Pontificates is an English word. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Pontificates meaning
plural of pontificate
Using Pontificates
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of pontificate
Context around Pontificates
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pontificates
- In this selection, "pontificates" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, two, earlier and shortest stand out and add context to how "pontificates" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as he pontificates on what and during earlier pontificates the altieri. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pontificates" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pontificates
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He had one of the shortest pontificates in papal history. (10 words)
During earlier pontificates, the Altieri held many important offices and had been entrusted with several delicate missions. (17 words)
Content The Liber Pontificalis originally only contained the names of the bishops of Rome and the durations of their pontificates. (20 words)
Elon Musk, poster boy of the tech world, has become the self-appointed co-president of the country and is busy showing his complete lack of understanding of the real world as he pontificates on what parts of government spending can be cut. (43 words)
It is clear that claiming there is an “interior continuity” between the two pontificates by means of a shamelessly manipulated letter, really only overexposes Benedict XVI and Francis, and risks opposing and discrediting them: it is Mgr. (37 words)
Only now, after she was baby dumped from the party she pontificates about Zanu PF being “not a people’s government”. (21 words)
Example sentences (6)
It is clear that claiming there is an “interior continuity” between the two pontificates by means of a shamelessly manipulated letter, really only overexposes Benedict XVI and Francis, and risks opposing and discrediting them: it is Mgr.
Elon Musk, poster boy of the tech world, has become the self-appointed co-president of the country and is busy showing his complete lack of understanding of the real world as he pontificates on what parts of government spending can be cut.
Only now, after she was baby dumped from the party she pontificates about Zanu PF being “not a people’s government”.
Content The Liber Pontificalis originally only contained the names of the bishops of Rome and the durations of their pontificates.
During earlier pontificates, the Altieri held many important offices and had been entrusted with several delicate missions.
He had one of the shortest pontificates in papal history.