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How do you use Lemures in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Lemures in a sentence

Lemures meaning

The spirits or ghosts of the dead, considered as malignant.

Using Lemures

  • The main meaning on this page is: The spirits or ghosts of the dead, considered as malignant.
  • In the example corpus, lemures often appears in combinations such as: lemures were.

Context around Lemures

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Lemures

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

gaze the lemures were presumed 1× god 11 lemures were formless 1× were called lemures or spectra 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

st augustine the 1× the head of 1×

Common sentence endings:

and its dread 1× feast on them 1× lemures or spectra 1×

Words around Lemures

Just before it in the word index:

lemura 2 lemur 20 lemuel 20 lemu 3 lemtur 2 lemsip 3

Just after it in the word index:

lemuria 2 lemurian 2 lemurs 33 lemus 9 lemv 2 lemwerder 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 5 aaah 5 aacl 5 aak 5 aapke 5 aarav 5

Corpus analysis for Lemures

  • In this selection, "lemures" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include gaze the lemures were presumed and god 11 lemures were formless. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "lemures" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with lemures

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

St. Augustine, The City of God, 11. Lemures were formless and liminal, associated with darkness and its dread. (18 words)

For if they were spirites that haunted some houses, by appearing in diuers and horrible formes, and making greate dinne: they were called Lemures or Spectra. (26 words)

The head of household ( paterfamilias ) would rise at midnight and cast black beans behind him with averted gaze; the Lemures were presumed to feast on them. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

For if they were spirites that haunted some houses, by appearing in diuers and horrible formes, and making greate dinne: they were called Lemures or Spectra. (26 words)

The head of household ( paterfamilias ) would rise at midnight and cast black beans behind him with averted gaze; the Lemures were presumed to feast on them. (26 words)

St. Augustine, The City of God, 11. Lemures were formless and liminal, associated with darkness and its dread. (18 words)

Example sentences (3)

For if they were spirites that haunted some houses, by appearing in diuers and horrible formes, and making greate dinne: they were called Lemures or Spectra.

St. Augustine, The City of God, 11. Lemures were formless and liminal, associated with darkness and its dread.

The head of household ( paterfamilias ) would rise at midnight and cast black beans behind him with averted gaze; the Lemures were presumed to feast on them.

Common combinations with lemures

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "lemures" in a sentence?
An example: "For if they were spirites that haunted some houses, by appearing in diuers and horrible formes, and making greate dinne: they were called Lemures or Spectra." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "lemures" from authentic English texts.
What does "lemures" mean?
Lemures means: The spirits or ghosts of the dead, considered as malignant.
How many example sentences with "lemures" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "lemures", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.