Popeye is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Popeye meaning
- A tough cartoon sailor, full name Popeye the Sailor, characterized by bulging forearm muscles, a squinty eye, and an affinity for spinach.
- A nickname for a person who has attributes of the cartoon character.
Using Popeye
- The main meaning on this page is: A tough cartoon sailor, full name Popeye the Sailor, characterized by bulging forearm muscles, a squinty eye, and an affinity for spinach. | A nickname for a person who has attributes of the cartoon character.
- In the example corpus, popeye often appears in combinations such as: the popeye, popeye chicken, popeye doyle.
Context around Popeye
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Popeye
- In this selection, "popeye" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, jimmy, unionized, dog, doyle, came and wynn stand out and add context to how "popeye" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1919 whereas popeye came a and a unionized popeye s that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "popeye" sits close to words such as acolytes, acv and afolabi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with popeye
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The chicken sandwich was a gamble that paid off for Popeye’s. (12 words)
Duvall appeared in numerous Robert Altman films, including 1980's comics adaptation Popeye. (13 words)
Savchik and her husband Tom also own the Troy and Schenectady Popeye's locations. (14 words)
Say that at the height of the Popeye’s chicken sandwich craze, there was a unionized Popeye’s that for weeks had been complaining about the working conditions when large crowds come to the storefront. (35 words)
Director William Friedkin creates incredible tension as Detective Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle (Gene Hackman) recklessly tries to keep up with an elevated train to catch a hitman, Pierre Nicoli (Marcel Bozzuffi), before he can get away. (35 words)
That includes KFC, Popeye's and Mary Brown's Chicken — a distinctly Canadian operation that grew out of Newfoundland in the 1970s and expanded into 200 locations across the country. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Say that at the height of the Popeye’s chicken sandwich craze, there was a unionized Popeye’s that for weeks had been complaining about the working conditions when large crowds come to the storefront.
However, the opposite is the case, as Olive Oyl has been around since the inception of in 1919, whereas Popeye came a decade later.
She joined Instagram in 2020, posting, in her first month, photos of her dog Popeye, some censored nudes and herself getting a lice treatment.
That includes KFC, Popeye's and Mary Brown's Chicken — a distinctly Canadian operation that grew out of Newfoundland in the 1970s and expanded into 200 locations across the country.
Director William Friedkin creates incredible tension as Detective Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle (Gene Hackman) recklessly tries to keep up with an elevated train to catch a hitman, Pierre Nicoli (Marcel Bozzuffi), before he can get away.
Duvall appeared in numerous Robert Altman films, including 1980's comics adaptation Popeye.
Fearing for the safety of her children and her own life, the mother retreated into the Popeye’s and phoned the police.
I've seen the entire for BoB probably three times and I only recognized Popeye Wynn be ause he got shot in the ass and had to crawl back.
She was a groupie in “Nashville” (1975) and Olive Oyl, opposite Robin Williams, in “Popeye” (1980).
According to “Popeye,” one of Escobar’s late hitmen, “blabbermouth” General Jaime Ruiz, the former commander of the 4th Brigade, helped the drug lord escape.
But, as far as I’m concerned, it’s also about this bar Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle (Hackman) shakes down at about the half-hour mark.
It was actually spinach, as in Popeye the sailor man, though Eve gets the last laugh.
Of course, the "Popeye" in this question was the cartoon character and not the fried chicken restaurant.
Popeye’s childhood friend, Pinina, was working for Escobar and brought up the idea for him to work with the notorious cocaine kingpin.
Savchik and her husband Tom also own the Troy and Schenectady Popeye's locations.
Show your love for the sammy with a Popeye’s chicken sandwich costume this year.
I've never personally tried the Popeye's Chicken sandwich, but gotta say, I'm tempted now for sure.
Popeye’s looks ready to open as of midday Friday in this Homteown photo.
The chicken sandwich was a gamble that paid off for Popeye’s.
The parking lot was full of ghosts, ghouls, Avengers, Ghostbusters, Popeye, dinosaurs and even more.
Common combinations with popeye
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: