Explore Pirsig through 9 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Pirsig in a sentence
Pirsig meaning
A surname.
Using Pirsig
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
Context around Pirsig
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pirsig
- In this selection, "pirsig" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, health, bestowed, robert, discovers, married and finds stand out and add context to how "pirsig" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and as pirsig discovers it and back to pirsig s case. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pirsig" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pirsig
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And as Pirsig discovers, it’s elusive. (7 words)
Published material Pirsig's work consists most notably of two novels. (11 words)
Personal life Robert Pirsig married Nancy Ann James on May 10, 1954. (12 words)
While doing laboratory work in biochemistry, Pirsig became greatly troubled by the existence of more than one workable hypothesis to explain a given phenomenon, and, indeed, that the number of hypotheses appeared unlimited. (33 words)
Due to frailty of health, Pirsig did not travel to Bozeman in December 2012 from his residence in Maine in order to accept the accolade. (25 words)
On December 15, 2012, Montana State University bestowed Pirsig with an honorary doctorate in the field of philosophy during the university's fall commencement. (24 words)
Example sentences (9)
And as Pirsig discovers, it’s elusive.
Anyway, back to Pirsig’s case, his story is instructive in several ways, some inspiring, some cautionary.
Due to frailty of health, Pirsig did not travel to Bozeman in December 2012 from his residence in Maine in order to accept the accolade.
On December 15, 2012, Montana State University bestowed Pirsig with an honorary doctorate in the field of philosophy during the university's fall commencement.
Personal life Robert Pirsig married Nancy Ann James on May 10, 1954.
Pirsig finds in "Quality" a special significance and common ground between Western and Eastern world views.
Pirsig suffered a nervous breakdown and spent time in and out of psychiatric hospitals between 1961 and 1963.
Published material Pirsig's work consists most notably of two novels.
While doing laboratory work in biochemistry, Pirsig became greatly troubled by the existence of more than one workable hypothesis to explain a given phenomenon, and, indeed, that the number of hypotheses appeared unlimited.