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

William Rufus in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 16
  • Discovered as a combination around: william
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 24.8 words

Words in this phrase

william rufus

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • william can mean: radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter W. Frequent word
  • rufus can mean: Either of two persons mentioned in the New Testament (in Mark 15:21 and Romans 16:13). Less frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 10 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

1100 when william rufus became king 1× 402 406 william rufus was thus 1× adviser to william rufus until the 1× and to william rufus he granted 1× barlow william rufus pp 11 1× barlow william rufus pp 402 1× before king william rufus led his 1× concordat with william rufus whereby william 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

barlow william rufus 2× emma mason is 1× flambard later became 1× henry became king 1× in return william 1× it held its 1×

Common sentence endings:

and neighbouring ponthieu 1× bellicosity and flamboyance 1× curthose which followed 1× death in 1100 1× duchy in exchange 1× ecclesiastical status quo 1×

Context words

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

king 7× england 5× robert 5× malcolm 4× red 3× became 3× death 3× urban 3× henry 3× control 3× duchy 3× granted 3×

Related phrases

prince william douglas william bates william william hill

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around william:

prince william 17× douglas william 9× bates william 8×

Just before it in the phrase index:

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Just after it in the phrase index:

willie nelson win column win streak wind chill wind energy wind farm

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

william hill

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "william rufus" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.8 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 1100 when william rufus became king, 402 406 william rufus was thus, king, england and robert stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with prince william, douglas william, bates william, prince william, douglas william and bates william, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with william rufus

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

Short example sentences

Rebellions continued, and William's son William Rufus decided to partition Northumbria. (12 words)

Henry became King of England following the death of William Rufus, who had been shot while hunting. (17 words)

William is commonly known as William Rufus or William the Red, perhaps because of his red-faced appearance. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

Malcolm and William Rufus William Rufus, "the Red", king of the English (1087–1100) When William Rufus became king of England after his father's death, Malcolm did not intervene in the rebellions by supporters of Robert Curthose which followed. (40 words)

In return, William Rufus promised to support Robert's attempts to regain control of the neighbouring county of Maine, once under Norman control, and help in regaining control over the Duchy, including Henry's lands. (35 words)

Reluctant to make another enemy, Urban came to a concordat with William Rufus, whereby William recognised Urban as pope, and Urban gave sanction to the Anglo-Norman ecclesiastical status quo. (30 words)

Example sentences (16)

Malcolm and William Rufus William Rufus, "the Red", king of the English (1087–1100) When William Rufus became king of England after his father's death, Malcolm did not intervene in the rebellions by supporters of Robert Curthose which followed.

Barlow William Rufus pp. 402–406 William Rufus was thus secure in what was then the most powerful kingdom in Europe, given the contemporary eclipse of the Salian emperors.

William is commonly known as William Rufus or William the Red, perhaps because of his red-faced appearance.

Rebellions continued, and William's son William Rufus decided to partition Northumbria.

Reluctant to make another enemy, Urban came to a concordat with William Rufus, whereby William recognised Urban as pope, and Urban gave sanction to the Anglo-Norman ecclesiastical status quo.

It held its ground for another generation before King William Rufus led his army north in 1092 and annexed Cumbria into the English crown.

Barlow William Rufus pp. 11–12 He was a figure of complex temperament: capable of both bellicosity and flamboyance.

Emma Mason is more suspicious, giving credence to the theory that William Rufus was murdered, either by Henry or by agents of the French King.

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Flambard later became an astute but much-disliked financial adviser to William Rufus until the latter's death in 1100.

Henry became King of England following the death of William Rufus, who had been shot while hunting.

In return, William Rufus promised to support Robert's attempts to regain control of the neighbouring county of Maine, once under Norman control, and help in regaining control over the Duchy, including Henry's lands.

It is unlikely that Malcolm controlled Cumbria, and the dispute instead concerned the estates granted to Malcolm by William Rufus's father in 1072 for his maintenance when visiting England.

Robert joined the Crusade, borrowing money from William Rufus to do so, and granting the King temporary custody of his part of the Duchy in exchange.

This Richard was killed in a hunting accident in the New Forest in 1099 as was his uncle, King William Rufus, the next year.

To Robert he granted the Duchy of Normandy and to William Rufus he granted the Kingdom of England.

William Rufus continued to put down resistance to his rule in England, but began to build a number of alliances against Robert with barons in Normandy and neighbouring Ponthieu.

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