Explore Niebuhr through 9 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like theologian or theologist. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Niebuhr in a sentence
Niebuhr meaning
A surname from German.
Synonyms of Niebuhr
Using Niebuhr
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname from German.
- Useful related words include: reinhold niebuhr, theologian, theologist, theologizer.
Context around Niebuhr
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Niebuhr
- In this selection, "niebuhr" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, heinrich, mitchell, see, morgenthau, 1776 and wrote stand out and add context to how "niebuhr" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include according to niebuhr this pestilence and audience for niebuhr was noted. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "niebuhr" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with niebuhr
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Nick Davis, Mitchell Niebuhr and Christian Gerot had two points apiece. (11 words)
According to Niebuhr, "this pestilence must have raged with incredible fury; it carried off innumerable victims. (16 words)
For an enumeration of the offences that might be punished by the censors with ignominia, see Niebuhr. (17 words)
Burak Marlali on double bass proved a solid anchor between the strings and the wind throughout the evening to which Sydney-born violist Tahlia Petrosian and second violinist Karl Heinrich Niebuhr also added key elements of rhythmic and textural cohesion. (40 words)
Richard Niebuhr's (1894-1962) five-fold classification of the relationship between Christ and culture, however, indicates that religion and culture can be seen as two separate systems, though not without some interplay. (33 words)
Obama knew his audience, for Niebuhr was noted for a neo-orthodox theological perspective that encouraged "political realism," popular among the elites who had created and extended the American empire. (30 words)
Example sentences (9)
Burak Marlali on double bass proved a solid anchor between the strings and the wind throughout the evening to which Sydney-born violist Tahlia Petrosian and second violinist Karl Heinrich Niebuhr also added key elements of rhythmic and textural cohesion.
Obama knew his audience, for Niebuhr was noted for a neo-orthodox theological perspective that encouraged "political realism," popular among the elites who had created and extended the American empire.
Nick Davis, Mitchell Niebuhr and Christian Gerot had two points apiece.
According to Niebuhr, "this pestilence must have raged with incredible fury; it carried off innumerable victims.
For an enumeration of the offences that might be punished by the censors with ignominia, see Niebuhr.
Glimmer of a new Leviathan: Total war in the realism of Niebuhr, Morgenthau, and Waltz (Columbia University Press, 2004), Intellectual history.
He was inspired by German scholar Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1776–1831), a founder of modern German historiography.
Niebuhr wrote afterwards that "I did not learn that I was at so remarkable a spot, till near the river.
Richard Niebuhr's (1894-1962) five-fold classification of the relationship between Christ and culture, however, indicates that religion and culture can be seen as two separate systems, though not without some interplay.