Explore Keillor through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Keillor in a sentence
Keillor meaning
A surname.
Using Keillor
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
- In the example corpus, keillor often appears in combinations such as: garrison keillor, in keillor, with keillor.
Context around Keillor
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 14 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Keillor
- In this selection, "keillor" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, garrison, page, 2018, house, cottage and put stand out and add context to how "keillor" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1987 when keillor ended it and agreement with keillor s publisher. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "keillor" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and abdulai, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with keillor
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It all connected back to Keillor for me. (8 words)
Keillor said he sees the recertification elections as another union-busting technique. (12 words)
Born in 1942 in Anoka, Minnesota, Keillor developed a love of writing in childhood. (14 words)
In 2004 Keillor published a collection of political essays, Homegrown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts from the Heart of America, and in June 2005 he began a column called "The Old Scout", citation which ran at Salon.com and in syndicated newspapers. (42 words)
In response, the lecture series coordinator said the two “burly security men” were a local policeman and the church’s own security supervisor, both present because the agreement with Keillor‘s publisher specified that the venue provide security. (38 words)
Then Keillor found he could get laughs by writing and reading limericks like this one he recited in ninth-grade speech class: There was a young man of Anoka/Who tried to write a great limerick. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Keillor House and Keillor Cottage are in a rural Perthshire setting close to Newtyle and Coupar Angus.
In life, versus the page, Keillor has been letting go of St. Paul as his headquarters: In 2018, Keillor put his home on Summit Avenue up for sale.
In his letter, McTaggart explains why MPR cut ties with Keillor and answered questions sent to the station in response to his firing, including ones accusing MPR of tarnishing Keillor’s reputation.
Keillor with Richard Dworsky on the 40th anniversary of A Prairie Home Companion The original PHC ran until 1987, when Keillor ended it to focus on other projects.
Born in 1942 in Anoka, Minnesota, Keillor developed a love of writing in childhood.
Then Keillor found he could get laughs by writing and reading limericks like this one he recited in ninth-grade speech class: There was a young man of Anoka/Who tried to write a great limerick.
An Evening with Garrison Keillor with Rich Dworsky at the Piano, with songs, poetry and the news from Lake Wobegon, 7 p.m., Memorial Auditorium Performing Arts Center, 714 13th St., Worthington.
Keillor said he sees the recertification elections as another union-busting technique.
In the statement, Keillor again denied accusations of impropriety brought by a former female employee, which prompted MPR to sever ties with the radio host and humorist in November.
It all connected back to Keillor for me.
Keillor and his staff work in a building away from Minnesota Public Radio's headquarters, and MPR's newsroom is independent of the company's corporate structure.
The store also filled a void created by the demise of Ruminator Books – formerly the Hungry Mind, where Keillor shopped as a child and where Macalester students used to buy textbooks – in 2006.
After the show's intermission, Keillor reads clever and often humorous greetings to friends and family at home submitted by members of the theater audience in exchange for an honorarium.
Asked to respond, Keillor stuck to his story, describing the people who advised him not to discuss politics and saying that he did not have security guards at other stops on the tour.
But Keillor’s “willful simplicity,” Anderson wrote, “is annoying because, after a while, it starts to feel prescriptive.
Garrison Keillor 's radio show A Prairie Home Companion includes comedic fictional commercials sponsored by the "American Duct Tape Council".
Garrison Keillor told one of his Lake Wobegon stories, "The Royal Family," about a poor Minnesota family who are persuaded that they are the long-lost Stuart heirs.
He is known as creator of the Minnesota Public Radio show A Prairie Home Companion (called Garrison Keillor's Radio Show in some international syndication), which he hosted from 1974 to 2016.
In 2004 Keillor published a collection of political essays, Homegrown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts from the Heart of America, and in June 2005 he began a column called "The Old Scout", citation which ran at Salon.com and in syndicated newspapers.
In response, the lecture series coordinator said the two “burly security men” were a local policeman and the church’s own security supervisor, both present because the agreement with Keillor‘s publisher specified that the venue provide security.
Common combinations with keillor
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: