How do you use Olympio in a sentence? See 7 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts.
Context around Olympio
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Olympio
- In this selection, "olympio" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gilchrist, sylvanus, 1963, revoked, dissolving and declined stand out and add context to how "olympio" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include by gilchrist olympio declined to and head with olympio dissolving the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "olympio" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with olympio
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In July this year, Dr. Olympio revoked exempt status of a multi-million dollar road construction company. (17 words)
Mr Olympio, who returned from exile to campaign, took part for the first time in 17 years. (17 words)
Meanwhile, Gilchrist Olympio's attempts to beat the man who overthrew his father were scuppered yet again when he was banned from running on a tax-law technicality. (28 words)
First, there is the issue of trust, as for over a century France has brutally exploited Africa, murdered its patriots like Sylvanus Olympio in Togo, Felix Moumie of Chad, and massacred some two million Algerians for daring to demand independence. (40 words)
Rivalries between elements of these parties had begun as early as the 1940s, and they came to a head with Olympio dissolving the opposition parties in January 1962 because of alleged plots against the majority party government. (37 words)
The third opposition party, UFC, headed by Gilchrist Olympio, declined to join the government, but agreed to participate in the national electoral commission and the National Dialogue follow-up committee, chaired by Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore. (37 words)
Example sentences (7)
First, there is the issue of trust, as for over a century France has brutally exploited Africa, murdered its patriots like Sylvanus Olympio in Togo, Felix Moumie of Chad, and massacred some two million Algerians for daring to demand independence.
In July this year, Dr. Olympio revoked exempt status of a multi-million dollar road construction company.
Meanwhile, Gilchrist Olympio's attempts to beat the man who overthrew his father were scuppered yet again when he was banned from running on a tax-law technicality.
Mr Olympio, who returned from exile to campaign, took part for the first time in 17 years.
On 13 January 1963 Olympio was overthrown and killed in a coup d'état led by army non-commissioned officers dissatisfied with conditions following their discharge from the French army.
Rivalries between elements of these parties had begun as early as the 1940s, and they came to a head with Olympio dissolving the opposition parties in January 1962 because of alleged plots against the majority party government.
The third opposition party, UFC, headed by Gilchrist Olympio, declined to join the government, but agreed to participate in the national electoral commission and the National Dialogue follow-up committee, chaired by Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore.