Explore Isocrates through 6 example sentences from English and related words like orator or rhetorician. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Isocrates in a sentence
Synonyms of Isocrates
Using Isocrates
- Useful related words include: orator, speechmaker, rhetorician, public speaker.
Context around Isocrates
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Isocrates
- In this selection, "isocrates" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, main, fact, main and 436 stand out and add context to how "isocrates" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include according to isocrates the athenians and aristotle and isocrates were two. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "isocrates" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with isocrates
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As a rhetorician, he was a determined opponent of Isocrates and his school. (13 words)
In Isocrates with an English Translation in three volumes, by George Norlin, Ph. (13 words)
Aristotle and Isocrates were two of the first to see rhetoric in this light. (14 words)
Isocrates main Isocrates (436-338 BC), like the sophists, taught public speaking as a means of human improvement, but he worked to distinguish himself from the Sophists, whom he saw as claiming far more than they could deliver. (38 words)
In fact, according to Isocrates, the Athenians and their allies lost some 20,000 men in the expedition. (18 words)
In fact, Isocrates was an outspoken champion of rhetoric as a mode of civic engagement. (15 words)
Example sentences (6)
Isocrates main Isocrates (436-338 BC), like the sophists, taught public speaking as a means of human improvement, but he worked to distinguish himself from the Sophists, whom he saw as claiming far more than they could deliver.
Aristotle and Isocrates were two of the first to see rhetoric in this light.
As a rhetorician, he was a determined opponent of Isocrates and his school.
In fact, according to Isocrates, the Athenians and their allies lost some 20,000 men in the expedition.
In fact, Isocrates was an outspoken champion of rhetoric as a mode of civic engagement.
In Isocrates with an English Translation in three volumes, by George Norlin, Ph.