Leander is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Leander in a sentence
Leander meaning
- The lover of Hero who swam every night across the Hellespont to meet her, and finally was drowned.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek, also of a Spanish sixth century saint.
- A city in Williamson County, Texas.
Synonyms of Leander
Using Leander
- The main meaning on this page is: The lover of Hero who swam every night across the Hellespont to meet her, and finally was drowned. | A male given name from Ancient Greek, also of a Spanish sixth century saint. | A city in Williamson County, Texas.
- Useful related words include: mythical being.
- In the example corpus, leander often appears in combinations such as: leander dendoncker, and leander, leander paes.
Context around Leander
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 14 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Leander
- In this selection, "leander" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lucas, claiming, crystol, dendoncker, paes and turned stand out and add context to how "leander" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and then leander dendoncker stepped and at the leander boat club. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "leander" sits close to words such as abbe, abdollahian and abergavenny, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with leander
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Wolves are without Raul Jimenez, Jonny Castro, Leander Dendoncker and Willy Boly. (12 words)
A body was found at the Leander Boat Club early Tuesday, police say. (13 words)
Aston Villa’s Leander Dendoncker is another midfielder reportedly on the Blues’ radar. (13 words)
Grass kept his offense on the field, having fourth-year running back Leander Burrowes take the direct shotgun snap in the heavy set package, second-year linebacker Deshawn Stevens and DeVaughn met Burrowes in the backfield, forcing a turnover on downs. (41 words)
Scapin is known as a schemer and teller of tales and is enlisted to help in the affairs of Octave and Leander as both men have fallen in love with penniless, undesirable mates. (33 words)
The Fitness Paradise’ duo of Ashanti Conway and Christina King placed first and second in the Miss Bikini contest with Linden’s own, Crystol Leander having to settle for the third place. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
In a South Shore League tilt, Lucas Leander turned in a 10-point outing (seven goals, three assists), as Rockland rolled to a 17-5 win over Hull.
Scapin is known as a schemer and teller of tales and is enlisted to help in the affairs of Octave and Leander as both men have fallen in love with penniless, undesirable mates.
The Burkina Faso international comes in for Leander Dendoncker with John McGinn likely to move infield to partner Douglas Luiz.
A body was found at the Leander Boat Club early Tuesday, police say.
Aston Villa’s Leander Dendoncker is another midfielder reportedly on the Blues’ radar.
Leander Club general manager, Al Heathcote, said: "We are very proud of our 26 Olympians and grateful to the Henley community for all their support.
Max Kilman's hopeful long ball sent Raul Jimenez through and he was thwarted by Areola's legs, with the goalkeeper claiming Leander Dendoncker's follow-up.
The Fitness Paradise’ duo of Ashanti Conway and Christina King placed first and second in the Miss Bikini contest with Linden’s own, Crystol Leander having to settle for the third place.
Wolves are without Raul Jimenez, Jonny Castro, Leander Dendoncker and Willy Boly.
Cyrilla was preceded in death by three brothers, Hilbert, Clarence and Leander Egloff; a son-in law, John Schum and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his siblings, Leander, Jenny, Gilbert “Buddy”, Roy, Marion, Adeline, Annabel, Lucille and Roger “Rex” Bernard.
Kompany was joined by Romelu Lukaku, Youri Tielemans, Dries Mertens, Marouane Fellaini, Leander Dendoncker, Michy Batshuayi and Adnan Januzaj.
Mahesh Bhupathi made it clear that India won't miss veteran Leander Paes during their upcoming Davis Cup Qualifier against fancied Italy at Calcutta South Club on Friday-Saturday.
On the basis of the fresh confirmations, the following squad was selected for the tie: Rohit Rajpal – Non-Playing Captain, Sumit Nagal, Ramkumar Ramanathan, Saketh Myneni, Rohan Bopanna, Leander Paes.
On the offensive end, Brewer wants her team to be more aggressive at the plate, which she saw some of against Leander, but still wants it to be more consistent.
The Liberty Hill baseball team wrapped up its scrimmage season last week as the Panthers dominated Gatesville, Marble Falls, and Leander Glenn to close out the preseason.
The next heat was the final against a crew from Burton Leander in the strong and blustery conditions.
After him, it was Leander Paes, who competed in all singles major in 1997.
First, Youri Tielemans was penalised for a rash challenge on Rose and then Leander Dendoncker stepped out of the centre to bring down the Tottenham Hotspur defender.
Grass kept his offense on the field, having fourth-year running back Leander Burrowes take the direct shotgun snap in the heavy set package, second-year linebacker Deshawn Stevens and DeVaughn met Burrowes in the backfield, forcing a turnover on downs.
Common combinations with leander
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: