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Miffy is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Miffy in a sentence

Miffy meaning

  1. Easily irritated or offended.
  2. Particular; fussy.

Using Miffy

  • The main meaning on this page is: Easily irritated or offended. | Particular; fussy.
  • In the example corpus, miffy often appears in combinations such as: miffy and, of miffy, for miffy.

Context around Miffy

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
  • Position in the sentence: 12 start, 5 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

creating 1× friends 1× uncle 1× expect 1× first 1× series 1× story 1× 2007 1× makes 1×

Often after:

character 1× merch 1× fame 1× looked 1× dutch 1× instantly 1× became 1× loves 1× books 1×

Sentence patterns with Miffy

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

at first miffy looked like 1× book series miffy dutch nijntje 1× book where miffy s grandmother 1× boy in miffy s class 1× bruna of miffy fame 1× brush for miffy in the 1× expect miffy merch at 1× illustration of miffy a rabbit 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

at first miffy 1× children s comic 1× dan a new 1× depending on the 1× expect miffy merch 1× from 2003 to 1×

Common sentence endings:

and visit them 1× at premium price 1× black graphic lines 1× four years old 1× his own airplane 1× intense simplistic colours 1×

Words around Miffy

Just before it in the word index:

mifflinburg 3 mifflin 86 miffed 42 miff 10 mifepristone 122 mifegymiso 3

Just after it in the word index:

mifid 9 mifsud 51 miftah 5 mifune 11 mig 181 miga 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aapi 30 aarey 30 abdulai 30 aberdare 30 absorber 30 acclimate 30

Corpus analysis for Miffy

  • In this selection, "miffy" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, creating, friends, uncle, character, merch and fame stand out and add context to how "miffy" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include at first miffy looked like and book series miffy dutch nijntje. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "miffy" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and abdulai, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with miffy

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

Expect Miffy merch at premium price. (6 words)

Melanie - Melanie is Miffy's pen friend. (7 words)

Miffy loves to go and visit them. (7 words)

Longer example sentences

The author of more than 200 books for children, Kadono is also an accomplished translator of children’s books from English to Japanese, including the works of Mick Inkpen, famous for his “Kipper” series, and Dick Bruna, of “Miffy” fame. (40 words)

This undated photo provided by Kelson Herman shows a sourdough boule with an illustration of Miffy, a rabbit from a popular Dutch picture book series, made by Herman in his San Francisco home for Lunar New Year. (37 words)

Miffy character by Dick Bruna In 1955, while on holiday with his wife Irene and their child, he saw a rabbit hopping around their house and later made attempts to draw it, thereby creating Miffy. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Miffy character by Dick Bruna In 1955, while on holiday with his wife Irene and their child, he saw a rabbit hopping around their house and later made attempts to draw it, thereby creating Miffy.

Miffy's School Friends - Miffy and her school friends have been friends for a very long time.

Miffy's Uncle - Miffy's uncle has his own airplane.

Expect Miffy merch at premium price.

This undated photo provided by Kelson Herman shows a sourdough boule with an illustration of Miffy, a rabbit from a popular Dutch picture book series, made by Herman in his San Francisco home for Lunar New Year.

Just 14 drawings are reproduced, and none in colour, despite Pollard talking about, for example, the ‘‘pared-back palette’’ Dick Bruna used for Miffy.

The author of more than 200 books for children, Kadono is also an accomplished translator of children’s books from English to Japanese, including the works of Mick Inkpen, famous for his “Kipper” series, and Dick Bruna, of “Miffy” fame.

At first Miffy looked like a toy animal with floppy ears but by 1963, she looked the way we see her today a stylized form of a rabbit.

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Children's comic book series Miffy (Dutch: Nijntje) by Dick Bruna has been published in over 50 languages, citation and predates the similarly drawn Hello Kitty by over ten years.

Dan - A new boy in Miffy's class.

Depending on the story, Miffy can range in age from being a baby to being four years old.

From 2003 to 2007, Miffy and Friends aired on children's television channels such as Treehouse in Canada and Noggin in the U.S. It then moved to public television.

He has won many awards for his books, such as the Golden Brush in 1990, for Boris Bear and the Silver Brush for Miffy In The Tent in 1996.

In 1997, he was awarded the Silver Slate for Dear Grandma Bunny, a book where Miffy's Grandmother was sick and died.

It is his use of primarily primary colours that makes Miffy instantly recognisable, and also popular with preschoolers, because of her bright and intense simplistic colours.

Melanie - Melanie is Miffy's pen friend.

Miffy became a female after Bruna decided that he wanted to draw a dress and not trousers on his rabbit.

Miffy is drawn in a graphic style, with minimalist black graphic lines.

Miffy loves to go and visit them.

Most Miffy books have an advisory reading level of age 4 to 8 years.

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Common combinations with miffy

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "miffy" in a sentence?
An example: "Miffy character by Dick Bruna In 1955, while on holiday with his wife Irene and their child, he saw a rabbit hopping around their house and later made attempts to draw it, thereby creating Miffy." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "miffy" from authentic English texts.
What does "miffy" mean?
Miffy means: Easily irritated or offended.
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