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Explore Shelley through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like writer or author. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Shelley in a sentence

Shelley meaning

  1. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), a Romantic poet.
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly before 1930 usage.

Synonyms of Shelley

mary shelley mary wollstonecraft shelley writer author percy bysshe shelley poet

Related words

Other words often associated with Shelley or its synonyms:

communicator write source pen shaper generator compose literate maker

Using Shelley

  • The main meaning on this page is: Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), a Romantic poet. | A habitational surname from Old English. | A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly before 1930 usage.
  • Useful related words include: mary shelley, mary wollstonecraft shelley, writer, author.
  • In the example corpus, shelley often appears in combinations such as: shelley and, mary shelley, and shelley.

Context around Shelley

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 12 start, 7 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

mary 3× bysshe 3× percy 2× alex 2× jason 1× nickname 1× half 1× subject 1× 1820 1× opposing 1×

Often after:

lancaster 1× douglas 1× led 1× rae 1× john 1× began 1× harold 1× beat 1× won 1× take 1×

Sentence patterns with Shelley

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

aldis hit shelley with a 1× alex shelley won a 1× and mary shelley 1× august 1820 shelley often corresponded 1× believe that shelley was inspired 1× book to shelley s lyrical 1× changed when shelley beat him 1× common subject shelley john keats 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a posting drops 1× aldis hit shelley 1× alex shelley won 1× alexander was still 1× are you favoring 1× at the end 1×

Common sentence endings:

a belt shot 1× a pumphandle suplex 1× after his death 1× an alternative moniker 1× and carl lumbly 1× and mary shelley 1×

Words around Shelley

Just before it in the word index:

sheller 6 shellenberger 10 shellee 2 shelled 161 shellcode 7 shellbrook 2

Just after it in the word index:

shellfire 7 shellfish 186 shellfishing 5 shellharbour 40 shellholder 2 shellhole 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

alto 375 cebu 375 clarkson 375 dictate 375 doctorate 375 evade 375

Corpus analysis for Shelley

  • In this selection, "shelley" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, mary, bysshe, percy, lancaster, douglas and led stand out and add context to how "shelley" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include aldis hit shelley with a and alex shelley won a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "shelley" sits close to words such as alto, cebu and clarkson, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with shelley

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

Aldis hit Shelley with a Pumphandle Suplex. (7 words)

A posting drops Shelley but Chris Sabin comes in to break up a belt shot. (15 words)

Cobb holds the legs down so Davis can stand on Shelley’s hand for a change. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Shelley began writing his poem in 1817, soon after the announcement of the British Museum 's acquisition of a large fragment of a statue of Ramesses II from the thirteenth century BC, leading some scholars to believe that Shelley was inspired by this. (43 words)

Byron, Keats and Shelley all wrote for the stage, but with little success in England, with Shelley's The Cenci perhaps the best work produced, though that was not played in a public theatre in England until a century after his death. (42 words)

Shelley's Mythmaking, Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, p. 9. Bloom devotes two full chapters in this book to Shelley's lyrical drama Prometheus Unbound which was among the first books Bloom had ever written, originally published in 1959. (40 words)

Question examples

Are you favoring Alex Shelley or Josh Alexander when they inevitably wrestle for the Impact World Championship? (17 words)

Exclamation examples

Alex Shelley won a Six-Way Scramble against Moose, Eddie Edwards, Yuya Uemura, Jonathan Gresham, and Frankie Kazarian at Under Siege to earn a World Title shot at the next Impact! (31 words)

Example sentences (20)

The couple met on the set of the 2017 film Mary Shelley, in which Booth played Percy Shelley and Powley played Claire Clairmont, Mary’s stepsister.

There's even a framing device where Mary Shelley (Lancaster) tells the story to her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley (Douglas Walton) and Lord Byron (Gavin Gordon).

But with Jason Shelley and Armand Shyne as fill-in players, the Utes took a 19-7 halftime lead, fell behind in the fourth quarter and then rallied as Shelley led a poised, go-ahead drive.

Clark had acquired the nickname “Shelley” in her youth but, with fly-half Shelley Rae in the England squad that toured Canada in 2003, the then 22-year-old needed an alternative moniker.

At this time members of Shelley's literary circle would sometimes challenge each other to write competing sonnets on a common subject—Shelley, John Keats and Leigh Hunt wrote competing sonnets on the Nile around the same time.

Byron, Keats and Shelley all wrote for the stage, but with little success in England, with Shelley's The Cenci perhaps the best work produced, though that was not played in a public theatre in England until a century after his death.

Keats Letter To Percy Bysshe Shelley, 16 August 1820 Shelley often corresponded with Keats in Rome and loudly declared that Keats's death had been brought on by bad reviews in the Quarterly Review.

Publication history The banker and political writer Horace Smith spent the Christmas season of 1817–1818 with Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley.

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Shelley began writing his poem in 1817, soon after the announcement of the British Museum 's acquisition of a large fragment of a statue of Ramesses II from the thirteenth century BC, leading some scholars to believe that Shelley was inspired by this.

Shelley's Mythmaking, Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, p. 9. Bloom devotes two full chapters in this book to Shelley's lyrical drama Prometheus Unbound which was among the first books Bloom had ever written, originally published in 1959.

Within the pages of his Introduction to the Chelsea House edition on Percy Shelley, Harold Bloom also identifies the six major schools of criticism opposing Shelley's idealized mythologizing version of the Prometheus myth.

Aldis hit Shelley with a Pumphandle Suplex.

Alexander was still viewed as the real champ, but that changed when Shelley beat him clean upon return.

Alex Shelley won a Six-Way Scramble against Moose, Eddie Edwards, Yuya Uemura, Jonathan Gresham, and Frankie Kazarian at Under Siege to earn a World Title shot at the next Impact!

A posting drops Shelley but Chris Sabin comes in to break up a belt shot.

Are you favoring Alex Shelley or Josh Alexander when they inevitably wrestle for the Impact World Championship?

At the end of Season 2, we saw ‘Nate the Great’ Shelley take on a coaching job with West Ham, the club owned by Rebecca’s nasty ex-husband.

Both U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin made the announcement of the additional funding for the flood reduction project Monday.

Cobb holds the legs down so Davis can stand on Shelley’s hand for a change.

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow) and Shelley Hennig () lead the cast of the series which also includes Terrence Terrell, Paola Lázaro, Kimi Rutledge, Eugene Kim, C. Thomas Howell, Alyson Gorske, and Carl Lumbly.

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Common combinations with shelley

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "shelley" in a sentence?
An example: "The couple met on the set of the 2017 film Mary Shelley, in which Booth played Percy Shelley and Powley played Claire Clairmont, Mary’s stepsister." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "shelley" from authentic English texts.
What does "shelley" mean?
Shelley means: Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), a Romantic poet.
What are synonyms of "shelley"?
Common synonyms of "shelley" include: mary shelley, mary wollstonecraft shelley, writer, author, percy bysshe shelley, poet.
How many example sentences with "shelley" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "shelley", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.