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Leavis is an English word. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

Rare word

Leavis in a sentence

Leavis meaning

A surname.

Using Leavis

  • The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
  • In the example corpus, leavis often appears in combinations such as: critic leavis, leavis wrote.

Context around Leavis

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

wrote 2× agreed 1× championed 1× describes 1×

Sentence patterns with Leavis

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

f r leavis wrote that 2× f r leavis agreed and 1× f r leavis championed both 1× f r leavis who asserted 1× r leavis describes othello 1× richards and leavis 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

f r leavis 1× later the influential 1× modern life is 1× r leavis describes 1× the film noir 1×

Common sentence endings:

from a newspaper 1× hand upon literature 1× of english fiction 1× othello as egotistical 1× othello s colour 1× richards and leavis 1×

Words around Leavis

Just before it in the word index:

leavins 3 leavings 4 leaving 10.893 leavine 3 leavey 2 leavesden 6

Just after it in the word index:

leavitt 79 leavy 22 leawood 13 leazes 3 leazier 3 leb 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaba 10 aafc 10 aaib 10 aalbers 10 abbate 10 abbesses 10

Corpus analysis for Leavis

  • In this selection, "leavis" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, wrote, agreed and championed stand out and add context to how "leavis" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include f r leavis wrote that and f r leavis agreed and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "leavis" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with leavis

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

R. Leavis describes Othello as "egotistical". (6 words)

Modern life is characterized by the reemergence of grammar as its most salient feature—a trend McLuhan felt was exemplified by the New Criticism of Richards and Leavis. (28 words)

Later, the influential Cambridge critic F. R. Leavis championed both his artistic integrity and his moral seriousness, placing much of Lawrence's fiction within the canonical "great tradition" of the English novel. (32 words)

Longer example sentences

However, the most influential advocate of Lawrence's contribution to literature was the Cambridge literary critic F. R. Leavis who asserted that the author had made an important contribution to the tradition of English fiction. (35 words)

The film noir colouring of the picture minimised any commentary on Othello's blackness, to the point that the critic F. R. Leavis wrote that the film made no reference to Othello's colour. (34 words)

F. R. Leavis agreed and, on Johnson's criticism, said, "When we read him we know, beyond question, that we have here a powerful and distinguished mind operating at first hand upon literature. (33 words)

Example sentences (7)

F. R. Leavis agreed and, on Johnson's criticism, said, "When we read him we know, beyond question, that we have here a powerful and distinguished mind operating at first hand upon literature.

However, the most influential advocate of Lawrence's contribution to literature was the Cambridge literary critic F. R. Leavis who asserted that the author had made an important contribution to the tradition of English fiction.

If he's the great American novelist, give me the Marx Brothers every time." citation The literary scholar F. R. Leavis wrote that Dreiser "seems as though he learned English from a newspaper.

Later, the influential Cambridge critic F. R. Leavis championed both his artistic integrity and his moral seriousness, placing much of Lawrence's fiction within the canonical "great tradition" of the English novel.

Modern life is characterized by the reemergence of grammar as its most salient feature—a trend McLuhan felt was exemplified by the New Criticism of Richards and Leavis.

R. Leavis describes Othello as "egotistical".

The film noir colouring of the picture minimised any commentary on Othello's blackness, to the point that the critic F. R. Leavis wrote that the film made no reference to Othello's colour.

Common combinations with leavis

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "leavis" in a sentence?
An example: "F. R. Leavis agreed and, on Johnson's criticism, said, "When we read him we know, beyond question, that we have here a powerful and distinguished mind operating at first hand upon literature." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "leavis" from authentic English texts.
What does "leavis" mean?
Leavis means: A surname.
How many example sentences with "leavis" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "leavis", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.