How do you use Juvenal in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like satirist, plus the exact meaning.
Juvenal in a sentence
Juvenal meaning
Of a young bird: that has its first flying plumage.
Synonyms of Juvenal
Using Juvenal
- The main meaning on this page is: Of a young bird: that has its first flying plumage.
- Useful related words include: decimus junius juvenalis, satirist, ironist, ridiculer.
- In the example corpus, juvenal often appears in combinations such as: of juvenal, poet juvenal, by juvenal.
Context around Juvenal
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 6 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Juvenal
- In this selection, "juvenal" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, poet, medico, president, satire, habyarimana and ovid stand out and add context to how "juvenal" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after president juvenal habyarimana s and apparent rage juvenal criticizes the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "juvenal" sits close to words such as abdulrasheed, abhinav and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with juvenal
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Juvenal's account of her nights spent in the brothel is commonly portrayed. (13 words)
The poetry of Juvenal offers a lively curmudgeon's perspective on urban society. (13 words)
Juvenal concludes with the observation that the clients who put up with this treatment deserve it. (16 words)
In a tone and manner ranging from irony to apparent rage, Juvenal criticizes the actions and beliefs of many of his contemporaries, providing insight more into value systems and questions of morality and less into the realities of Roman life. (40 words)
According to El Medico, Juvenal was murdered because he had testified against the Medellin Cartel founder and long-time friend of former president Alvaro Uribe, whose lawyer conspired with Sanchez to frame his colleague. (34 words)
At the same time as the Servian text was produced, however, other and lesser scholars also created their editions of Juvenal: it is these on which most medieval manuscripts of Juvenal are based. (33 words)
He quotes the Roman poet Juvenal: “The sick die here because they can’t sleep / For when does sleep come in rented rooms? (23 words)
Example sentences (20)
At the same time as the Servian text was produced, however, other and lesser scholars also created their editions of Juvenal: it is these on which most medieval manuscripts of Juvenal are based.
According to El Medico, Juvenal was murdered because he had testified against the Medellin Cartel founder and long-time friend of former president Alvaro Uribe, whose lawyer conspired with Sanchez to frame his colleague.
Uwilingiyimana was meant to be acting president after President Juvenal Habyarimana’s plane was shot down over the capital, Kigali, sparking the 100-day genocide.
He quotes the Roman poet Juvenal: “The sick die here because they can’t sleep / For when does sleep come in rented rooms?
During that time, he did a vast amount of translations as well, including works of Homer, Juvenal, Ovid, and Horace.
In 1738, Samuel Johnson was inspired by this text to write his "London: A Poem in Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal".
In a tone and manner ranging from irony to apparent rage, Juvenal criticizes the actions and beliefs of many of his contemporaries, providing insight more into value systems and questions of morality and less into the realities of Roman life.
In Juvenal's account, he seems to have relished the scandalous self-display, applause and the disgrace he inflicted on his more sturdy opponent by repeatedly skipping away from the confrontation.
It is not always easy to distinguish Horace's influence during those centuries (the mixing of influences is shown for example in one poet's pseudonym, Horace Juvenal).
Juvenal also, unlike Horace, attacked public officials and governmental organizations through his satires, regarding their opinions not just as wrong, but as evil.
Juvenal concludes with the observation that the clients who put up with this treatment deserve it.
Juvenal returns to his theme of distorted economic values among the Roman elite – in this instance centered on their unwillingness to provide appropriate support for poets, lawyers, and teachers.
Juvenal's account of her nights spent in the brothel is commonly portrayed.
Klock, p. 65 Klock relates the title to the quote by Juvenal to highlight the problem of controlling those who hold power and quoted repeatedly within the work itself.
Lucilius – the acknowledged originator of Roman Satire in the form practiced by Juvenal – experimented with other meters before settling on dactylic hexameter.
The poetry of Juvenal offers a lively curmudgeon's perspective on urban society.
The Roman poet Juvenal satirized superficial politicians and the public as caring only for "panem et circenses" ( bread and circuses ).
The turn to the 18th century was characterized by a switch from Horatian, soft, pseudo-satire, to biting "juvenal" satire.
The view is expressed by the satirist Juvenal : Satire X. Translation from citation The first of prayers, best known at all the temples, is mostly for riches..
Two drawings by Aubrey Beardsley were produced for a private printing of Juvenal's satires (1897).
Common combinations with juvenal
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of juvenal 4×
- poet juvenal 2×
- by juvenal 2×
- juvenal satire 2×