Mcgonagall is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Mcgonagall in a sentence
Mcgonagall meaning
A surname.
Using Mcgonagall
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
- In the example corpus, mcgonagall often appears in combinations such as: mcgonagall and, minerva mcgonagall, professor mcgonagall.
Context around Mcgonagall
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mcgonagall
- In this selection, "mcgonagall" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, william, minerva, professor, esque, starred and believed stand out and add context to how "mcgonagall" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include arguing with mcgonagall and dumbledore and biography of mcgonagall that the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mcgonagall" sits close to words such as aarons, abra and accelerations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mcgonagall
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Professor McGonagall exemplifies this characteristic perfectly. (6 words)
In 1890, McGonagall was in dire straits financially. (8 words)
Early life William McGonagall's parents, Charles and Margaret, were Irish. (11 words)
I don’t imagine they were often all on set together,” he went on, referencing a scene where ‘s Minerva McGonagall teaches Harry and his Hogwarts classmates transfiguration (a spell where objects can change from one thing into another). (39 words)
The play should have ended with Macbeth's death, but McGonagall believed the actor playing Macduff was trying to upstage him, and refused to die. citation citation By the 1870s, McGonagall and his family were struggling. (36 words)
From c.1950 to 1995 a memorial bench stood on the path immediately to the north side of the church commemorating McGonagall and bearing the typically McGonagall-esque inscription "Feeling tired and need a seat? (35 words)
From c.1950 to 1995 a memorial bench stood on the path immediately to the north side of the church commemorating McGonagall and bearing the typically McGonagall-esque inscription "Feeling tired and need a seat? (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
From c.1950 to 1995 a memorial bench stood on the path immediately to the north side of the church commemorating McGonagall and bearing the typically McGonagall-esque inscription "Feeling tired and need a seat?
In motion pictures * A 1974 movie called The Great McGonagall starred Spike Milligan as a fictionalised William McGonagall.
The play should have ended with Macbeth's death, but McGonagall believed the actor playing Macduff was trying to upstage him, and refused to die. citation citation By the 1870s, McGonagall and his family were struggling.
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, McGonagall mentioned that Filch had been working there (and complaining about Peeves the Poltergeist) for a quarter century.
And, to make its humiliation complete, the ‘world’s worst’ poet, William McGonagall, penned a horrifically bad poem, The Famous Tay Whale in its honour.
She was best known for playing the character of Violet Crawley on the TV series, and subsequent two films, of Downton Abbey and as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter film series.
I don’t imagine they were often all on set together,” he went on, referencing a scene where ‘s Minerva McGonagall teaches Harry and his Hogwarts classmates transfiguration (a spell where objects can change from one thing into another).
While it's funny to see McGonagall tell Lockhart that his time has finally come, and he should go into the Chamber of Secrets to rescue Ginny Weasely.
From the neon green base to the fuchsia pink hair and ombre lips, McGonagall nailed this look using products from readily available brands like Lime Crime and Makeup Forever.
Minerva McGonagall is one of the oldest professors at Hogwarts, but she packs a serious punch behind that caring voice and long hat.
Professor McGonagall exemplifies this characteristic perfectly.
Professor McGonagall had vouched to help Harry become an Auror, if only in spite of Professor Umbridge who thought Harry could never become one.
McGonagall has no time to for the subject and Dumbledore even admits he was going to remove from the school curriculum before he met Trelawney.
There's a sizable entry for McGonagall, revealing her Scottish "half-blood" heritage, an early heartbreak when she fell in love with a Muggle, and even how she began her teaching career.
Author Norman Watson speculates in his biography of McGonagall that the poetaster may have been on the " autism-Asperger's spectrum ".
Early life William McGonagall's parents, Charles and Margaret, were Irish.
Harry though, only wakes up later to find Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge in the hospital wing arguing with McGonagall and Dumbledore.
In 1890, McGonagall was in dire straits financially.
In music * McGonagall's poem The Famous Tay Whale citation was set to music by Matyas Seiber for the second Hoffnung Music Festival in 1958.
In the modern era, the entire series is reprinted in a single collection called The Complete McGonagall.
Common combinations with mcgonagall
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: