Get to know Oyl better with 4 real example sentences, the meaning.
Oyl meaning
Obsolete spelling of oil.
Using Oyl
- The main meaning on this page is: Obsolete spelling of oil.
- In the example corpus, oyl often appears in combinations such as: olive oyl, oyl has.
Context around Oyl
- Average sentence length in these examples: 16.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Oyl
- In this selection, "oyl" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 16.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, olive and opposite stand out and add context to how "oyl" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and olive oyl opposite robin and as olive oyl has been. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "oyl" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with oyl
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Olive Oyl has literally no choice in her situation. (9 words)
She was a groupie in “Nashville” (1975) and Olive Oyl, opposite Robin Williams, in “Popeye” (1980). (16 words)
You won’t forget being called names like “Olive Oyl” by your classmates, but you will forgive them. (18 words)
However, the opposite is the case, as Olive Oyl has been around since the inception of in 1919, whereas Popeye came a decade later. (24 words)
You won’t forget being called names like “Olive Oyl” by your classmates, but you will forgive them. (18 words)
She was a groupie in “Nashville” (1975) and Olive Oyl, opposite Robin Williams, in “Popeye” (1980). (16 words)
Example sentences (4)
However, the opposite is the case, as Olive Oyl has been around since the inception of in 1919, whereas Popeye came a decade later.
Olive Oyl has literally no choice in her situation.
She was a groupie in “Nashville” (1975) and Olive Oyl, opposite Robin Williams, in “Popeye” (1980).
You won’t forget being called names like “Olive Oyl” by your classmates, but you will forgive them.
Common combinations with oyl
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: