How do you use Pommel in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like handle or grip, plus the exact meaning.
Pommel meaning
- The upper front brow of a saddle.
- A rounded knob or handle.
- Either of the rounded handles on a pommel horse.
Synonyms of Pommel
Pommel vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Pommel
- The main meaning on this page is: The upper front brow of a saddle. | A rounded knob or handle. | Either of the rounded handles on a pommel horse.
- Useful related words include: handle, grip, handgrip, hold.
- Possible Dutch translations are: pommel.
- In the example corpus, pommel often appears in combinations such as: pommel horse, the pommel, on pommel.
Context around Pommel
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pommel
- In this selection, "pommel" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, horse, typical, threaded, horse, nut and boasts stand out and add context to how "pommel" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a fat pommel often decorated and a threaded pommel or a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pommel" sits close to words such as ablation, abure and abvp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pommel
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
HP freshman Clay Staunton competes on the rings and the pommel horse. (12 words)
You got the pommel horse, the uneven bars, you know what I mean? (13 words)
The pommel boasts a gruesome skull, and its guard displays a gruesome demon head on either side. (17 words)
I'll do my hand sketching and marker rendering because I just really want to work on paper, and then ideally work with it in the workshop drawing right there next to a blade, next to a crossguard, a hilt and pommel. (42 words)
Brody Malone, who came back from a horrific leg injury to win his third U.S. championship in June, fell twice on high bar and once on pommel horse to scuttle his chances of returning to the all-around finals. (40 words)
Hand and a half sword A Hand and a half sword, colloquially known as a " bastard sword ", was a sword with an extended grip and sometimes pommel so that it could be used with either one or two hands. (39 words)
You got the pommel horse, the uneven bars, you know what I mean? (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
Chris Cameron on the pommel horse Pommel horse main A typical pommel horse exercise involves both single leg and double leg work.
Modern, less traditional, replicas often feature a threaded pommel or a pommel nut which holds the hilt together and allows dismantling.
After taking a fifth in the pommel horse at the state championships a year ago, Benny capped off his senior year in style by winning the event as Burlington captured the team title.
Competing in Level 7 in the 16-and-over division, Gabriel placed second in rings, fourth in parallel bars, fifth in pommel horse, seventh in floor and vault and ninth in high bar.
Senior Josh King (40.6 points) was Libertyville's top gymnast in seventh overall while Srey won pommel horse (9.3), and high bar (7.7).
Brody Malone, who came back from a horrific leg injury to win his third U.S. championship in June, fell twice on high bar and once on pommel horse to scuttle his chances of returning to the all-around finals.
Gymnastics was the only sport he played in high school and decided to focus solely on pommel horse after winning the Junior Olympic Nationals in 2015 and 2016, his only times competing in the event.
McClenaghan will hope to leave Paris with a first Olympic medal and stands a good chance after winning two world championships, three European championships and a Commonwealth Games champion on the pommel horse.
Nedoroscik, who had to wait over two hours to compete in his one and only event, sealed the deal on pommel horse.
HP freshman Clay Staunton competes on the rings and the pommel horse.
The 20-year-old won the bronze medal with a score of 15.4 after his pommel horse routine – finishing just 0.1 behind the eventual winner Max Whitlock.
The pommel boasts a gruesome skull, and its guard displays a gruesome demon head on either side.
You got the pommel horse, the uneven bars, you know what I mean?
China's Xiao Ruoteng, who lost gold in the all-around on a tiebreaker, won gold on pommel horse on a tiebreaker.
Having survived the first challenge Deibert moved on to the second one, “In round two we were given three hours to put a guard, handle and pommel on the knife.
I'll do my hand sketching and marker rendering because I just really want to work on paper, and then ideally work with it in the workshop drawing right there next to a blade, next to a crossguard, a hilt and pommel.
A fat pommel (often decorated) secures the grip to the weapon and provides some weight to balance the long blade.
Hand and a half sword A Hand and a half sword, colloquially known as a " bastard sword ", was a sword with an extended grip and sometimes pommel so that it could be used with either one or two hands.
However, in March 1868, while jumping into the saddle of his horse, Nietzsche struck his chest against the pommel and tore two muscles in his left side, leaving him exhausted and unable to walk for months.
In some instances, an "umbrella block", positioning the blade overhead, diagonally (point towards the ground, pommel towards the sky), would create an effective shield against a descending strike.
Common combinations with pommel
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- pommel horse 19×
- the pommel 13×
- on pommel 4×
- pommel and 3×
- his pommel 2×
- and pommel 2×
- pommel of 2×