Below you will find example sentences with "require extraordinary". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Require Extraordinary in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 4
  • Discovered as a combination around: extraordinary
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 4
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 22.8 words

Words in this phrase

require extraordinary

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • require can mean: To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively. Frequent word
  • extraordinary can mean: Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 2 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence 1× extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence and 1× extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence carl 1× extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after all extraordinary 1× and since extraordinary 1× they pepper their 1×

Common sentence endings:

evidence or confirmations 1× is sorely lacking 1× require extraordinary evidence 1× to that mast 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

evidence 6× claims 4× carl 2× sagan 2× pepper 1× conversations 1× laughter 1× expletives 1× exclamations 1× remind 1× themselves 1× adage 1×

Related phrases

extraordinary circumstances extraordinary evidence extraordinary meeting extraordinary claims

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around extraordinary:

extraordinary circumstances 5× extraordinary evidence 5× extraordinary meeting 5× extraordinary claims 4×

Just before it in the phrase index:

republican voters republican senators republican senator republican sen republican rep republican primary

Just after it in the phrase index:

rescue helicopter rescue operation rescue operations rescue service rescue team rescue teams

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "require extraordinary" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 22.8 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence and, evidence, claims and carl stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with extraordinary circumstances, extraordinary evidence, extraordinary meeting, extraordinary circumstances, extraordinary evidence and extraordinary meeting, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with require extraordinary

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

But as the saying goes, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and the evidence here is sorely lacking. (17 words)

And since extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, the matter remained in an undefined state, pending new evidence or confirmations. (19 words)

They pepper their conversations with laughter, expletives and exclamations, even as they remind themselves of Carl Sagan’s adage, however overused, that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. (27 words)

Longer example sentences

After all "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" - Carl Sagan If the following definition of an atheist is correct then I would certainly nail my flag to that mast! (28 words)

They pepper their conversations with laughter, expletives and exclamations, even as they remind themselves of Carl Sagan’s adage, however overused, that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. (27 words)

And since extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, the matter remained in an undefined state, pending new evidence or confirmations. (19 words)

Exclamation examples

After all "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" - Carl Sagan If the following definition of an atheist is correct then I would certainly nail my flag to that mast! (28 words)

Example sentences (4)

They pepper their conversations with laughter, expletives and exclamations, even as they remind themselves of Carl Sagan’s adage, however overused, that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

But as the saying goes, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and the evidence here is sorely lacking.

And since extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, the matter remained in an undefined state, pending new evidence or confirmations.

After all "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" - Carl Sagan If the following definition of an atheist is correct then I would certainly nail my flag to that mast!