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Nellies is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Nellies in a sentence

Related words

Nellies | Nellie

Nellies meaning

plural of nelly

Using Nellies

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of nelly
  • In the example corpus, nellies often appears in combinations such as: nervous nellies.

Context around Nellies

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

nervous 2× neil 1× negative 1× josh 1×

Sentence patterns with Nellies

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

course nervous nellies will sell 1× few negative nellies out there 1× josh nellies 12 went 1× neil nellies 42 who 1× the nervous nellies 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

i just focus 1× josh nellies 12 1× my advice to 1× neil nellies 42 1× of course nervous 1×

Common sentence endings:

accept the donation 1× crown court heard 1× nellies out there 1× the nervous nellies 1× the wrong time 1×

Words around Nellies

Just before it in the word index:

nelliel 6 nellie 89 nelli 2 nelles 3 neller 2 nelle 182

Just after it in the word index:

nelligan 3 nellis 42 nellmapius 2 nello 4 nellore 26 nelly 93

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Nellies

  • In this selection, "nellies" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, nervous, neil and negative stand out and add context to how "nellies" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include course nervous nellies will sell and few negative nellies out there. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "nellies" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with nellies

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

Of course nervous nellies will sell at exactly the wrong time. (11 words)

My advice to unborn children is to choose their parents wisely and to avoid the nervous Nellies. (17 words)

Josh Nellies, 12, went with his mum Melissa to the Boomerang Centre in Stobswell to meet the centre’s craft group and accept the donation. (25 words)

Longer example sentences

Neil Nellies, 42, who is registered blind, assaulted his young victim, who has since tried to take her own life, and "stole her childhood", Liverpool Crown Court heard. (28 words)

I just focus on all the people’s lives that, hopefully, I’m reaching in a positive way, rather than the few negative Nellies out there. (26 words)

Josh Nellies, 12, went with his mum Melissa to the Boomerang Centre in Stobswell to meet the centre’s craft group and accept the donation. (25 words)

Example sentences (5)

My advice to unborn children is to choose their parents wisely and to avoid the nervous Nellies.

Of course nervous nellies will sell at exactly the wrong time.

Neil Nellies, 42, who is registered blind, assaulted his young victim, who has since tried to take her own life, and "stole her childhood", Liverpool Crown Court heard.

I just focus on all the people’s lives that, hopefully, I’m reaching in a positive way, rather than the few negative Nellies out there.

Josh Nellies, 12, went with his mum Melissa to the Boomerang Centre in Stobswell to meet the centre’s craft group and accept the donation.

Common combinations with nellies

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "nellies" in a sentence?
An example: "My advice to unborn children is to choose their parents wisely and to avoid the nervous Nellies." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "nellies" from authentic English texts.
What does "nellies" mean?
Nellies means: plural of nelly
How many example sentences with "nellies" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "nellies", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.