Necktie is an English word with synonyms like tie or neckwear. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Necktie meaning
A strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front.
Using Necktie
- The main meaning on this page is: A strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front.
- Useful related words include: tie, neckwear.
- In the example corpus, necktie often appears in combinations such as: necktie and, necktie with, the necktie.
Context around Necktie
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Necktie
- In this selection, "necktie" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, red, blue, heel, muffling, starburst and following stand out and add context to how "necktie" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a blue necktie and it and a red necktie with the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "necktie" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with necktie
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
We’ve decided that a necktie is a piece of men’s clothing. (13 words)
He was, no doubt, assuming that the male entering his room wearing a necktie was his doctor. (17 words)
Finally, it matches Constantine's appearance from the comics, with the tan coat, necktie, and blonde hair. (17 words)
It combined the assertiveness and confidence of a red necktie with the sense of peace and cooperation of a blue necktie, and it went well with the blue business suit worn by most national and corporate leaders. (37 words)
Before the first model hit the white carpeted venue, Interview editor in chief and stylist Mel Ottenberg zipped around with his smartphone asking various VIP attendees on camera if they knew how to tie a necktie. (36 words)
While she lived in Las Cruces, New Mexico, she designed a quilt out of neckties, entitled it “Necktie Starburst” and won Best of Show in the Annual Las Colcheras Quilt Guild’s 7th Annual Quilt Show. (36 words)
Her father would send the couple money each month to help. citation On February 25, 1969, Pacino made his Broadway debut in Don Petersen 's Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
It combined the assertiveness and confidence of a red necktie with the sense of peace and cooperation of a blue necktie, and it went well with the blue business suit worn by most national and corporate leaders.
Before the first model hit the white carpeted venue, Interview editor in chief and stylist Mel Ottenberg zipped around with his smartphone asking various VIP attendees on camera if they knew how to tie a necktie.
He was, no doubt, assuming that the male entering his room wearing a necktie was his doctor.
The cartoon showed a FWS biologist with a necktie muffling his mouth—to prevent him from speaking the truth.
We’ve decided that a necktie is a piece of men’s clothing.
While she lived in Las Cruces, New Mexico, she designed a quilt out of neckties, entitled it “Necktie Starburst” and won Best of Show in the Annual Las Colcheras Quilt Guild’s 7th Annual Quilt Show.
After Wednesday’s hearing Stevens, wearing a Tar Heel necktie, said he and others believe the board must answer questions about how it is operating.
Finally, it matches Constantine's appearance from the comics, with the tan coat, necktie, and blonde hair.
Sugar Ray on his return home to New York found a necktie with the same brilliant hue as those Hialeah flamingos.
The promo shows a really scary moment where Ben menacingly tells Ciara that they’re in the room where he strangled Paige and Ciara notices that Ben’s holding a necktie in a menacing way.
But khakis are in the mix for outdoor events and the multibillionaire is advised to forgo the necktie for more casual occasions.
Especially for Vineyard Sound acapella singer Nick Greer, who ran all 3.2 miles in full Vineyard Vines attire, button-down, necktie and all.
Therefore, when wearing a polka dotted necktie, make sure that only two colours are present; that is one on the background and one on the dots.
A grade 8 pupil of Makumba Secondary School in Mwansabombwe District, Luapula Province has committed suicide by hanging herself using a necktie following a dispute with her mother over her pregnancy.
Also listed on the schedule: an Orioles cooler backpack, a Hawaiian shirt, a garden gnome, a Mother’s Day pashmina scarf and a Father’s Day necktie.
I don’t mean the basic skills of manliness, like tying a necktie, sharpening a pocketknife, fishing, or manners (although there is a wonderful website that does just that.
On Christmas Eve, Rob lay in bed wishing he had more money to have purchased a better present for his father, something more than the necktie he’d gotten.
Out walks the university’s newly anointed head football coach sporting a necktie that is the closest hue he could find to the university’s dominant color.
This combination of a striped shirt, necktie, and tan leather jacket is a classic one, and set the tone for the preppy yet edgy outfits that the characters would wear throughout the show.
Her father would send the couple money each month to help. citation On February 25, 1969, Pacino made his Broadway debut in Don Petersen 's Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?
Common combinations with necktie
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: