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On this page you'll find 5 example sentences with Pyres. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.

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Pyres in a sentence

Related words

Pyres | Pyre

Pyres meaning

plural of pyre

Using Pyres

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of pyre
  • In the example corpus, pyres often appears in combinations such as: funeral pyres.

Context around Pyres

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

funeral 2× bonfire 1× air 1×

Often after:

feasting 1×

Sentence patterns with Pyres

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

babies on pyres as a 1× involving bonfire pyres feasting singing 1× on funeral pyres 1× open air pyres along with 1× own funeral pyres and set 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

different regions have 1× her attendants draped 1× how about tossing 1× jewish communities charged 1× these bodies were 1×

Common sentence endings:

and set alight 1× in early august 1× on funeral pyres 1× singing and prayer 1× to a god 1×

Words around Pyres

Just before it in the word index:

pyrenoids 3 pyrenoid 3 pyrenees 70 pyrenean 16 pyrene 4 pyre 47

Just after it in the word index:

pyrethrin 5 pyrethroid 9 pyrethroids 5 pyrethrum 6 pyrex 8 pyrgi 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Pyres

  • In this selection, "pyres" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, funeral, bonfire, air and feasting stand out and add context to how "pyres" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include babies on pyres as a and involving bonfire pyres feasting singing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "pyres" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with pyres

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

How about tossing babies on pyres as a sacrifice to a god? (12 words)

Different regions have different names for the festival and celebrate in a diversity of ways, usually involving bonfire pyres, feasting, singing and prayer. (23 words)

Jewish communities charged with well-poisoning were typically taken out to their own graveyards, ordered to build their own funeral pyres, and set alight. (24 words)

Longer example sentences

These bodies were exhumed in 1943 and cremated on large open-air pyres along with the bodies of new victims.sfn Gassing operations at Treblinka II ended in October 1943 following a revolt by the Sonderkommandos in early August. (39 words)

Her attendants draped wreathes of yew around the necks of black bulls which they slaughtered in her honor and yew boughs were burned on funeral pyres. (26 words)

Jewish communities charged with well-poisoning were typically taken out to their own graveyards, ordered to build their own funeral pyres, and set alight. (24 words)

Question examples

How about tossing babies on pyres as a sacrifice to a god? (12 words)

Example sentences (5)

Jewish communities charged with well-poisoning were typically taken out to their own graveyards, ordered to build their own funeral pyres, and set alight.

How about tossing babies on pyres as a sacrifice to a god?

Different regions have different names for the festival and celebrate in a diversity of ways, usually involving bonfire pyres, feasting, singing and prayer.

Her attendants draped wreathes of yew around the necks of black bulls which they slaughtered in her honor and yew boughs were burned on funeral pyres.

These bodies were exhumed in 1943 and cremated on large open-air pyres along with the bodies of new victims.sfn Gassing operations at Treblinka II ended in October 1943 following a revolt by the Sonderkommandos in early August.

Common combinations with pyres

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "pyres" in a sentence?
An example: "Jewish communities charged with well-poisoning were typically taken out to their own graveyards, ordered to build their own funeral pyres, and set alight." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "pyres" from authentic English texts.
What does "pyres" mean?
Pyres means: plural of pyre
How many example sentences with "pyres" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "pyres", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.