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How do you use Mbembe in a sentence? See 6 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts.

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Mbembe in a sentence

Using Mbembe

  • In the example corpus, mbembe often appears in combinations such as: achille mbembe.

Context around Mbembe

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

mokele 3× achille 2× rodrick 1×

Often after:

nigerian 1× managed 1× reflects 1×

Sentence patterns with Mbembe

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

a mokele mbembe managed to 1× of mokele mbembe reflects a 1× philosopher achille mbembe nigerian born 1× rodrick mbembe the best 1× the mokele mbembe 1× what achille mbembe has called 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a mokele mbembe 1× how big is 1× loxton and prothero 1× only one picture 1× rodrick mbembe the 1× this dance work 1×

Common sentence endings:

infinity of suffering 1× killed the creature 1× many other people 1× support wishful thinking 1× the mokele mbembe 1× writer sylvia wynter 1×

Words around Mbembe

Just before it in the word index:

mbemba 3 mbelwa 8 mbella 2 mbele 24 mbekweni 2 mbeki 137

Just after it in the word index:

mbenje 2 mbereko 4 mberengwa 5 mberewere 2 mberirua 2 mbes 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Mbembe

  • In this selection, "mbembe" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, mokele, achille, rodrick, nigerian, managed and reflects stand out and add context to how "mbembe" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a mokele mbembe managed to and of mokele mbembe reflects a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "mbembe" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with mbembe

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

A Mokele-mbembe managed to break through, though it was wounded on the spikes, and the natives then killed the creature. (21 words)

This dance work pulls inspiration from Cameroonian philosopher Achille Mbembe, Nigerian-born Afrofuturism scholar Louis Chude-Sokei, and Jamaican writer Sylvia Wynter. (22 words)

Loxton and Prothero argue that the sauropod image of Mokele Mbembe reflects a confirmation bias which seeks to force ambiguous eyewitness accounts to support wishful thinking. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

Rodrick Mbembe: The best thing that happened for me this year is that the lockdown didn’t really affect me because at Food Lover’s we did not lose our jobs unlike many other people. (35 words)

Only one picture was released showing a large, but unidentifiable, object in the lake. citation The Regusters expedition returned with droppings and footprint casts, which Regusters believed were from the mokele-mbembe. (32 words)

How big is the ache in all our hearts, we people of African descent who continue to endure what Achille Mbembe has called, in another context, an infinity of suffering? (30 words)

Question examples

How big is the ache in all our hearts, we people of African descent who continue to endure what Achille Mbembe has called, in another context, an infinity of suffering? (30 words)

Example sentences (6)

This dance work pulls inspiration from Cameroonian philosopher Achille Mbembe, Nigerian-born Afrofuturism scholar Louis Chude-Sokei, and Jamaican writer Sylvia Wynter.

How big is the ache in all our hearts, we people of African descent who continue to endure what Achille Mbembe has called, in another context, an infinity of suffering?

Rodrick Mbembe: The best thing that happened for me this year is that the lockdown didn’t really affect me because at Food Lover’s we did not lose our jobs unlike many other people.

A Mokele-mbembe managed to break through, though it was wounded on the spikes, and the natives then killed the creature.

Loxton and Prothero argue that the sauropod image of Mokele Mbembe reflects a confirmation bias which seeks to force ambiguous eyewitness accounts to support wishful thinking.

Only one picture was released showing a large, but unidentifiable, object in the lake. citation The Regusters expedition returned with droppings and footprint casts, which Regusters believed were from the mokele-mbembe.

Common combinations with mbembe

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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