Wondering how to use Lyrid in a sentence? Below are 6 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Lyrid meaning
A shooting star or meteor observed as originating from the constellation Lyra, and belonging to the meteor shower seen each April.
Using Lyrid
- The main meaning on this page is: A shooting star or meteor observed as originating from the constellation Lyra, and belonging to the meteor shower seen each April.
- In the example corpus, lyrid often appears in combinations such as: the lyrid, lyrid meteor.
Context around Lyrid
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lyrid
- In this selection, "lyrid" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, annual, meteor, meteors and shower stand out and add context to how "lyrid" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include create the lyrid meteor shower and lyrid meteors should. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lyrid" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lyrid
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It’s the Lyrid meteor shower. (6 words)
Will we be able to easily observe the Lyrid shower? (10 words)
The pieces that break off from Comet Thatcher create the Lyrid meteor shower. (13 words)
The annual Lyrid meteor shower already started last weekend and will continue through the end of April, though peak viewing hours will begin the evening of Saturday, April 21 and extend through the morning of Sunday, April 22 (Earth Day). (40 words)
A few shooting stars may also streak across the sky as the Pink Moon rises just a few nights before the peak of the Lyrid meteor shower, the first major meteor shower since January. (34 words)
Lyrid meteors should be the brightest lights in the sky aside from the moon. (14 words)
Will we be able to easily observe the Lyrid shower? (10 words)
Example sentences (6)
Lyrid meteors should be the brightest lights in the sky aside from the moon.
The pieces that break off from Comet Thatcher create the Lyrid meteor shower.
Will we be able to easily observe the Lyrid shower?
A few shooting stars may also streak across the sky as the Pink Moon rises just a few nights before the peak of the Lyrid meteor shower, the first major meteor shower since January.
It’s the Lyrid meteor shower.
The annual Lyrid meteor shower already started last weekend and will continue through the end of April, though peak viewing hours will begin the evening of Saturday, April 21 and extend through the morning of Sunday, April 22 (Earth Day).
Common combinations with lyrid
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: