Macartney is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Macartney in a sentence
Macartney meaning
A surname.
Using Macartney
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
- In the example corpus, macartney often appears in combinations such as: james macartney.
Context around Macartney
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Macartney
- In this selection, "macartney" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, james, mike, lord, 1802, table and macdonald stand out and add context to how "macartney" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1802 james macartney table iii and american mike macartney a former. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "macartney" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with macartney
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The boundary, marked with a thin dot-dashed line, matches the Macartney-MacDonald line. (14 words)
He could not meet Lord Macartney, but exhorted him to patience in two letters, explaining that "this world is the reverse of our own". (24 words)
The Qianlong Emperor told Macartney "the kings of the myriad nations come by land and sea with all sorts of precious things," and "consequently there is nothing we lack. (29 words)
Other groups had by then sprung up, including one run by another American, Mike Macartney, a former motorcycle gang member who had previously served time in prison and went by the screen name ‘Torture King’. (35 words)
The name Sauria was coined by James Macartney (1802); James Macartney: Table III in: George Cuvier (1802) "Lectures on Comparative Anatomy" (translated by William Ross under the inspection of James Macartney). (31 words)
The Qianlong Emperor told Macartney "the kings of the myriad nations come by land and sea with all sorts of precious things," and "consequently there is nothing we lack. (29 words)
Example sentences (5)
The name Sauria was coined by James Macartney (1802); James Macartney: Table III in: George Cuvier (1802) "Lectures on Comparative Anatomy" (translated by William Ross under the inspection of James Macartney).
Other groups had by then sprung up, including one run by another American, Mike Macartney, a former motorcycle gang member who had previously served time in prison and went by the screen name ‘Torture King’.
He could not meet Lord Macartney, but exhorted him to patience in two letters, explaining that "this world is the reverse of our own".
The boundary, marked with a thin dot-dashed line, matches the Macartney-MacDonald line.
The Qianlong Emperor told Macartney "the kings of the myriad nations come by land and sea with all sorts of precious things," and "consequently there is nothing we lack.
Common combinations with macartney
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: