Explore Niobe through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Niobe in a sentence
Niobe meaning
- A daughter of Tantalus, said to have turned into stone while weeping for her children.
- A daughter of Phoroneus and Teledice.
- 71 Niobe, a main belt asteroid.
Synonyms of Niobe
Using Niobe
- The main meaning on this page is: A daughter of Tantalus, said to have turned into stone while weeping for her children. | A daughter of Phoroneus and Teledice. | 71 Niobe, a main belt asteroid.
- Useful related words include: mythical being.
- In the example corpus, niobe often appears in combinations such as: and niobe, devastated niobe, niobe and.
Context around Niobe
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Niobe
- In this selection, "niobe" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, devastated, planted, captain, golden, fled and queen stand out and add context to how "niobe" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a devastated niobe and her and a devastated niobe fled to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "niobe" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with niobe
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
View of daughter of Niobe bent by terror. (8 words)
Niobe sits in silent mourning on stage during most of the play. (12 words)
Captain Roland of the Hammer refuses, but Captain Niobe () of the Logos agrees. (13 words)
For the Greeks, Tantalus was a primordial ruler of mythic Lydia, and Niobe his proud daughter; her husband Amphion associated Lydia with Thebes in Greece, and through Pelops the line of Tantalus was part of the founding myths of Mycenae 's second dynasty. (43 words)
Niobe, queen of Thebes, enters in the midst of the worship and insults the goddess, claiming that having beauty, better parentage and more children than Latona, she is more fit to be worshipped than the goddess. (36 words)
A newly planted Niobe Golden Weeping Willow basks in the sunlight after being planted during an Arbor Day celebration at Lake Tye Park on Friday, April 28, 2023, in Monroe, Washington. (31 words)
Example sentences (15)
A newly planted Niobe Golden Weeping Willow basks in the sunlight after being planted during an Arbor Day celebration at Lake Tye Park on Friday, April 28, 2023, in Monroe, Washington.
Captain Roland of the Hammer refuses, but Captain Niobe () of the Logos agrees.
He was last seen battling Ghost and Niobe, but also had memorable fights with Neo and Morpheus.
A devastated Niobe and her remaining children were turned to stone by Artemis as they wept.
A devastated Niobe fled to Mount Sipylus in Asia Minor and either turned to stone as she wept or killed herself.
For the Greeks, Tantalus was a primordial ruler of mythic Lydia, and Niobe his proud daughter; her husband Amphion associated Lydia with Thebes in Greece, and through Pelops the line of Tantalus was part of the founding myths of Mycenae 's second dynasty.
Niobe is unable to move from grief and seemingly turns to marble, though she continues to weep, and her body is transported to a high mountain peak in her native land.
Niobe, queen of Thebes, enters in the midst of the worship and insults the goddess, claiming that having beauty, better parentage and more children than Latona, she is more fit to be worshipped than the goddess.
Niobe sits in silent mourning on stage during most of the play.
Obedient to their mother, the twins slay Niobe's seven sons and seven daughters, leaving her childless, and her husband Amphion kills himself.
Picture of a Hellenistic sculpture representing Niobe by Giorgio Sommer Niobium was identified by English chemist Charles Hatchett in 1801.
The most severe damage was to the Niobe room and classical sculptures and neoclassical interior (which have since been restored), although its frescoes were damaged beyond repair.
The Niobe narrative appears in Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book VI), where Latona (Leto) has demanded the women of Thebes to go to her temple and burn incense.
To punish this insolence, Latona begs Apollo and Artemis to avenge her against Niobe and to uphold her honor.
View of daughter of Niobe bent by terror.
Common combinations with niobe
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: