Explore Pankhurst through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Pankhurst in a sentence
Pankhurst meaning
A surname.
Using Pankhurst
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
- In the example corpus, pankhurst often appears in combinations such as: emmeline pankhurst, pankhurst was, pankhurst and.
Context around Pankhurst
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pankhurst
- In this selection, "pankhurst" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, emmeline, sylvia, although, 1914, involved and known stand out and add context to how "pankhurst" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include activist emmeline pankhurst the game and although pankhurst confirmed that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pankhurst" sits close to words such as abrogation, agnew and airman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pankhurst
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Although Pankhurst was allowed to enter Parliament, Prime Minister Asquith refused to meet her. (14 words)
Eleanor Marx and Rosa Luxemburg were Pankhurst’s heroines, and she was steadfastly socialist and anti-fascist. (17 words)
Northern Irish women at the Emmeline Pankhurst statue in London, as they protest against liberalising abortion laws from Westminster. (19 words)
In the programme she also discovers more about the life of her suffragette great great grandmother and her links to the female suffrage movement’s leader Emmeline Pankhurst which she told The Andrew Marr show on Sunday had changed her world view. (42 words)
According to Richard R.K. Pankhurst, "The great advantage of the eucalypts was that they were fast growing, required little attention and when cut down grew up again from the roots; it could be harvested every ten years. (38 words)
Named after activist Emmeline Pankhurst, the game Panko, which was also known as Votes for Women, features a set of cards with images of prominent figures in the suffrage movement as well as opponents. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
E. Pankhurst 1914, p. 13. Thus a servant was hired to help with the children as Pankhurst involved herself with the Women's Suffrage Society.
These offences against the social dignity which Pankhurst had always valued devastated the elderly woman; to make matters worse, many people believed the "Miss Pankhurst" in newspaper headlines referred to Christabel.
Emmeline Pankhurst, who campaigned for women's right to vote, made a keynote speech at St Columb's Hall in 1910.
Included are a couple of paintings by the renowned women’s rights campaigner Sylvia Pankhurst, which were made during her 1907 tour of industrial working environments.
Named after activist Emmeline Pankhurst, the game Panko, which was also known as Votes for Women, features a set of cards with images of prominent figures in the suffrage movement as well as opponents.
Julia shared the inspiration behind her daughter's name earlier this year when she posed in a picture emblazoned with the face of women's rights champion, Emmeline Pankhurst.
Eleanor Marx and Rosa Luxemburg were Pankhurst’s heroines, and she was steadfastly socialist and anti-fascist.
It was only Sylvia Pankhurst’s revolutionary socialist paper Workers’ Dreadnought that gave him space to counter the lies in the mainstream press.
The business has also cleaned Emmeline Pankhurst's original Suffragette flag and looked after the garments of actress Brigitte Bardot, singer George Michael and racer Lewis Hamilton.
Emmeline Pankhurst, her daughter Sylvia and other leading lights of the suffragette movement beat a regular path to their constituencies to persuade others of their cause.
Fawcett considered herself a suffragist, a moderate opposed to the sometimes violent protests of campaigners like Pankhurst, known as a suffragette.
In the programme she also discovers more about the life of her suffragette great great grandmother and her links to the female suffrage movement’s leader Emmeline Pankhurst which she told The Andrew Marr show on Sunday had changed her world view.
Northern Irish women at the Emmeline Pankhurst statue in London, as they protest against liberalising abortion laws from Westminster.
The death was announced of Mrs Pankhurst, who for many years played a conspicuous part in the movement to secure votes tor women.
Woman suffers severe facial burns after 'targeted' acid attack in BirminghamBell lost one year’s seniority as a lieutenant colonel, which could affect his promotion prospects, while Pankhurst was fined £3,000.
Accomplishment of suffrage (1918) When she returned from Russia, Pankhurst was delighted to find that women's right to vote was finally on its way to becoming a reality.
According to Richard R.K. Pankhurst, "The great advantage of the eucalypts was that they were fast growing, required little attention and when cut down grew up again from the roots; it could be harvested every ten years.
Although Pankhurst confirmed that these women had not been commanded by her or Christabel, they both assured the public that they supported the arsonist suffragettes.
Although Pankhurst was allowed to enter Parliament, Prime Minister Asquith refused to meet her.
Although the bill was never resurrected, Pankhurst considered it a successful demonstration of militancy's power to capture attention.
Common combinations with pankhurst
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- emmeline pankhurst 9×
- pankhurst was 7×
- pankhurst and 5×
- pankhurst the 3×
- and pankhurst 3×
- pankhurst returned 3×
- as pankhurst 2×
- which pankhurst 2×
- pankhurst in 2×
- pankhurst who 2×