Portis is an English word starting with the letter P. With 10+ example sentences you'll see exactly how it works in context.
Using Portis
- In the example corpus, portis often appears in combinations such as: bobby portis, with portis, portis had.
Context around Portis
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Portis
- In this selection, "portis" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bobby, knicks, grabbing, missed, knew and hezonja stand out and add context to how "portis" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after bobby portis was ejected and and bobby portis hezonja never. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "portis" sits close to words such as agnc, ajibola and ajinkya, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with portis
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This happens all the time in Portis novels. (8 words)
Portis, who died in February, occupied a unique place in American letters. (12 words)
Portis knew his way around a car (and a truck and a tractor). (13 words)
The NBA’s official Last Two-Minute Report from Friday night’s loss at Charlotte indicated a foul should have been called against Marvin Williams for grabbing Portis’ arm after Beal’s missed shot attempt with four seconds to play. (40 words)
The Wizards carried a 77-73 lead into the fourth and began pulling away after Bobby Portis was ejected for throwing the ball in the direction of Washington’s Shabazz Napier with 9:02 left. (35 words)
If I understand this one (and there’s a good chance I don’t), Portis will have to make more than $1.93 million through August 2021 in order to fully satisfy the debt. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Bobby Portis is averaging 15.1 points and 10 rebounds over the last 10 games for Milwaukee.
Milwaukee’s Bobby Portis missed a game for the first time this season after spraining his right medial collateral ligament and right wrist150-130 triumph at Detroit.
Portis knew his way around a car (and a truck and a tractor).
Despite being taken over the likes of Devin Booker, Myles Turner, and Bobby Portis, Hezonja never quite found his footing in the NBA.
Portis, mic’d up during the game, could be heard saying during the broadcast.
The Bucks closed the 22-3 spurt with a Portis one-handed dunk on a pass from Lillard.
They played Wednesday without point guard Damian Lillard, Khris Middleton and forward Bobby Portis because of injuries.
He was underwhelmed by Hoiberg’s leadership skills and was openly critical after the Nikola Mirotic-Bobby Portis practice altercation.
In the loss to the Knicks, Portis had 17 points, seven rebounds and two assists.
Portis, who died in February, occupied a unique place in American letters.
The Wizards carried a 77-73 lead into the fourth and began pulling away after Bobby Portis was ejected for throwing the ball in the direction of Washington’s Shabazz Napier with 9:02 left.
This happens all the time in Portis novels.
A bad and poorly run team paid a premium for Portis, and brought him one step closer to the chaos of negative-value.
A season which started off with Portis turning down a contract extension and betting on himself to earn more value.
The NBA’s official Last Two-Minute Report from Friday night’s loss at Charlotte indicated a foul should have been called against Marvin Williams for grabbing Portis’ arm after Beal’s missed shot attempt with four seconds to play.
Below is the snippet where he basically puts Portis in his place in history.
By all accounts, both players were aggressors, with Mirotic having enough of Portis’ chatter to step toward him before he was hit.
Coincidentally, Portis will see Mirotic once again on Sunday, as the Bulls host New Orleans in the preseason opener at the United Center.
If I understand this one (and there’s a good chance I don’t), Portis will have to make more than $1.93 million through August 2021 in order to fully satisfy the debt.
It was during the win over Charlotte last week, in which Portis ran into Tony Parker, instantly sending pain into the knee.
Common combinations with portis
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: