Get to know Nevil better with 6 real example sentences, the meaning.
Nevil in a sentence
Related words
Nevil meaning
- A surname from Old French, a variant of Neville.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
Using Nevil
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname from Old French, a variant of Neville. | A male given name transferred from the surname.
- In the example corpus, nevil often appears in combinations such as: nevil maskelyne.
Context around Nevil
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nevil
- In this selection, "nevil" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, book, john, reverend, maskelyne and claims stand out and add context to how "nevil" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include magician john nevil maskelyne all and nevil maskelyne and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nevil" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nevil
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In the book, Nevil claims that she was anally raped in 2014 while the two were on assignment to cover the Sochi Olympics. (23 words)
Unfortunately, Nevil Maskelyne had been appointed Astronomer Royal on his return from Barbados, and was therefore also placed on the Board of Longitude. (23 words)
Nevil Maskelyne and Robert Waddington set up an observatory in 1761 to observe the transit of Venus, following a suggestion first made by Halley. (24 words)
The British stage magician Nevil Maskelyne wrote in 1908: It is an experience common to all men to find that, on any special occasion, such as the production of a magical effect for the first time in public, everything that can go wrong will go wrong. (46 words)
According to reports by the investigators such as Richard Hodgson and magician John Nevil Maskelyne all the phenomena observed in the Cambridge sittings were the result of trickery. (28 words)
During Harrison's second trial of his 'Sea watch' (H4) the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne was asked to accompany HMS Tartar and test the Lunar Distances system. (26 words)
Example sentences (6)
In the book, Nevil claims that she was anally raped in 2014 while the two were on assignment to cover the Sochi Olympics.
According to reports by the investigators such as Richard Hodgson and magician John Nevil Maskelyne all the phenomena observed in the Cambridge sittings were the result of trickery.
During Harrison's second trial of his 'Sea watch' (H4) the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne was asked to accompany HMS Tartar and test the Lunar Distances system.
Nevil Maskelyne and Robert Waddington set up an observatory in 1761 to observe the transit of Venus, following a suggestion first made by Halley.
The British stage magician Nevil Maskelyne wrote in 1908: It is an experience common to all men to find that, on any special occasion, such as the production of a magical effect for the first time in public, everything that can go wrong will go wrong.
Unfortunately, Nevil Maskelyne had been appointed Astronomer Royal on his return from Barbados, and was therefore also placed on the Board of Longitude.
Common combinations with nevil
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: