Pinocchio is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Pinocchio meaning
- The fictional boy made from wood whose nose gets longer with each lie he tells, protagonist of the story The Adventures of Pinocchio (1881–1883) by Carlo Collodi.
- The popular fairy tale about Pinocchio.
Using Pinocchio
- The main meaning on this page is: The fictional boy made from wood whose nose gets longer with each lie he tells, protagonist of the story The Adventures of Pinocchio (1881–1883) by Carlo Collodi. | The popular fairy tale about Pinocchio.
- In the example corpus, pinocchio often appears in combinations such as: pinocchio is, to pinocchio, pinocchio the.
Context around Pinocchio
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pinocchio
- In this selection, "pinocchio" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, best, although, industry, won, movie and led stand out and add context to how "pinocchio" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1940 film pinocchio and adventures of pinocchio the title. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pinocchio" sits close to words such as abbeys, abdur and absconded, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pinocchio
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ol’ pouty face Pinocchio nose Donald. (6 words)
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is on Netflix now. (9 words)
Pinocchio watching with horror as his friend transforms into a donkey. (11 words)
In addition to being named the top film by the animation industry, “Pinocchio” led the winners’ list with five trophies overall, including the award for best direction for del Toro and fellow director Mark Gustafson. (35 words)
Pauly Shore recently gained attention for his role in the movie Pinocchio: A True Story, which became a viral trend due to internet users noticing his peculiar reading of a line in the trailer. (34 words)
One of the highest-rated and most beloved animated films that Netflix has released, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio is a masterful stop-motion recreation and retelling of the classic children's tale. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio won Best Animated Feature at the 95th Academy Awards Ceremony, cementing it as the best Pinocchio movie ever made (which fans on IMDb still agree with).
After all, so many Disney characters, dating back to “Pinocchio’s” Jiminy Cricket, look to the stars and cast their dreams and hopes on them.
Although Pinocchio was created by Italian writer Carlo Collodi in 1883, it was likely his titular 1940 Disney movie that brought the character his greatest American name recognition.
Based on Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, the title drops players into a fever dream of violent puppets, widespread plague, and deception.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is on Netflix now.
I'm just so thrilled that we have him for Pinocchio: The Illuminated Edition.
In addition to being named the top film by the animation industry, “Pinocchio” led the winners’ list with five trophies overall, including the award for best direction for del Toro and fellow director Mark Gustafson.
Mr Johnson, described by the paper as an "absolutely lying wazzock", is portrayed as Pinocchio.
Ol’ pouty face Pinocchio nose Donald.
Pauly Shore recently gained attention for his role in the movie Pinocchio: A True Story, which became a viral trend due to internet users noticing his peculiar reading of a line in the trailer.
Pinocchio watching with horror as his friend transforms into a donkey.
Romanian Chamber Orchestra va aduce în fața publicului un concert plin de emoție adresat familiilor, intitulat - Pinocchio… with „strings” attached.
The action RPG, which looks like a mod of Dark Souls, features Pinocchio alongside Gepetto and Jimmiy Cricket.
The jailbreak is also great, as Pinocchio's lying helps Gingy get to Shrek safely and free him.
Homer's 'The Odyssey' comes into this album; 'Pinocchio' comes into it.
Notably, many of the evening’s numbers chosen have become jazz and popular standards, including When You Wish Upon A Star, originally sung by Jiminy Cricket in the 1940 film Pinocchio.
One of the highest-rated and most beloved animated films that Netflix has released, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio is a masterful stop-motion recreation and retelling of the classic children's tale.
Disney is yet to make any Pinocchio cast announcements and Hanks has not commented on the rumours.
If Pinocchio were to prove himself, then she would return and make him a real life boy.
With their comrade Pinocchio the dog, they soon saw vigilance rewarded.
Common combinations with pinocchio
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- pinocchio is 4×
- to pinocchio 3×
- pinocchio the 3×
- film pinocchio 3×
- pinocchio and 3×
- toro's pinocchio 2×
- of pinocchio 2×
- toro pinocchio 2×
- pinocchio nose 2×
- pinocchio with 2×