Get to know Lilburne better with 4 real example sentences, the meaning.
Lilburne in a sentence
Lilburne meaning
A surname.
Using Lilburne
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
Context around Lilburne
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lilburne
- In this selection, "lilburne" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, overton, free, john and tried stand out and add context to how "lilburne" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include lilburne john wildman and term to lilburne s group. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lilburne" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lilburne
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It was the campaigns to free Lilburne from prison that spawned the movement known as the Levellers. (17 words)
Although Walwyn and Overton were released from the Tower, and Lilburne tried and acquitted, the Leveller cause had effectively been crushed. (21 words)
After their arrest and imprisonment in 1649, four of the "Leveller" leaders – Walwyn, Overton, Lilburne and Thomas Prince – signed a manifesto in which they called themselves Levellers. (27 words)
Lilburne, John Wildman and Richard Baxter later thought that Oliver Cromwell and Henry Ireton had applied the term to Lilburne's group during the Putney Debates of late 1647. (29 words)
After their arrest and imprisonment in 1649, four of the "Leveller" leaders – Walwyn, Overton, Lilburne and Thomas Prince – signed a manifesto in which they called themselves Levellers. (27 words)
Although Walwyn and Overton were released from the Tower, and Lilburne tried and acquitted, the Leveller cause had effectively been crushed. (21 words)
Example sentences (4)
Lilburne, John Wildman and Richard Baxter later thought that Oliver Cromwell and Henry Ireton had applied the term to Lilburne's group during the Putney Debates of late 1647.
After their arrest and imprisonment in 1649, four of the "Leveller" leaders – Walwyn, Overton, Lilburne and Thomas Prince – signed a manifesto in which they called themselves Levellers.
Although Walwyn and Overton were released from the Tower, and Lilburne tried and acquitted, the Leveller cause had effectively been crushed.
It was the campaigns to free Lilburne from prison that spawned the movement known as the Levellers.