Get to know Pentagram better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like pentangle or star.
Pentagram meaning
The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.
Using Pentagram
- The main meaning on this page is: The shape of a five-pointed star constructed of five intersecting lines meeting at the vertices, such that a central pentagon and five surrounding isosceles triangles are formed; often with magical connotations; a 5/2 (or 5/3) star polygon.
- Useful related words include: pentacle, pentangle, star.
- In the example corpus, pentagram often appears in combinations such as: pentagram is, pentagram on, pentagram faces.
Context around Pentagram
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pentagram
- In this selection, "pentagram" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, inventors, magical, regular, faces, partners and developed stand out and add context to how "pentagram" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2004 the pentagram developed rising and has 12 pentagram faces with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pentagram" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pentagram
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The pentagram is the most common symbol of religious identity. (10 words)
The small and great stellated dodecahedron have nonconvex regular pentagram faces. (11 words)
However, concrete evidence tying the magical pentagram to Gawain's pentangle is scarce. (13 words)
It existed in two shapes, one was a pentagram and it was still frequently used in early 20th-century Sweden as painted or carved onto doors, walls and household utensils in order to protect against elves. (36 words)
What if, and hear me out, what if these killings were done by a sociopath who thought that by spray painting a pentagram on what they killed, it would blamed on "Satanists"? (32 words)
Raymond, who at that time believed God had given him the power to identify the demons, also described shooting at a window because he believed he saw a pentagram on it. (31 words)
What if, and hear me out, what if these killings were done by a sociopath who thought that by spray painting a pentagram on what they killed, it would blamed on "Satanists"? (32 words)
This is where Daly found her first calling, as she launched groundbreaking campaigns for Oscar-winning filmmakers, MIT Media Lab inventors, Pentagram partners, Neil Young, Joan Didion (! (27 words)
Example sentences (13)
A five-pointed star, or pentagram, is among the petroglyph images at Cape Alitak, and is thought to be up to a thousand years old.
What if, and hear me out, what if these killings were done by a sociopath who thought that by spray painting a pentagram on what they killed, it would blamed on "Satanists"?
Raymond, who at that time believed God had given him the power to identify the demons, also described shooting at a window because he believed he saw a pentagram on it.
This is where Daly found her first calling, as she launched groundbreaking campaigns for Oscar-winning filmmakers, MIT Media Lab inventors, Pentagram partners, Neil Young, Joan Didion (!
Pentagram also specified that the shield’s outline can be used as a “window” for the studios’ various brands and content.
While they spoke with her, Sam noticed the necklace she was wearing, a pentagram in a circle.
For example, the small stellated dodecahedron has 12 pentagram faces with the central pentagonal part hidden inside the solid.
However, concrete evidence tying the magical pentagram to Gawain's pentangle is scarce.
In 2004, the Pentagram-developed "Rising Blue" livery featured a white and lighter blue fuselage, along with a cropped version of the tulip on the tail.
In Europe, the Pythagoreans first used the pentagram as a symbol of their movement.
It existed in two shapes, one was a pentagram and it was still frequently used in early 20th-century Sweden as painted or carved onto doors, walls and household utensils in order to protect against elves.
The pentagram is the most common symbol of religious identity.
The small and great stellated dodecahedron have nonconvex regular pentagram faces.
Common combinations with pentagram
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- pentagram is 2×
- pentagram on 2×
- pentagram faces 2×
- the pentagram 2×