Wondering how to use Senna in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as shrub or bush.
Senna meaning
- Any of several plants of the tribe Cassieae, especially those of the genera Cassia and Senna, whose leaves and pods are used as a purgative and laxative.
- The dried leaves or pods of these plants (especially of Senna alexandrina, syn. Cassia angustifolia or Cassia acutifolia), used medicinally.
- Senna glycoside, a laxative.
Using Senna
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of several plants of the tribe Cassieae, especially those of the genera Cassia and Senna, whose leaves and pods are used as a purgative and laxative. | The dried leaves or pods of these plants (especially of Senna alexandrina, syn. Cassia angustifolia or Cassia acutifolia), used medicinally. | Senna glycoside, a laxative.
- Useful related words include: shrub, bush.
- In the example corpus, senna often appears in combinations such as: ayrton senna, senna and, senna was.
Context around Senna
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Senna
- In this selection, "senna" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ayrton, danzy, bruno, forced, got and preferential stand out and add context to how "senna" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a rival senna saw no and after ayrton senna driving his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "senna" sits close to words such as aac, abdallah and abdication, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with senna
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But the battle was far from over for Senna. (9 words)
Reminder that Verstappen will equal Ayrton Senna’s career wins with victory today. (13 words)
Danzy Senna is the author of “Caucasia,” “New People,” “Colored Television” and other books. (14 words)
At the restart, it was Prost this time that got away the better of the two; but Senna forced his way past Prost in the first corner, breaking the pair's agreement at the start of the race, leaving the Frenchman furious with Senna. (44 words)
Schumacher had retired from Formula One the year before, but returned in 2010, and in 2011 became the second Formula One driver to drive through a turn named after them (after Ayrton Senna driving his "S for Senna" at Autódromo José Carlos Pace ). (43 words)
There has been much debate as to whether Senna was overambitious in his overtaking manoeuver, whether Prost intentionally ran into Senna, or whether the collision was simply a racing incident between two team-mates who were embittered with each other. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
She advanced to British F3 in 2005 and competed alongside drivers like Bruno Senna, the nephew of the late Ayrton Senna and eventual world champion in the LMP2 class.
At the restart, it was Prost this time that got away the better of the two; but Senna forced his way past Prost in the first corner, breaking the pair's agreement at the start of the race, leaving the Frenchman furious with Senna.
At the start, Senna got away in the lead and Prost followed him through the first corner without getting in Senna's way.
He expressed his feelings that Honda was giving Senna preferential treatment, and Kawamoto then confirmed Prost's fears, explaining that the Honda engineers were of a new generation, and that they liked Senna's panache and samurai-like driving.
In stark contrast, late in the race when Senna was lapping Prost (who was on fresh tyres), Senna was easily able to power past Prost on the straight.
On the podium in Adelaide in 1993, Prost's last race, he and Senna embraced, and it was as if — now that Prost was no longer a rival — Senna saw no reason for any more hostility.
Schumacher had retired from Formula One the year before, but returned in 2010, and in 2011 became the second Formula One driver to drive through a turn named after them (after Ayrton Senna driving his "S for Senna" at Autódromo José Carlos Pace ).
There has been much debate as to whether Senna was overambitious in his overtaking manoeuver, whether Prost intentionally ran into Senna, or whether the collision was simply a racing incident between two team-mates who were embittered with each other.
With Senna leading Prost, now in a Ferrari, in the world drivers' championship, Prost qualified second for the penultimate race of the season in Suzuka with Senna on pole.
Acacia, Dodonaea and a Senna) to plant in our school garden to celebrate National School Tree Day.
Regarding the highly anticipated sequel to Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam, Senna Hegde shares that discussions are underway and he has formulated an idea for its progression if they decide to proceed with the project.
Reminder that Verstappen will equal Ayrton Senna’s career wins with victory today.
Senna would race along with Alan Prost for the British team and each of his three world championship titles came with McLaren.
When questioned about whether this diverse genre selection is intentional, Senna states that he has not consciously made any specific decisions in this regard.
Back to that predictability: if you’re a Senna fan, not much will come as a surprise.
But it’s no knock to suggest that Senna has, in the way that a peripatetic filmmaker might display, while cracking her knuckles, shrewd commercial instincts.
But the battle was far from over for Senna.
Danzy Senna is the author of “Caucasia,” “New People,” “Colored Television” and other books.
Danzy Senna’s latest book, “Colored Television,” sends up Hollywood, academia, the publishing industry — and the trope of the tragic mulatto.
Martin Brundle had an epic fight with Ayrton Senna back in 1983 for the Formula Three title.
Common combinations with senna
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- ayrton senna 23×
- senna and 7×
- senna was 7×
- with senna 4×
- and senna 4×
- senna had 4×
- senna to 3×
- danzy senna 3×
- senna as 3×
- behind senna 3×