Get to know Pinkerton better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Pinkerton meaning
A habitational surname from Old English.
Using Pinkerton
- The main meaning on this page is: A habitational surname from Old English.
- In the example corpus, pinkerton often appears in combinations such as: pinkerton and, and pinkerton, for pinkerton.
Context around Pinkerton
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 7 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pinkerton
- In this selection, "pinkerton" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, played, tells, trade, retirement, tells and read stand out and add context to how "pinkerton" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after pinkerton agents killed and alley where pinkerton was staked. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pinkerton" sits close to words such as abate, acton and aeronautics, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pinkerton
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Pinkerton also added a new detail after seeing Watkins in the van. (12 words)
Pinkerton put on his emergency lights and blocked Harris from backing up. (12 words)
Sharpless and Pinkerton arrive at the house, along with Pinkerton's new American wife, Kate. (15 words)
Butterfly tells Pinkerton that yesterday, in secret and without telling her uncle, who is a Buddhist priest, the Bonze, she went to the Consulate, where she abandoned her ancestral religion and converted to Pinkerton's religion. (36 words)
Photograph taken at the Wyoming State Penitentiary about 1895 and mounted on a card from Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency with information about Robert LeRoy Parker, giving his aliases as George Cassady and “Butch” Cassady. (35 words)
If he was indeed on the job, I expect Pinkerton's lawyers were on this as soon as the news entity that had hired the agency got that agency on the phone. (32 words)
Suzuki goes into the garden to meet Pinkerton's new wife, while Sharpless reminds Pinkerton, "I told you, didn't I? Do you remember? (24 words)
Example sentences (20)
Tenor Jonathan Tetelman was cast as US naval officer Lt. Pinkerton (He also played Pinkerton at The Met earlier this year).
A possible predictor is the anchor text of links; this was the approach taken by Pinkerton Pinkerton, B. (1994).
Butterfly tells Pinkerton that yesterday, in secret and without telling her uncle, who is a Buddhist priest, the Bonze, she went to the Consulate, where she abandoned her ancestral religion and converted to Pinkerton's religion.
Goro whispers that Pinkerton's ship is expected to arrive soon, and Sharpless explains that Pinkerton is too embarrassed to meet Butterfly and has asked Sharpless to handle it.
Pinkerton and Sharpless have arrived, but Pinkerton tells Suzuki not to wake Butterfly and asks how Butterfly knew that he had arrived.
Pinkerton read voraciously and was largely self-educated. citation A cooper by trade, Pinkerton was active in the British Chartist movement as a young man.
Sharpless and Pinkerton arrive at the house, along with Pinkerton's new American wife, Kate.
Suzuki goes into the garden to meet Pinkerton's new wife, while Sharpless reminds Pinkerton, "I told you, didn't I? Do you remember?
After Pinkerton agents killed at least seven strikers during the Homestead Strike that July, Kem supported a resolution to investigate the corporate use of violent strikebreakers.
Eventually, an officer called Larry Pinkerton spoke to her and told her he believed her.
He has been granted several godparents, including Oliver Baker, Emilia Jardine-Paterson, Earl Grovesnor, Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, Julia Samuel, William van Cutsem, and Zara Tindall.
Photograph taken at the Wyoming State Penitentiary about 1895 and mounted on a card from Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency with information about Robert LeRoy Parker, giving his aliases as George Cassady and “Butch” Cassady.
Pinkerton Retirement Specialists LLC raised its position in shares of Bank of New York Mellon by 0.4% during the 2nd quarter.
Thursday was also the end of the line for San Clemente’s Bella Kenworthy and Kirra Pinkerton, two young surfers making names for themselves on the pro circuit.
After a few minutes, one man, holding a gun, ran down the alley where Pinkerton was staked out.
Finally, Pinkerton Retirement Specialists LLC acquired a new position in shares of Commercial Metals in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $690,000.
Pinkerton also added a new detail after seeing Watkins in the van.
Pinkerton put on his emergency lights and blocked Harris from backing up.
If he was indeed on the job, I expect Pinkerton's lawyers were on this as soon as the news entity that had hired the agency got that agency on the phone.
In fact, Pinkerton was in New Orleans conducting fraud investigations for the government when word of Lincoln’s assassination reached him.
Common combinations with pinkerton
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- pinkerton and 7×
- and pinkerton 5×
- for pinkerton 4×
- if pinkerton 4×
- pinkerton is 3×
- pinkerton was 3×
- pinkerton agents 3×
- pinkerton to 3×
- pinkerton at 2×
- by pinkerton 2×