Wondering how to use Kray in a sentence? Below are 8 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Kray meaning
A surname.
Using Kray
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
- In the example corpus, kray often appears in combinations such as: kray twins.
Context around Kray
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Kray
- In this selection, "kray" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, notorious, sitio, reggie, twins, related and murdered stand out and add context to how "kray" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1967 reggie kray murdered former and clever ronnie kray goes a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "kray" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with kray
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Boxing clever: Ronnie Kray goes a few rounds with his club doorman, Tommy 'The Bear' Brown. (16 words)
The film is predictably heavy on the retro sauce – from cassette desks to corndogs, Kray supercomputers and Breakfast Club snippets. (20 words)
By this time Boyle had graduated into a ruthless criminal, with connections all the way to the notorious Kray twins in London. (22 words)
And in 1967, Reggie Kray murdered former gang member Jack 'The Hat' Mcvitie in Stoke Newington, stabbing him in the face and stomach with a carving knife, twisting the knife as McVitie lay dying. (34 words)
Primers might like to compare this with a number of other Kray-related films: The Krays: Dead Man Walking and a bunch of documentaries (most to much lesser acclaim). (29 words)
However, when he reached Sitio Kray-as he decided to cross the road unmindful of the approaching bus which hit him from the side. (24 words)
Example sentences (8)
By this time Boyle had graduated into a ruthless criminal, with connections all the way to the notorious Kray twins in London.
However, when he reached Sitio Kray-as he decided to cross the road unmindful of the approaching bus which hit him from the side.
East End gangsters the Kray twins, Ronnie (left) and Reggie, who began their careers in the boxing ring, training at Klein's Gym, London.
Primers might like to compare this with a number of other Kray-related films: The Krays: Dead Man Walking and a bunch of documentaries (most to much lesser acclaim).
And in 1967, Reggie Kray murdered former gang member Jack 'The Hat' Mcvitie in Stoke Newington, stabbing him in the face and stomach with a carving knife, twisting the knife as McVitie lay dying.
Boxing clever: Ronnie Kray goes a few rounds with his club doorman, Tommy 'The Bear' Brown.
The film is predictably heavy on the retro sauce – from cassette desks to corndogs, Kray supercomputers and Breakfast Club snippets.
The castle was used as a prison from 1100 ( Ranulf Flambard ) until 1952 ( Kray twins ), citation although that was not its primary purpose.
Common combinations with kray
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: