How do you use Plath in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like writer or author, plus the exact meaning.
Plath meaning
A surname.
Using Plath
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
- Useful related words include: sylvia plath, writer, author, poet.
- In the example corpus, plath often appears in combinations such as: sylvia plath, plath and, the plath.
Context around Plath
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Plath
- In this selection, "plath" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, following, weems, sylvia, takes, estate and sold stand out and add context to how "plath" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include allegedly abusing plath and and barry plath are more. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "plath" sits close to words such as aficionados, aiadmk and airships, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with plath
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Lydia Plath walks the straight and narrow on Welcome to Plathville. (11 words)
Retrace the brief but riveting career of Plath, giving context to her poems through dramatisation. (15 words)
Her mother, Kim Plath, homeschooled the kids in favor of sending them to a private or traditional school. (18 words)
Chalcot Square, near Primrose Hill in London, Plath and Hughes' home from 1959 Plath and Hughes traveled across Canada and the United States, staying at the Yaddo artist colony in Saratoga Springs, New York State in late 1959. (38 words)
Plath had described the quality of her despair as "owl's talons clenching my heart." citation In his 1971 book on suicide, friend and critic Al Alvarez claimed that Plath's suicide was an unanswered cry for help. (38 words)
Alvarez (2007) p214 Many of Plath's later poems deal with what one critic calls the "domestic surreal" in which Plath takes every day elements of life and twists the images, giving them an almost nightmarish quality. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Following Plath's death Plath's grave at Heptonstall church, West Yorkshire An inquiry on the day following Plath's death gave a ruling of suicide.
Alvarez (2007) p214 Many of Plath's later poems deal with what one critic calls the "domestic surreal" in which Plath takes every day elements of life and twists the images, giving them an almost nightmarish quality.
Ariel As Hughes and Plath were legally married at the time of her death, Hughes inherited the Plath estate, including all her written work.
Chalcot Square, near Primrose Hill in London, Plath and Hughes' home from 1959 Plath and Hughes traveled across Canada and the United States, staying at the Yaddo artist colony in Saratoga Springs, New York State in late 1959.
C. Plath sold many gyrocompasses to the Weems’ School for Navigation in Annapolis, MD, and soon the founders of each organization formed an alliance and became Weems & Plath.
Found in the "Juvenilia" section of her The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath (HarperPerennial pp 320–321), it is one of Plath's more erotic poems.
In early 1957, Plath and Hughes moved to the United States and from September 1957 Plath taught at Smith College, her alma mater.
Plath had described the quality of her despair as "owl's talons clenching my heart." citation In his 1971 book on suicide, friend and critic Al Alvarez claimed that Plath's suicide was an unanswered cry for help.
Her mother, Kim Plath, homeschooled the kids in favor of sending them to a private or traditional school.
Hughes had not been a perfect husband during the marriage, taking part in affairs and allegedly abusing Plath.
Lydia Plath walks the straight and narrow on Welcome to Plathville.
None of the Plath kids have had the opportunity to date or have romantic relationships, and Lydia is no exception.
Now, Kim and Barry Plath are more relaxed - they were very uptight in early seasons of the show, when they disapproved of Olivia because of their ultra-conservative beliefs.
Retrace the brief but riveting career of Plath, giving context to her poems through dramatisation.
The second oldest Plath sister clashes a lot with her mother, who doesn't necessarily agree with her lifestyle.
Those artists are covered, but Tolhurst also goes very deep into the origins of the Goth subculture, citing the influences of T.S. Eliot, Edgar Allan Poe, and Sylvia Plath.
Welcome to Plathville's Lydia Plath often found solace from the chaos of the world in her prayer closet.
As the former couple embarks on this journey of self-discovery, the episode also introduces a new layer of drama within the Plath family.
Almost every word is arresting, and the way that Plath captures the vivid life happening around Esther, news events, magazine parties, accentuates the deadening illness that drives her towards suicidal feelings.
Competitors are recognized on a magnificent trophy, sponsored by Weems & Plath, that is on display in The Market House in Annapolis.
Common combinations with plath
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: