Wondering how to use Oxonian in a sentence? Below are 2 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as university or city.
Oxonian in a sentence
Oxonian meaning
Of or pertaining to Oxford or to the University of Oxford.
Synonyms of Oxonian
Using Oxonian
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to Oxford or to the University of Oxford.
- Useful related words include: university, city, metropolis, urban center.
Context around Oxonian
- Average sentence length in these examples: 39.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Oxonian
- In this selection, "oxonian" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 39.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fellow and anthony stand out and add context to how "oxonian" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a fellow oxonian anthony sampson and logic the oxonian in their. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "oxonian" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with oxonian
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He then invited to South Africa a fellow Oxonian, Anthony Sampson (later to achieve fame in Britain as the author of such best-selling books as The Anatomy of Britain Today) to become the paper’s editor. (37 words)
The first edition of Life in London or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, esq., and his elegant friend, Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the Metropolis appeared on 15 July 1821. (42 words)
The first edition of Life in London or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, esq., and his elegant friend, Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the Metropolis appeared on 15 July 1821. (42 words)
He then invited to South Africa a fellow Oxonian, Anthony Sampson (later to achieve fame in Britain as the author of such best-selling books as The Anatomy of Britain Today) to become the paper’s editor. (37 words)
Example sentences (2)
He then invited to South Africa a fellow Oxonian, Anthony Sampson (later to achieve fame in Britain as the author of such best-selling books as The Anatomy of Britain Today) to become the paper’s editor.
The first edition of Life in London or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, esq., and his elegant friend, Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the Metropolis appeared on 15 July 1821.