell or general.
Ironsides meaning
plural of Ironside
Using Ironsides
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of Ironside
- Useful related words include: cromwell, oliver cromwell, general, full general.
- In the example corpus, ironsides often appears in combinations such as: old ironsides.
Context around Ironsides
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ironsides
- In this selection, "ironsides" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, old, ralph, following and encouraged stand out and add context to how "ironsides" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about old ironsides encouraged them and nickname old ironsides during the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ironsides" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ironsides
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Over 900,000 visitors toured "Old Ironsides" that year. (9 words)
Programs presented to schoolchildren about "Old Ironsides" encouraged them to donate pennies towards her restoration, eventually raising $148,000. (19 words)
It earned its nickname “Old Ironsides” during the War of 1812 and its current crew members are all active duty sailors. (21 words)
Originally known as the Naval Monument, it was carved of Carrara marble in Italy in 1806 and brought to the U.S. as ballast on board the USS ("Old Ironsides"). (30 words)
Passenger James Copplen prepares to board the light rail train Old Ironsides on April 16. Copplen has been riding VTA trains for 10 years. (24 words)
Constitution earned the nickname "Old Ironsides" following this battle as many of the British cannonballs were seen to bounce off her hull. (22 words)
Example sentences (7)
Passenger James Copplen prepares to board the light rail train Old Ironsides on April 16. Copplen has been riding VTA trains for 10 years.
It earned its nickname “Old Ironsides” during the War of 1812 and its current crew members are all active duty sailors.
Constitution earned the nickname "Old Ironsides" following this battle as many of the British cannonballs were seen to bounce off her hull.
During this period at a dinner party at Horsey's, Raleigh had a heated discussion about religion with Reverend Ralph Ironsides.
Originally known as the Naval Monument, it was carved of Carrara marble in Italy in 1806 and brought to the U.S. as ballast on board the USS ("Old Ironsides").
Over 900,000 visitors toured "Old Ironsides" that year.
Programs presented to schoolchildren about "Old Ironsides" encouraged them to donate pennies towards her restoration, eventually raising $148,000.
Common combinations with ironsides
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: