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Explore Rocinante through 7 example sentences from English. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Rocinante in a sentence

Using Rocinante

  • In the example corpus, rocinante often appears in combinations such as: rocinante rocinante, the rocinante.

Context around Rocinante

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

names 1× hit 1× defend 1× includes 1× horse 1×

Often after:

deriv 1× sent 1× don 1×

Sentence patterns with Rocinante

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

galicians hit rocinante with clubs 1× his horse rocinante and his 1× names rocinante rocinante deriv of 1× ponies and rocinante don quixote 1× sees the rocinante sent on 1× steinbeckiana includes rocinante the camper 1× the names rocinante rocinante deriv 1× the rocinante is literally 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

captained by holden 1× character naming in 1× its steinbeckiana includes 1× other stories don 1× some galicians arrive 1× the galicians hit 1×

Common sentence endings:

of constructed interiors 1× on a windmill 1× rough unkempt man 1× the central quartet 1× to defend rocinante 1× travels with charley 1×

Words around Rocinante

Just before it in the word index:

rochus 2 rochtaine 2 rochon 10 rochman 7 rochfort 2 rochford 37

Just after it in the word index:

rock 8.726 rockabilly 53 rockabye 2 rockal 2 rockall 15 rockatansky 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aad 10 aadhar 10 aaro 10 abels 10 abidin 10 abidine 10

Corpus analysis for Rocinante

  • In this selection, "rocinante" 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, names, hit, defend, deriv, sent and don stand out and add context to how "rocinante" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include galicians hit rocinante with clubs and his horse rocinante and his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "rocinante" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with rocinante

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

The Rocinante, is literally four stories of constructed interiors. (9 words)

The Galicians hit Rocinante with clubs to dissuade him, whereupon Don Quixote tries to defend Rocinante. (16 words)

Other stories Don Quixote, his horse Rocinante and his squire Sancho Panza after an unsuccessful attack on a windmill. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Captained by Holden, sees the Rocinante sent on "peaceful" research missions to explore the threat of an unknown alien presence, but much of the focus rests upon the relationships that exist between the central quartet. (35 words)

Character-naming in Don Quixote makes ample figural use of contradiction, inversion, and irony, such as the names Rocinante rocinante: deriv. of rocín, work horse; colloq., brusque labourer; rough, unkempt man. (31 words)

Its "Steinbeckiana" includes "Rocinante", the camper-truck in which Steinbeck made the cross-country trip described in Travels with Charley. (20 words)

Example sentences (7)

Character-naming in Don Quixote makes ample figural use of contradiction, inversion, and irony, such as the names Rocinante rocinante: deriv. of rocín, work horse; colloq., brusque labourer; rough, unkempt man.

The Galicians hit Rocinante with clubs to dissuade him, whereupon Don Quixote tries to defend Rocinante.

Captained by Holden, sees the Rocinante sent on "peaceful" research missions to explore the threat of an unknown alien presence, but much of the focus rests upon the relationships that exist between the central quartet.

The Rocinante, is literally four stories of constructed interiors.

Its "Steinbeckiana" includes "Rocinante", the camper-truck in which Steinbeck made the cross-country trip described in Travels with Charley.

Other stories Don Quixote, his horse Rocinante and his squire Sancho Panza after an unsuccessful attack on a windmill.

Some Galicians arrive to water their ponies, and Rocinante (Don Quixote's horse) attempts to mate with the ponies.

Common combinations with rocinante

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

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