Explore Nurmi through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Nurmi meaning
A surname from Finnish.
Using Nurmi
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname from Finnish.
- In the example corpus, nurmi often appears in combinations such as: paavo nurmi, that nurmi, nurmi is.
Context around Nurmi
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 14 start, 6 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nurmi
- In this selection, "nurmi" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, paavo, idolized, army, died, quickly and ran stand out and add context to how "nurmi" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1924 that nurmi is ever and 5000 m nurmi tried to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nurmi" sits close to words such as abenaki, adria and afn, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nurmi
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Paavo Nurmi: I’ll do my best. (7 words)
However, Nurmi continued running, turning his attention to longer distances. (10 words)
At his peak, Nurmi was undefeated at distances from 800 m upwards for 121 races. (15 words)
I am Nurmi!" when he trained as a child, and based his training system on what he was able to find out about Nurmi's methods.sfn Lasse Virén idolized Nurmi and was scheduled to meet him for the first time on the day that Nurmi died. (47 words)
Criswell and West were great friends and she would lavish him with home-cooked food she had delivered to the studio that he shared with Maila Nurmi ("Vampira"). citation It is said that West sold Criswell her old luxury cars for five dollars. (43 words)
Early leader Wide was among those who blacked out along the course, and was incorrectly reported to have died at the hospital.sfnsfn Nurmi exhibited only slight signs of exhaustion after beating Ritola to the win by nearly a minute and a half. (43 words)
Example sentences (20)
I am Nurmi!" when he trained as a child, and based his training system on what he was able to find out about Nurmi's methods.sfn Lasse Virén idolized Nurmi and was scheduled to meet him for the first time on the day that Nurmi died.
Nurmi at the 1920 Olympic trials In the army, Nurmi quickly impressed in the athletic competitions: While others marched, Nurmi ran the whole distances with a rifle on his shoulder and a backpack full of sand.
The Paavo Nurmi Games, named after Finland’s legendary athlete Paavo Nurmi, is a prestigious annual athletic meet that has been held regularly since 1957.
Boken om Nurmi (The Book about Nurmi), released in Sweden in 1925, was the first biographical book on a Finnish sportsman.
French journalist Gabriel Hanot questioned Nurmi's intensive approach to sports and wrote in 1924 that Nurmi "is ever more serious, reserved, concentrated, pessimistic, fanatic.
The 2018 All-Northwest-Conference selection says Nurmi, “focused on fitness and getting constant touches on the ball,” so he could be prepared for the season ahead.
Paavo Nurmi: I’ll do my best.
After excelling in mathematics,sfn Nurmi graduated as an engineer in 1923 and returned home to prepare for the upcoming Olympic Games.
All that I am, I am because of my mind." citation Regarding Nurmi's track antics, Peltzer found that "in his impenetrability he was a Buddha gliding on the track.
As a contractor, Nurmi built forty apartment buildings in Helsinki with about a hundred flats in each. citation Within five years, he was rated a millionaire.
As the unit commander Hugo Österman was a known sports aficionado, Nurmi and few other athletes were given free time to practice.
At his peak, Nurmi was undefeated at distances from 800 m upwards for 121 races.
Born into a working-class family, Nurmi left school at 12 to provide for his family.
Criswell and West were great friends and she would lavish him with home-cooked food she had delivered to the studio that he shared with Maila Nurmi ("Vampira"). citation It is said that West sold Criswell her old luxury cars for five dollars.
Early leader Wide was among those who blacked out along the course, and was incorrectly reported to have died at the hospital.sfnsfn Nurmi exhibited only slight signs of exhaustion after beating Ritola to the win by nearly a minute and a half.
However, Nurmi continued running, turning his attention to longer distances.
In the 5000 m, Nurmi tried to repeat his move on Ritola but had to watch his teammate pull away instead.
Nurmi also tested his speed in the 800 m, winning the 1923 Finnish Championships with a new national record.
Nurmi, a talented student, left school to work as an errand boy for a bakery.
Nurmi defeated Joie Ray and Lloyd Hahn to win the mile and Ritola to win the 5000 m, again setting new world records for both distances.
Common combinations with nurmi
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: