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Phoolan in a sentence

Using Phoolan

  • In the example corpus, phoolan often appears in combinations such as: phoolan was, phoolan and, phoolan devi.

Context around Phoolan

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 10 start, 8 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

juncture 1× illiterate 1× gang 1× 1981 1×

Often after:

devi 1× composed 1× known 1× claimed 1× lived 1× began 1× dragged 1× evaded 1×

Sentence patterns with Phoolan

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

apologise to phoolan 1× autobiography i phoolan devi 1× belonged to phoolan s own 1× brother for phoolan as stated 1× comment about phoolan s morals 1× culminating in phoolan s lover 1× dead by phoolan and her 1× din and phoolan s own 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a wife leaving 1× although she was 1× apparently shri ram 1× as leader of 1× at this juncture 1× her relationship with 1×

Common sentence endings:

a reverent media 1× a single person 1× a social outcast 1× and paul rambali 1× apologise to phoolan 1× as police officers 1×

Words around Phoolan

Just before it in the word index:

phool 6 phoofolo 5 phooey 2 phony 189 phonox 3 phonotactics 2

Just after it in the word index:

phoolka 4 phoong 5 phophi 6 phorcys 2 phore 3 phoresis 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

abbeys 42 abundances 42 aced 42 ackman 42 actinides 42 adeboye 42

Corpus analysis for Phoolan

  • In this selection, "phoolan" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, juncture, illiterate, gang, devi, composed and known stand out and add context to how "phoolan" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include apologise to phoolan and autobiography i phoolan devi. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "phoolan" sits close to words such as abbeys, abundances and aced, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with phoolan

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Phoolan had immediate cause for regret upon joining the bandits. (10 words)

Later, Phoolan claimed that she herself had not opened fire or killed a single person. (15 words)

Phoolan dragged her husband from his house and stabbed him in front of the villagers. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

It is unclear whether she was kidnapped or willingly joined the gang; Phoolan later wrote of the incident in her biography, "kismet ko yehi manzoor tha" ("it was the dictate of fate") that she became part of a gang of bandits. (41 words)

Although she was illiterate, Phoolan composed her autobiography entitled The Bandit Queen of India: An Indian Woman's Amazing Journey From Peasant to International Legend, with the help of international authors Marie-Therese Cuny and Paul Rambali. (37 words)

Life as a bandit The region where Phoolan lived ( Bundelkhand ) was, and remains extremely poor, arid and devoid of industry; most of the able-bodied men migrate to large cities in search of manual work. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

At this juncture, Phoolan was saved from rape by Vikram Mallah, the second-in-command of the gang, who belonged to Phoolan's own Mallah caste.

However, Phoolan's in-laws initially refused to take her back because of a unsuccessful court case against Maya Din and Phoolan's own subsequent stint in jail.

Man Singh became her lieutenant and a brother for Phoolan( as stated in her autobiography - I,Phoolan Devi).

The Rajput men were lined up and then, at Phoolan's order, they were shot dead by Phoolan and her gang members.

Although she was illiterate, Phoolan composed her autobiography entitled The Bandit Queen of India: An Indian Woman's Amazing Journey From Peasant to International Legend, with the help of international authors Marie-Therese Cuny and Paul Rambali.

Apparently, Shri Ram made a disdaining comment about Phoolan's morals, and Vikram responded with comments about Shri Ram's womenfolk.

As leader of the gang, Vikram Mallah berated Shri Ram for attacking a woman and made him apologise to Phoolan.

A wife leaving her husband, or being abandoned by her husband, is a serious taboo in rural India, and Phoolan was marked as a social outcast.

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By this time, Phoolan was in poor health and most of her gang members were dead.

Her relationship with one gang member became a source of rancour, culminating in Phoolan's lover being shot in gunfight.

It began to be said that the manhunt was not successful because Phoolan had the support of poor people in the region; stories on the Robin Hood model began circulating in the media.

It is unclear whether she was kidnapped or willingly joined the gang; Phoolan later wrote of the incident in her biography, "kismet ko yehi manzoor tha" ("it was the dictate of fate") that she became part of a gang of bandits.

It was at this time that Phoolan, known until then by only one name, received the respectful sobriquet "Devi" from a reverent media.

Later, Phoolan claimed that she herself had not opened fire or killed a single person.

Life as a bandit The region where Phoolan lived ( Bundelkhand ) was, and remains extremely poor, arid and devoid of industry; most of the able-bodied men migrate to large cities in search of manual work.

On the evening of 14 February 1981, Phoolan and her gang marched into Behmai dressed as police officers.

Phoolan began to be called the Bandit Queen, and she was glorified as an intrepid and undaunted woman, the underdog struggling to survive in the world.

Phoolan dragged her husband from his house and stabbed him in front of the villagers.

Phoolan evaded capture for two years after the massacre, before she and her few surviving gang-members surrendered in 1983.

Phoolan had immediate cause for regret upon joining the bandits.

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Common combinations with phoolan

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