Ivor is an English word of 4 letters. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Ivor meaning
- A male given name from Old Norse.
- A town in Virginia.
Using Ivor
- The main meaning on this page is: A male given name from Old Norse. | A town in Virginia.
- In the example corpus, ivor often appears in combinations such as: ivor novello, justice ivor, ivor archie.
Context around Ivor
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ivor
- In this selection, "ivor" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, justice, sir, entertainer, novello, pandur and archie stand out and add context to how "ivor" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and entertainer ivor novello the and and three ivor novello nominations. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ivor" sits close to words such as abattoir, agi and agitations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ivor
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ivor died peacefully on July 17 aged 90. (8 words)
Ivor was born Isadore Cutler on 15 January 1923. (9 words)
Mary was the widow of the late Ivor John West. (10 words)
Olga and her husband Ivor, 78, have recently won a planning battle against the street's school being extended close to the front of their house - which they say would have encroached on their privacy and right for space. (39 words)
Anwar El Ghazi twice glanced headers wide of Ivor Pandur's left and right posts with Callum O'Dowda also powering a header over the bar, all of which came inside the opening 10 minutes. (35 words)
A Penlee spokesperson said: “At 6.30pm on Friday 21st June the Penlee inshore lifeboat Mollie and Ivor Dent was tasked by Falmouth Coastguards to a fire on a yacht in Newlyn harbour. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Named after the early 20th century Welsh composer, actor and entertainer Ivor Novello, the Ivor Awards were first handed out in 1956.
He also responded to questions about the statement issued by the chief justice Ivor Archie some weeks ago.
However, due to the ongoing investigation, Sir Ivor Roberts, advisor to United Against Nuclear Iran, a neoconservative advocacy group, described the reopening of the centre as “deeply disturbing”.
It was said to be the only place to buy skinny jeans in the 1970s, with fashion boutique Stolen From Ivor selling Levi jeans there.
Ivor and Alanna dated for quite many years before they decided on tying the knot.
Ivor - an expert on Homer’s The Iliad - was just like “Achilles, Hector, Odysseus: they’d all have ended up in Broadmoor if they’d lived nowadays”.
Ivor died peacefully on July 17 aged 90.
Ivor was born Isadore Cutler on 15 January 1923.
Mary was the widow of the late Ivor John West.
Mr. Hussein said he is surprised by the utterances of Chief Justice Ivor Archie who generally blamed the DPP Roger Gaspard for the shortage of staff at his office.
Scoring at the rate he did, Wilfried Bony would have had to stay 10 years at Swansea to take Ivor Allchurch’s record.
Speaking about the ongoing Charity Commision inquiry, Sir Ivor told Express.
They are still hugely popular in the UK and were recognised in 2016 when they won the Ivor Novello Inspiration Award.
And the substitutions worked as academy graduate Brown sent a brilliant looping header over Ivor Pandur from an Osborn free-kick.
Anwar El Ghazi twice glanced headers wide of Ivor Pandur's left and right posts with Callum O'Dowda also powering a header over the bar, all of which came inside the opening 10 minutes.
A Penlee spokesperson said: “At 6.30pm on Friday 21st June the Penlee inshore lifeboat Mollie and Ivor Dent was tasked by Falmouth Coastguards to a fire on a yacht in Newlyn harbour.
It is with great sadness to announce that Ivor, sadly passed away at home on Sunday 16th June 2024 following a short illness aged 74 years.
Meanwhile, it's expected the Championship play-off hopefuls will complete the permanent signing of Fortuna Sittard goalkeeper Ivor Pandur early in the week.
Olga and her husband Ivor, 78, have recently won a planning battle against the street's school being extended close to the front of their house - which they say would have encroached on their privacy and right for space.
Over the past decade, the London-born singer has also collected a Grammy Award and three Ivor Novello nominations and supported the Spice Girls on their nationwide stadium tour.
Common combinations with ivor
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: