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Pillory is an English word with synonyms like criticise or criticize. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Pillory in a sentence

Pillory meaning

A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.

Synonyms of Pillory

instrument of punishment criticise criticize knock crucify savage penalise penalize punish display exhibit expose gibbet pick apart

Related words

Other words often associated with Pillory or its synonyms:

praise notice comment remark reveal demo show act showing walk discover rap

Using Pillory

  • The main meaning on this page is: A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.
  • Useful related words include: instrument of punishment, criticise, criticize, knock.
  • In the example corpus, pillory often appears in combinations such as: the pillory, to pillory, pillory and.

Context around Pillory

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 8 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

means 1× days 1× town 1× fountain 1×

Often after:

caused 1× neural 1× plus 1× louis 1×

Sentence patterns with Pillory

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

around the pillory was a 1× ashamed to pillory my earlier 1× at the pillory to throw 1× continue to pillory him 1× continued to pillory le cid 1× here to pillory neural nets 1× in a pillory and to 1× in the pillory and later 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

according to legend 1× in spite of 1× lovell sentenced him 1× not so long 1× oates was sentenced 1× scudéry a close 1×

Common sentence endings:

a moving cart 1× and its violations 1× be good engineers 1× earlier effusive outpourings 1× his fellow men 1× in medieval times 1×

Words around Pillory

Just before it in the word index:

pilloried 31 pillon 2 pillman 31 pillion 26 pilling 20 pilley 3

Just after it in the word index:

pillow 375 pillowcase 33 pillowcases 25 pillowman 2 pillows 224 pillowtalk 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaronson 18 abai 18 abass 18 abatements 18 abdulfatah 18 abebe 18

Corpus analysis for Pillory

  • In this selection, "pillory" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, means, days, town, caused, neural and plus stand out and add context to how "pillory" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include around the pillory was a and ashamed to pillory my earlier. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "pillory" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with pillory

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

But I was too ashamed to pillory my earlier effusive outpourings. (11 words)

The area around the pillory was a popular place of street entertainment. (12 words)

Smith Street was also the site of the town pillory in medieval times. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

The truth of this story is questioned by most scholars, although John Robert Moore later said that "no man in England but Defoe ever stood in the pillory and later rose to eminence among his fellow men". (37 words)

According to legend, the publication of his poem Hymn to the Pillory caused his audience at the pillory to throw flowers instead of the customary harmful and noxious objects and to drink to his health. (35 words)

In spite of his emphatic declaration that science is not technology, Dewdney seems here to pillory neural nets as bad science when most of those devising them are just trying to be good engineers. (34 words)

Example sentences (14)

According to legend, the publication of his poem Hymn to the Pillory caused his audience at the pillory to throw flowers instead of the customary harmful and noxious objects and to drink to his health.

Not so long ago, the sound of the drums was suppressed in Salvador’s historic Pelourinho district (whose name itself means “pillory”).

Trump has said that the gag order has prevented him from defending himself while Cohen and Daniels continue to pillory him.

But I was too ashamed to pillory my earlier effusive outpourings.

Waters will have other opportunities to pillory the Brazilian populist in the coming weeks.

In spite of his emphatic declaration that science is not technology, Dewdney seems here to pillory neural nets as bad science when most of those devising them are just trying to be good engineers.

Lovell sentenced him to a punitive fine, to public humiliation in a pillory, and to an indeterminate length of imprisonment which would only end upon the discharge of the punitive fine.

Oates was sentenced to imprisonment including an annual ordeal of being taken out for two days pillory plus one day of whipping while tied to a moving cart.

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Scudéry, a close friend of Mariet at the time, did not stoop to Corneille's level of "distastefulness", but instead continued to pillory Le Cid and its violations.

Smith Street was also the site of the town pillory in medieval times.

The area around the pillory was a popular place of street entertainment.

The truth of this story is questioned by most scholars, although John Robert Moore later said that "no man in England but Defoe ever stood in the pillory and later rose to eminence among his fellow men".

The world mocks at it, and sometimes puts one in the pillory for it.

This is the case of the fountain-pillory, Louis XVI style, built in 1779 by the blue stone Ouvertus architect.

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Common combinations with pillory

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "pillory" in a sentence?
An example: "According to legend, the publication of his poem Hymn to the Pillory caused his audience at the pillory to throw flowers instead of the customary harmful and noxious objects and to drink to his health." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "pillory" from authentic English texts.
What does "pillory" mean?
Pillory means: A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.
What are synonyms of "pillory"?
Common synonyms of "pillory" include: instrument of punishment, criticise, criticize, knock, crucify, savage, penalise, penalize. Plus 6 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "pillory" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "pillory", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.