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Wondering how to use Ivories in a sentence? Below are 8 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .

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Ivories in a sentence

Ivories meaning

plural of ivory

Using Ivories

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

Context around Ivories

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

whites 1×

Often after:

rios 1× section 1×

Sentence patterns with Ivories

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

hoard of ivories in the 1× on the ivories for all 1× pieces of ivories for making 1× the whites ivories section of 1× tickle the ivories rios goes 1× tickled the ivories in her 1× tinkle the ivories as we 1× tinkles the ivories with untrammelled 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

evenly sized cut 1× haynes is typically 1× let me tell 1× more jawdroppers tinkle 1× recalling one party 1× she tickled the 1×

Common sentence endings:

a cow pat 1× an emotional punch 1× and fancy style 1× at home depot 1× his butler lane 1× nov 28 2016 1×

Words around Ivories

Just before it in the word index:

ivorians 12 ivorian 72 ivor 53 ivonne 3 ivon 2 ivoirians 4

Just after it in the word index:

ivors 3 ivory 594 ivp 3 ivr 6 ivrcl 2 ivrea 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 11 aaba 11 aafc 11 aaib 11 aalbers 11 aardvarks 11

Corpus analysis for Ivories

  • In this selection, "ivories" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, whites, rios and section stand out and add context to how "ivories" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include hoard of ivories in the and on the ivories for all. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ivories" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ivories

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

She tickled the ivories in her fast and fancy style. (10 words)

Not only does he tickle the ivories, Rios goes hard belting out the devastating lyrics with an emotional punch. (19 words)

W. K. Loftus excavated in Nimrud between 1850 and 1855 and found a remarkable hoard of ivories in the Burnt Palace. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

Recalling one party thrown by the female impersonator Danny La Rue, he later described 'Noel Coward, tinkling away on the ivories for all he was worth' and James Bond star Roger Moore drawing 'the girls like horseflies to a cow-pat'. (41 words)

Let me tell you: the people in charge of invitations have a of work to do in terms of audience-building, because most front row seating looked like the Whites & Ivories section of the paint color aisle at Home Depot. (40 words)

More jawdroppers tinkle the ivories as we journey to Cardiff Central Station in Wales – the Land of Song – where an angelic performance with a male voice choir reduces Mika, Lang Lang and Claudia Winkleman to tears. (36 words)

Example sentences (8)

Recalling one party thrown by the female impersonator Danny La Rue, he later described 'Noel Coward, tinkling away on the ivories for all he was worth' and James Bond star Roger Moore drawing 'the girls like horseflies to a cow-pat'.

More jawdroppers tinkle the ivories as we journey to Cardiff Central Station in Wales – the Land of Song – where an angelic performance with a male voice choir reduces Mika, Lang Lang and Claudia Winkleman to tears.

Not only does he tickle the ivories, Rios goes hard belting out the devastating lyrics with an emotional punch.

Evenly sized cut pieces of ivories for making 'hanko' or carved name seals are seen at a factory in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2016.

Haynes is typically the straight man, Woods the buffoon, although there’s a wrong-footing intro where Haynes’ Algy tinkles the ivories with untrammelled exuberance, while Woods assumes a funereal deadpan as his butler, Lane.

Let me tell you: the people in charge of invitations have a of work to do in terms of audience-building, because most front row seating looked like the Whites & Ivories section of the paint color aisle at Home Depot.

She tickled the ivories in her fast and fancy style.

W. K. Loftus excavated in Nimrud between 1850 and 1855 and found a remarkable hoard of ivories in the Burnt Palace.

Common combinations with ivories

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "ivories" in a sentence?
An example: "Recalling one party thrown by the female impersonator Danny La Rue, he later described 'Noel Coward, tinkling away on the ivories for all he was worth' and James Bond star Roger Moore drawing 'the girls like horseflies to a cow-pat'." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "ivories" from authentic English texts.
What does "ivories" mean?
Ivories means: plural of ivory
How many example sentences with "ivories" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "ivories", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.