Explore Legrier through 10+ example sentences from English. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Legrier in a sentence
Using Legrier
- In the example corpus, legrier often appears in combinations such as: quintonio legrier, legrier and, the legrier.
Context around Legrier
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 5 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Legrier
- In this selection, "legrier" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, quintonio, elder, came, estate and swung stand out and add context to how "legrier" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and quintonio legrier and and quintonio legrier right. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "legrier" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with legrier
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Both LeGrier and Jones were killed. (6 words)
Bettie Jones, left, and Quintonio LeGrier, right. (7 words)
Rialmo, in turn, sued the LeGrier estate. (7 words)
Attorneys for both the LeGrier and Jones estates, along with several from the city’s Law Department, reviewed in open court about 40 minutes of testimony previously given by Chicago Fire Department Cmdr. Joseph DiGiovanni. (35 words)
The shootings occurred when Rialmo and his partner responded to a 911 call from LeGrier’s father seeking help with the 19-year-old, who was having a mental health crisis. (31 words)
When Chicago police officer Robert Rialmo killed Quintonio LeGrier and Bettie Jones—a young man having a mental health episode and his neighbor, who answered the door—Rialmo was fired. (30 words)
Example sentences (17)
Investigators cast doubt on whether LeGrier swung the bat and the Chicago Police Board determined Rialmo could have repositioned himself to avoid shooting Jones.
When Chicago police officer Robert Rialmo killed Quintonio LeGrier and Bettie Jones—a young man having a mental health episode and his neighbor, who answered the door—Rialmo was fired.
Moments later, LeGrier came charging down the stairs with the bat.
The elder LeGrier had asked Jones to let the police in when they arrived.
The LeGrier and Jones families both sued the city and Rialmo.
Attorneys for both the LeGrier and Jones estates, along with several from the city’s Law Department, reviewed in open court about 40 minutes of testimony previously given by Chicago Fire Department Cmdr. Joseph DiGiovanni.
Bettie Jones, left, and Quintonio LeGrier, right.
Both LeGrier and Jones were killed.
Dr. Judy Melinek, a Harvard-educated forensic pathologist who’s worked in the Bay Area for the last 13 years, was retained as an expert witness by the LeGrier estate.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel will have to answer questions Thursday in the 2015 shooting deaths of Quintonio LeGrier and his neighbor, Bettie Jones, who were shot by a Chicago police officer.
Officer Rialmo fired his gun in defense of himself when Mr. LeGrier came at him with a baseball bat,” Graham said.
Rialmo and his partner were responding to 911 calls about a domestic disturbance at the apartment in Austin where LeGrier was staying with his father.
Rialmo and LaPalermo arrived and were met at the door by Jones, the elder LeGrier’s 55-year-old downstairs neighbor.
Rialmo, in turn, sued the LeGrier estate.
Rialmo opened fire, killing both Jones and Quintonio LeGrier.
The shootings occurred when Rialmo and his partner responded to a 911 call from LeGrier’s father seeking help with the 19-year-old, who was having a mental health crisis.
Your editorial cited the cases of Laquan McDonald, Bettie Jones and Quintonio LeGrier.
Common combinations with legrier
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: