Sevens is an English word with synonyms like parliament or cards. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Sevens meaning
plural of seven
Synonyms of Sevens
Using Sevens
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of seven
- Useful related words include: fantan, parliament, card game, cards.
- In the example corpus, sevens often appears in combinations such as: rugby sevens, sevens series, sevens team.
Context around Sevens
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sevens
- In this selection, "sevens" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rugby, kong, world, series, side and team stand out and add context to how "sevens" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 19 world sevens series last and all blacks sevens. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sevens" sits close to words such as acreage, adaptable and alienation, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sevens
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Jericho Street Junior School - Under Sevens Gymnastic Team. (8 words)
The Canadian women's rugby sevens team returns to the Sydney Sevens with good memories. (15 words)
But 80 teams travelled to the Island for the second edition of the South Island Sevens, based in Ryde. (19 words)
Just a year out from the next Olympic Games in Paris, The Black Ferns star has been mesmerising opposition defences as part of a team that has won five of this year’s six World Rugby Sevens Series tournaments with only one left to play. (45 words)
Short of winning Olympic Sevens gold for the first time in Rio in 2016 it is difficult to imagine a result that will generate more pride and joy in the streets of Suva and Lautoka and every rugby-mad village in between. (42 words)
The Cheetahs coach told IndependentSport in an interview yesterday that the Kwese Invitational Sevens will not only provide some of his senior players with game time before the Hong Kong Sevens, but is also a good platform to unearth new talent. (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Fiji national sevens side is one of the most popular and successful rugby sevens teams in the world, and has won the Hong Kong Sevens a record fifteen times (and counting) since its inception in 1976.
An emotional Fiji Airways Fiji men’s rugby sevens prop Joseva Talacolo is being consoled by New Zealand sevens player Tepaea Savage at the National Stadium in Kallang, Singapore on April 9, 2023.
On the Women’s Sevens Rugby, Lakapi Samoa has appointed Filoi Fatima Eneliko as the new Head Coach of the Manusina Sevens team for the upcoming Oceania 7s in December 2024.
The Canadian women's rugby sevens team returns to the Sydney Sevens with good memories.
The Cheetahs coach told IndependentSport in an interview yesterday that the Kwese Invitational Sevens will not only provide some of his senior players with game time before the Hong Kong Sevens, but is also a good platform to unearth new talent.
The talented Counties Manukau winger had been selected for the Gallagher Chiefs following a year on the World Rugby Sevens circuit with the All Blacks Sevens.
Buoyed by its recent victory in the Las Vegas Sevens, the United States is seeded fifth in the 2018 World Cup Rugby Sevens field behind South Africa, Fiji, New Zealand and England.
But we managed to capture the Cape Town Sevens in the first cluster of the 2018-19 World Sevens Series last week.
They were also the IRB World Sevens Series Champions in 2010 capping a year of achievement for the Samoans, following wins in the USA, Australia, Hong Kong and Scotland Sevens tournaments.
Along with a lot of female players, it was just after the 2016 Rio Olympics when the girls won the sevens.
Among the first events Coventry attended following her re-appointment was to support Zimbabwe at this weekend's Africa Men's Sevens where the country's rugby team were trying to qualify for Paris 2024.
But 80 teams travelled to the Island for the second edition of the South Island Sevens, based in Ryde.
Cheika has drawn his players from Australia, Italy, England, France, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales while including two players from Argentina’s Sevens side.
Jericho Street Junior School - Under Sevens Gymnastic Team.
Just a year out from the next Olympic Games in Paris, The Black Ferns star has been mesmerising opposition defences as part of a team that has won five of this year’s six World Rugby Sevens Series tournaments with only one left to play.
Now it’s been announced that Silver Sevens will be renamed again, this time going back to its roots as the Continental.
On Saturday 44 teams from around Australia converged on the seaside town for the 51st running of the annual Kiama Sevens tournament.
Short of winning Olympic Sevens gold for the first time in Rio in 2016 it is difficult to imagine a result that will generate more pride and joy in the streets of Suva and Lautoka and every rugby-mad village in between.
Speed and power are two areas Fiji Airways Fijian women’s rugby sevens coach, Saiasi Fuli, is focusing on for next weekend’s Hong Kong tournament.
The Blitzboks were knocked out of contention for the LA Sevens Cup after suffering a humiliating 28-0 lashing against rivals Fiji on Sunday.
Common combinations with sevens
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: