On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Shakur. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Shakur meaning
- A surname from Arabic.
- A male given name from Arabic.
Using Shakur
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname from Arabic. | A male given name from Arabic.
- In the example corpus, shakur often appears in combinations such as: tupac shakur, shakur was, shakur and.
Context around Shakur
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shakur
- In this selection, "shakur" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tupac, zayd, assata, files, lives and received stand out and add context to how "shakur" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include according to shakur he had and and assata shakur and trooper. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shakur" sits close to words such as artefacts, assent and bidders, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shakur
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And in the passenger seat was Tupac Shakur. (8 words)
Davis was charged in the 1996 fatal drive-by shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur. (14 words)
BLA member Zayd Malik Shakur was also killed in the incident, and Shakur was wounded. (15 words)
Authorities described Davis as the "shot caller" of a hurried plot to avenge the beating of his nephew, Orlando Anderson, inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena by Shakur and members of his entourage on the night of Sep 7, 1996, not long before the shooting. (45 words)
A US judge has set a June 3 date for the murder trial of a former southern California street gang leader who has become the only person to be charged over the 1996 killing of hip-hop music star Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. (44 words)
Angela Davis, of course Assata Shakur, definitely Malcolm X, Ruben ‘Hurricane’ Carter, Staughton Lynd, a historian here in Ohio who recently passed away came into my life in 1996 or so and he was a big part of my political maturation. (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
Man named Tupac Shakur files for unemployment in USIt's no joke — Tupac Shakur lives in the US state of Kentucky and needs unemployment benefits to pay his bills.
According to an interview with the music video director Gobi, while at the hospital, Shakur received news from a Death Row marketing employee that the shooters had called the record company and threatened Shakur.
According to Shakur, he had prior relations days earlier with the woman that were consensual (the woman admitted she performed oral sex on Shakur).
BLA member Zayd Malik Shakur was also killed in the incident, and Shakur was wounded.
He addressed the symbolism and mythology surrounding Shakur's death in his talk entitled "Tupac Shakur: O.G. (Ostensibly Gone)".
However, in the ensuing shootout, Trooper Foerster was shot twice in the head with his own gun and killed, Zayd Shakur was killed, and Assata Shakur and Trooper Harper were wounded.
Shakur later published an extensive criticism of the NBC segment, which inter-spliced footage of Trooper Foerster's grieving widow with an FBI photo connected to a bank robbery of which Shakur had been acquitted.
Shakur stated that he felt he had been misunderstood. citation He said, "I started out saying I was down for the young black male, you know, and that was gonna be my thang," Shakur said.
The group usually performed their concerts without Shakur. citation The album was originally released by Shakur's label Out Da Gutta Records.
The New York Times, p. 78. citation Zayd Shakur was driving the two-door vehicle, Assata Shakur was seated in the right front seat, and Acoli was in the right rear seat.
The prosecution contended that Shakur shot and killed her companion, Zayd Shakur, and "executed" Trooper Foerster with his own weapon.
The prosecution did not need to prove that Shakur fired the shots that killed either Trooper Foerster or Zayd Shakur: being an accomplice to murder carries an equivalent life sentence under New Jersey law.
After the fight, Davis allegedly “orchestrated” the South Side Compton Crips’ revenge with Shakur’s murder plot, Las Vegas police said in a press conference.
And in the passenger seat was Tupac Shakur.
Angela Davis, of course Assata Shakur, definitely Malcolm X, Ruben ‘Hurricane’ Carter, Staughton Lynd, a historian here in Ohio who recently passed away came into my life in 1996 or so and he was a big part of my political maturation.
A US judge has set a June 3 date for the murder trial of a former southern California street gang leader who has become the only person to be charged over the 1996 killing of hip-hop music star Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas.
Authorities described Davis as the "shot caller" of a hurried plot to avenge the beating of his nephew, Orlando Anderson, inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena by Shakur and members of his entourage on the night of Sep 7, 1996, not long before the shooting.
Davis was charged in the 1996 fatal drive-by shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur.
From her relationship with Tupac Shakur and Will Smith to her struggles with suicidal ideation, this book has already garnered widespread acclaim.
His death, which occurred several years after the murders of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G., shocked the music world.
Common combinations with shakur
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- tupac shakur 41×
- shakur was 22×
- shakur and 18×
- assata shakur 10×
- zayd shakur 7×
- shakur in 6×
- to shakur 4×
- that shakur 4×
- shakur as 4×
- shakur who 3×