Phil is an English word of 4 letters. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Phil in a sentence
Related words
Phil meaning
- A short form of the male given name Philip.
- A short form of the female given name Philippa.
Using Phil
- The main meaning on this page is: A short form of the male given name Philip. | A short form of the female given name Philippa.
- In the example corpus, phil often appears in combinations such as: and phil, with phil, phil foden.
Context around Phil
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Phil
- In this selection, "phil" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, benches, team, bbc, mickelson, dowdell and lowe stand out and add context to how "phil" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include attorney general phil weiser announced, bass player phil small and phil murphy. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "phil" sits close to words such as annualized, financing and checking, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with phil
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Moving tributes were also paid to Rob Crossland and Phil Lowe, with Phil Lowe Way coming soon. (17 words)
At first there are no Motörhead personnel, then Phil Campbell appears, followed by Würzel and Phil Taylor. (17 words)
They decided that Phil would speak first and Will last, but when the camera rolled, Phil got nervous. (18 words)
He’s generally okay with his lack of athletic pedigree, but when his hyper-competitive dad (Robert Duvall) benches Phil’s son, 10-year-old son Sam (Dylan McLaughlin) on the soccer team, Phil decides to move his son to a new team. (43 words)
Phil takes little notice of his advice, so the young lad takes matters into his own hands — an action which results in the two men having a showdown in the Vic, with Phil delivering Keanu a threat in front of everyone. (41 words)
In this world, Phil’s vintage playing cards would actually be his from his own childhood, but because of regular mind wipes by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, Phil is totally unaware of his slowed aging. (38 words)
Remember that really dramatic but confusing two handed EastEnders episode which saw Phil Mitchell explain that his real dad was actually the homeless man killed in the Aches fire started by Phil? (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
He’s generally okay with his lack of athletic pedigree, but when his hyper-competitive dad (Robert Duvall) benches Phil’s son, 10-year-old son Sam (Dylan McLaughlin) on the soccer team, Phil decides to move his son to a new team.
One of his friends who played with him on the high school football team, where Phil was the wide receiver, told the BBC: "Phil to me was an amazing friend.
Phil Mickelson exposed by Alan Shipnuck, who brought receipts to epic Twitter beefRenowned golf writer Alan Shipnuck wrote a biography on Phil Mickelson, published in 2022.
This undated photo provided by the family of Phil Dowdell shows from left, Zaniriah Dowdell, Latonya Allen, Alexis Dowdell and Phil Dowdell.
Moving tributes were also paid to Rob Crossland and Phil Lowe, with Phil Lowe Way coming soon.
In this world, Phil’s vintage playing cards would actually be his from his own childhood, but because of regular mind wipes by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, Phil is totally unaware of his slowed aging.
Phil takes little notice of his advice, so the young lad takes matters into his own hands — an action which results in the two men having a showdown in the Vic, with Phil delivering Keanu a threat in front of everyone.
In this episode of “Philling In with Phil”, news reporter Phil Morris provides an inside look at what it’s like to engineer the historic Gage Park mini-train.
Phil Sheridan — “Little Phil” — the dynamic leader of the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac, was the third of the trio; and he was a general who always had my respect and enthusiastic admiration.
Remember that really dramatic but confusing two handed EastEnders episode which saw Phil Mitchell explain that his real dad was actually the homeless man killed in the Aches fire started by Phil?
They decided that Phil would speak first and Will last, but when the camera rolled, Phil got nervous.
At first there are no Motörhead personnel, then Phil Campbell appears, followed by Würzel and Phil Taylor.
Fearing an awkward scene, Kathy wants to tell her family and friends that Phil is only pretending to be a Jew, but Phil prevails on Kathy to tell only Jane.
Phil meets fashion editor Anne Dettrey ( Celeste Holm ), who becomes a good friend and potentially more, particularly as strains develop between Phil and Kathy.
The Rock Party released a 12" single, "Everything to Live For", which was produced by Joe Wissert, Phil Rigger, and Phil Beazley.
A candlelight vigil honoring Phil is scheduled for 6 p.m. CT Thursday at the Mt. Lovely Baptist Church in Camp Hill, Alabama.
According to lore, Phil Spector didn’t like Love’s version and so it was shelved in favor of The Dixie Cups a year later.
A Colorado couple was indicted for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars-worth of merchandise from The Home Depot stores across the state and pawning or selling the items, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Thursday.
Adding 60 runs in the first five overs, and Phil Salt had managed to give the home side a hefty advantage on a ground where they’d only won once in their previous four outings.
After he joined organist and principal songwriter Don Walker and drummer Steve Prestwich, the group took shape with singer Jimmy Barnes and eventually bass player Phil Small.
Phrases with phil
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with phil
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and phil 14×
- with phil 11×
- phil foden 11×
- gov phil 9×
- phil and 8×
- phil murphy 8×
- manager phil 6×
- phil mickelson 5×
- phil is 5×
- dr phil 5×