How do you use Macguffins in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Macguffins meaning
plural of MacGuffin
Using Macguffins
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of MacGuffin
Context around Macguffins
- Average sentence length in these examples: 16.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Macguffins
- In this selection, "macguffins" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 16.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include bar called macguffins and decoys or macguffins that serve. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "macguffins" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with macguffins
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
To my left, there was a full bar called MacGuffins. (10 words)
Many of the mysteries, however, are used as decoys or " MacGuffins " that serve the films' themes and the psychological examinations of their characters. (23 words)
Many of the mysteries, however, are used as decoys or " MacGuffins " that serve the films' themes and the psychological examinations of their characters. (23 words)
To my left, there was a full bar called MacGuffins. (10 words)
Example sentences (2)
To my left, there was a full bar called MacGuffins.
Many of the mysteries, however, are used as decoys or " MacGuffins " that serve the films' themes and the psychological examinations of their characters.