Explore Partridges through 7 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Partridges meaning
plural of partridge
Using Partridges
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of partridge
- In the example corpus, partridges often appears in combinations such as: pheasants partridges, partridges and.
Context around Partridges
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Partridges
- In this selection, "partridges" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 29.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pheasants, protected, shoot, quails and slaughtered stand out and add context to how "partridges" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 44 protected partridges slaughtered and and and the partridges were cute. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "partridges" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with partridges
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
JK on that last one, but maybe you go camp somewhere that has both partridges and pear trees. (18 words)
Clients are being offered the chance to shoot partridges as an alternative in an attempt to salvage the season, Mr Chapel said. (22 words)
The fishes and the partridges were cute, but the Ogre (voiced by Christian Van Orsdel), really should have a head bigger than his hands. (24 words)
Some developed a gangster-like slang for the verb to kill in an attempt to distance themselves from the killings, such as 'shooting partridges', of 'sealing' a victim, or giving him a natsokal (onomatopoeia of the trigger action). page 647, Figes (1996). (42 words)
Lord Clarendon believed that the landlords themselves were mostly responsible for the tragedy in the first place, saying that "It is quite true that landlords in England would not like to be shot like hares and partridges. (37 words)
Border Police forces and inspectors of the Israel Nature and National Parks Authority conducted a search of the home of the suspect in Yarka, and found 44 protected partridges slaughtered and packed in a freezer. (35 words)
Example sentences (7)
Pheasants, Partridges, and Grouse : A Guide to the Pheasants, Partridges, Quails, Grouse, Guineafowl, Buttonquails, and Sandgrouse of the World (Princeton Field Guides) by Tami Davis Biddle.
The fishes and the partridges were cute, but the Ogre (voiced by Christian Van Orsdel), really should have a head bigger than his hands.
Border Police forces and inspectors of the Israel Nature and National Parks Authority conducted a search of the home of the suspect in Yarka, and found 44 protected partridges slaughtered and packed in a freezer.
Clients are being offered the chance to shoot partridges as an alternative in an attempt to salvage the season, Mr Chapel said.
JK on that last one, but maybe you go camp somewhere that has both partridges and pear trees.
Lord Clarendon believed that the landlords themselves were mostly responsible for the tragedy in the first place, saying that "It is quite true that landlords in England would not like to be shot like hares and partridges.
Some developed a gangster-like slang for the verb to kill in an attempt to distance themselves from the killings, such as 'shooting partridges', of 'sealing' a victim, or giving him a natsokal (onomatopoeia of the trigger action). page 647, Figes (1996).
Common combinations with partridges
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: