Wondering how to use Melville in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as writer or author.
Melville meaning
- A Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin, from Malleville in Normandy.
- A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
- A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Using Melville
- The main meaning on this page is: A Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin, from Malleville in Normandy. | A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. | A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- Useful related words include: herman melville, writer, author.
- In the example corpus, melville often appears in combinations such as: herman melville, ward melville, melville was.
Context around Melville
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 3 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Melville
- In this selection, "melville" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, herman, accommodating, quotation, society, 1993 and may stand out and add context to how "melville" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1945 the melville society was and 58 of melville rise finglas. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "melville" sits close to words such as altitudes, beethoven and begs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with melville
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The beach at Pirlangimpi on Melville Island, part of the Tiwi Islands. (12 words)
In response, ranks from Arakaka Police Outpost, fully dressed in uniform, proceeded to Melville’s home. (16 words)
Mr Dance was CEO of WealthTek LLP, which trades as WealthTek, Vertem Asset Management and Malloch Melville. (17 words)
The tale that classic American literature tells, in the aggregate, is largely one of violence, conflict and cruelty, whether it unfolds on Cooper’s frontier, in Hawthorne’s Salem, in Poe’s fantastical mansions or on Melville’s South Seas. (40 words)
Set during the pandemic, their novel (published by W. W. Norton) follows an unnamed narrator as she navigates an obsession with Herman Melville the man, Herman Melville the author and his authorship of while quarantining with her family. (38 words)
Michelle Melville, High Life Highland’s Heritage Ranger, who managed the much-loved toasted marshmallow station, added: “There’s something truly magical about gathering around a fire, sharing stories, and enjoying a simple treat under the stars. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Melville Society Herman Melville in 1868 In 1945, The Melville Society was founded, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the study of Melville's life and works.
Melville's involvement with this rearrangement is not clear: if it was Bentley's gesture toward accommodating Melville, as Tanselle suggests, its selection put an emphasis on the quotation Melville may not have agreed with.
Set during the pandemic, their novel (published by W. W. Norton) follows an unnamed narrator as she navigates an obsession with Herman Melville the man, Herman Melville the author and his authorship of while quarantining with her family.
The Northcliff Melville Times had reported on 1 January that the shooting took place just before 1am on the corner of 2nd Avenue and 7th street in Melville.
In addition, Dana had experienced how incomparable Melville was in dramatic story telling when he met him in Boston, so perhaps "his 'suggestion' was that Melville do a book that captured that gift".
Melville (1993), 162 Some scholars have concluded that Melville composed Moby-Dick in two or even three stages.
Melville (1993), 191 This is the stubborn Melville who stood by Mardi and talked about his other, more commercial books with contempt.
Melville's poetry Melville did not publish poetry until late in life, and his reputation as a poet was not high until late in the 20th century.
The bankruptcy and death of Allan Melville, and Melville's own youthful humiliations surface in this "story of outward adaptation and inner impairment".
The book brought Melville into contact with his friend Greene again, Toby in the book, who wrote to the newspapers confirming Melville's account.
Chang Teng Wang (58) of Melville Rise, Finglas, Dublin 11, appeared before Judge Martina Baxter in the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Monday.
Depute fiscal Rachel Aedy said Melville had been stopped by police at around 11pm and officers could smell cannabis from the car.
He’s also penned not one but : the New York Times bestseller “Disloyal,” which was published by Skyhorse, and “Dishonest,” published by Melville House.
In response, ranks from Arakaka Police Outpost, fully dressed in uniform, proceeded to Melville’s home.
Lorn, Pheonix Park, Largs, Bolwarra Heights, Melville, Luskintyre, Mindaribba, Rosebrook, Hillsborough and Lambs Valley are City of Maitland suburbs part of the Upper Hunter electorate.
Michelle Melville, High Life Highland’s Heritage Ranger, who managed the much-loved toasted marshmallow station, added: “There’s something truly magical about gathering around a fire, sharing stories, and enjoying a simple treat under the stars.
Mr Dance was CEO of WealthTek LLP, which trades as WealthTek, Vertem Asset Management and Malloch Melville.
Spirit of Huntington Art Center, 2 Melville Road North, Huntington Station hosts the Long Island Winter Farmers Market every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through March (except Dec. 23 and Dec. 31).
The beach at Pirlangimpi on Melville Island, part of the Tiwi Islands.
The tale that classic American literature tells, in the aggregate, is largely one of violence, conflict and cruelty, whether it unfolds on Cooper’s frontier, in Hawthorne’s Salem, in Poe’s fantastical mansions or on Melville’s South Seas.
Common combinations with melville
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- herman melville 12×
- ward melville 12×
- melville was 10×
- melville and 10×
- the melville 8×
- that melville 7×
- to melville 7×
- melville in 6×
- in melville 6×
- of melville 6×