Proby is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Proby meaning
A surname.
Using Proby
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
Context around Proby
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Proby
- In this selection, "proby" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, colonel and cautley stand out and add context to how "proby" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include by colonel proby cautley a and p j proby he sang. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "proby" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with proby
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It was conceived and constructed by Colonel Proby Cautley, a British engineer. (12 words)
Curiously, when the song was first recorded by P.J. Proby, he sang “Eye yi yi, Delilah,” which sounded suspiciously Yiddish, or at least Yinglish. (25 words)
In 1964 she featured in the television special Around the Beatles which also starred PJ Proby, the Vernon Girls, Long John Baldry and The Jets. (25 words)
Proby’s pre-weakened strides once seemed to me the epitome of sad showbiz shtick, but I spent most of 2017 doing a routine where I deliberately made my trousers fall down, 254 times. (34 words)
Curiously, when the song was first recorded by P.J. Proby, he sang “Eye yi yi, Delilah,” which sounded suspiciously Yiddish, or at least Yinglish. (25 words)
In 1964 she featured in the television special Around the Beatles which also starred PJ Proby, the Vernon Girls, Long John Baldry and The Jets. (25 words)
Example sentences (4)
Curiously, when the song was first recorded by P.J. Proby, he sang “Eye yi yi, Delilah,” which sounded suspiciously Yiddish, or at least Yinglish.
In 1964 she featured in the television special Around the Beatles which also starred PJ Proby, the Vernon Girls, Long John Baldry and The Jets.
Proby’s pre-weakened strides once seemed to me the epitome of sad showbiz shtick, but I spent most of 2017 doing a routine where I deliberately made my trousers fall down, 254 times.
It was conceived and constructed by Colonel Proby Cautley, a British engineer.