Wondering how to use Memphis in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as city or metropolis.
Memphis in a sentence
Memphis meaning
- A city of ancient Egypt.
- The largest city in Tennessee, United States, and the county seat of Shelby County.
- The name of several towns or cities in the US.
Synonyms of Memphis
Using Memphis
- The main meaning on this page is: A city of ancient Egypt. | The largest city in Tennessee, United States, and the county seat of Shelby County. | The name of several towns or cities in the US.
- Useful related words include: city, metropolis, urban center.
- In the example corpus, memphis often appears in combinations such as: in memphis, the memphis, memphis grizzlies.
Context around Memphis
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 10 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Memphis
- In this selection, "memphis" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, west, century, showing, police, tenn and wrestling stand out and add context to how "memphis" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include memphis tenn ap, sunday in memphis and memphis tennessee. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "memphis" sits close to words such as correspondence, duchess and recipes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with memphis
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Born in Memphis, Whalen grew up in Coldwater, a small town thirty miles south of Memphis. (16 words)
The lawsuit names the city of Memphis, Police Chief Cerelyn Davis, individual police officers, and three Memphis Fire Department employees. (20 words)
Crime main A Memphis Police Department police car in Memphis, 2014 In the 21st century, Memphis has struggled to reduce crime. (21 words)
Lola Chantrelle Mitchell, the Memphis rapper and former member of Three 6 Mafia who, as Gangsta Boo, helped define the genre in the South with her confident flows and forged a path for other female artists, died on Sunday in Memphis. (41 words)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Federal prosecutors agreed to recommend a prison sentence of no more than 40 years for a former Memphis police officer who pleaded guilty Friday to federal civil rights violations in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols. (40 words)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – The Memphis Music Hall of Fame inducted its inaugural class of 25 luminaries at a rousing ceremony 12 years ago, honoring legends spanning generations and genres, from Elvis Presley to ZZ Top to Three 6 Mafia. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Crime main A Memphis Police Department police car in Memphis, 2014 In the 21st century, Memphis has struggled to reduce crime.
A woman cries during a candlelight vigil for Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, in Memphis, Tenn., Thursday, Jan.
Born in Memphis, Whalen grew up in Coldwater, a small town thirty miles south of Memphis.
Houston come into the tournament as the odds on favorite (+500), and yet the Memphis Tigers just beat them by 10 in the AAC championship game, showing Memphis’s ability to match up against any team.
Lola Chantrelle Mitchell, the Memphis rapper and former member of Three 6 Mafia who, as Gangsta Boo, helped define the genre in the South with her confident flows and forged a path for other female artists, died on Sunday in Memphis.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The city of Memphis and the nation are bracing for the release of a police video depicting five officers viciously beating a Black man who later died.
The Lakers survived for a grueling 108-102 win and will face the second-seeded Memphis Grizzlies in a best-of-seven first-round playoff series that begins Sunday in Memphis.
The lawsuit names the city of Memphis, Police Chief Cerelyn Davis, individual police officers, and three Memphis Fire Department employees.
This film, and the subsequent two follow-ups, cover the trials of the West Memphis Three – three men, who were accused of murdering and mutilating three boys in West Memphis in 1993.
This image from video the city of Memphis released Friday shows Tyre Nichols on the ground as medics arrive during a brutal attack by five Memphis police officers on Jan.
If you want to check out some classic footage from Memphis Wrestling, there's a YouTube channel called Memphis Wrestling Video Vault and they have some amazing retro clips from the series.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Federal prosecutors agreed to recommend a prison sentence of no more than 40 years for a former Memphis police officer who pleaded guilty Friday to federal civil rights violations in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – The Memphis Music Hall of Fame inducted its inaugural class of 25 luminaries at a rousing ceremony 12 years ago, honoring legends spanning generations and genres, from Elvis Presley to ZZ Top to Three 6 Mafia.
One of the two interstate highway bridges that connect West Memphis to Memphis will be closed for two weeks starting Sunday (March 10).
She earned a law degree from the University of Memphis and practiced law for 18 years in Memphis before becoming a priest.
All metro areas in or connected to Arkansas posted jobless rate increases in March, with year-over-year increases in the number of unemployed ranging between 44% in Jonesboro to 4.8% in the Memphis-West Memphis area.
Cody apparently trusted Memphis Garrett opinion because he seemed loyal, and Cody revealed he was thinking about nominating Janelle, whom Memphis acknowledged is "scary," as well as Keesha.
Its parent company, Frontdoor, Inc., also just laid off 60 people in Memphis, according to The Commercial Appeal, a Memphis newspaper.
King's final march was on March 25, 1968, in Memphis in support of a Sanitation Workers strike (Memphis' sanitation workers were almost all Black).
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland responded to the demonstration here Wednesday night by saying he and Memphis Police Department director Michael Rallings share the frustration of the participants.
Phrases with memphis
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with memphis
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in memphis 52×
- the memphis 35×
- memphis grizzlies 27×
- memphis police 20×
- memphis tenn 18×
- of memphis 17×
- memphis and 17×
- memphis tennessee 13×
- and memphis 7×
- from memphis 6×