Explore Phillis through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Phillis meaning
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Using Phillis
- The main meaning on this page is: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- In the example corpus, phillis often appears in combinations such as: phillis wheatley, of phillis.
Context around Phillis
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Phillis
- In this selection, "phillis" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, philadelphia, chris, miss and wheatley stand out and add context to how "phillis" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include trials of phillis wheatley america and chris phillis and her. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "phillis" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with phillis
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Complete Writings by Phillis Wheatley, New York: Penguin Books, 2001. (10 words)
Three months later, Phillis Wheatley married John Peters, a free black grocer. (12 words)
A statue of Phillis Wheatley included in the Boston Women’s Memorial, dedicated in 2003. (15 words)
Henry Louis Gates, Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's Second Black Poet and Her Encounters with the Founding Fathers, Basic Civitas Books, 2010, p. 5. Her first name is sometimes spelled "Phyllis". (32 words)
John Wheatley was known as a progressive throughout New England; his family gave Phillis an unprecedented education for an enslaved person, and for a female of any race. (28 words)
Phillies announce two-year contract for veteran reliever David RobertsonThe Philadelphia Phillis have agreed to a two-year contract with reliever David Robertson. (23 words)
Example sentences (11)
A statue of Phillis Wheatley included in the Boston Women’s Memorial, dedicated in 2003.
David Waldstreicher, author of “The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley,” at home in Wynnewood, Pa., Feb. 27, 2023.
Phillies announce two-year contract for veteran reliever David RobertsonThe Philadelphia Phillis have agreed to a two-year contract with reliever David Robertson.
Chris Phillis and her family travel nearly 100 miles to see the parade every year.
By the age of 12, Phillis was reading Greek and Latin classics and difficult passages from the Bible.
Complete Writings by Phillis Wheatley, New York: Penguin Books, 2001.
Henry Louis Gates, Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's Second Black Poet and Her Encounters with the Founding Fathers, Basic Civitas Books, 2010, p. 5. Her first name is sometimes spelled "Phyllis".
In 1778, the African-American poet Jupiter Hammon wrote an ode to Wheatley (“An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatley”).
John Wheatley was known as a progressive throughout New England; his family gave Phillis an unprecedented education for an enslaved person, and for a female of any race.
The Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's First Black Poet and Her Encounters With the Founding Fathers, New York: Basic Civitas Books.
Three months later, Phillis Wheatley married John Peters, a free black grocer.
Common combinations with phillis
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- phillis wheatley 7×
- of phillis 5×