Get to know Preminger better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Preminger in a sentence
Preminger meaning
A surname
Using Preminger
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname
- In the example corpus, preminger often appears in combinations such as: preminger was, otto preminger, preminger took.
Context around Preminger
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Preminger
- In this selection, "preminger" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, otto, hollywood, margin, took, searched and stopped stand out and add context to how "preminger" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after preminger took over and as preminger expected the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "preminger" sits close to words such as abakaliki, abbasi and absolve, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with preminger
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A restoration of Otto Preminger’s screens this Sunday. (9 words)
He did, successfully, which earned Bankhead Preminger's loyalty. (9 words)
As Preminger expected, The Fan (1949) opened to poor notices. (10 words)
She was a pioneering activist who had to contend with sexism and racism, and her career – after the sensational Carmen Jones – was hampered by her lover and director Otto Preminger, who told her to accept only leading roles. (38 words)
Additionally, a week after the opening of Margin, Preminger was offered a teaching position at the Yale School of Drama, and began commuting twice a week to Connecticut to lecture on directing and acting. (34 words)
Before his next assignment with Fox, Preminger was asked by movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn to appear as a Nazi once more, this time in a Bob Hope comedy called They Got Me Covered. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Preminger searched for work at other studios, but received no offers – only two years after his arrival in Hollywood, Preminger was unemployed in the movie industry.
Another factor in the studio's insistence on abortion was not only that Preminger was married but also that he was white.
Once called the “finest pure trail film ever made”, Otto Preminger’s sees a former district attorney being roped into the most forensic and confusing case of his career.
She was a pioneering activist who had to contend with sexism and racism, and her career – after the sensational Carmen Jones – was hampered by her lover and director Otto Preminger, who told her to accept only leading roles.
A restoration of Otto Preminger’s screens this Sunday.
Additionally, a week after the opening of Margin, Preminger was offered a teaching position at the Yale School of Drama, and began commuting twice a week to Connecticut to lecture on directing and acting.
After his parking space was relocated to a remote spot, Preminger stopped going into the studio.
After Preminger took over, the film continued shooting well into late June.
As Preminger expected, The Fan (1949) opened to poor notices.
Before his next assignment with Fox, Preminger was asked by movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn to appear as a Nazi once more, this time in a Bob Hope comedy called They Got Me Covered.
Betty Grable was cast opposite Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. The film had previously been another Lubitsch project, but after his sudden death in November 1947, Preminger took over.
Centennial Summer (1946), Preminger's next film, would be his first to be shot entirely in color.
Days later, the lock to Preminger's office was changed, and his name was removed from the door.
During the shooting of Kidnapped, Preminger had the first of his notorious tantrums.
Fallen Angel (1945) was exactly what Preminger had been anticipating.
Feigning illness, Preminger skipped classes and began to hover near the stage door hoping to encounter Reinhardt associate Dr. Stefan Hock, begging for another audition.
Goetz was soon impressed with his views of Preminger's dailies each night, and offered him a new seven-year contract calling on his services as both a director and actor.
He appointed Preminger as an assistant in the Reinhardt acting school that opened in the theater at Schönbrunn, the former summer palace of the emperor.
He did, successfully, which earned Bankhead Preminger's loyalty.
Hollywood Preminger (sitting) with (left to right) Liane Haid, Rosy Barsony, Oskar Karlweiss, Paul Abraham and Tibor Von Halmay in 1934.
Common combinations with preminger
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: