Explore Silas through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Silas meaning
- The companion of Paul in the New Testament, also called Silvanus.
- A male given name from Aramaic of Biblical origin.
Using Silas
- The main meaning on this page is: The companion of Paul in the New Testament, also called Silvanus. | A male given name from Aramaic of Biblical origin.
- In the example corpus, silas often appears in combinations such as: and silas, silas young, silas who.
Context around Silas
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Silas
- In this selection, "silas" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, judge, mcduck, chef, mcduck, reid and white stand out and add context to how "silas" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and teddy silas in the and artist thony silas introduces the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "silas" sits close to words such as acadian, aero and arroyo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with silas
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Chef Silas’ creations were delectable like his chef dad’s culinary creations. (12 words)
The couple welcomed their first child Silas, eight, three months after the wedding. (13 words)
Alexander Enejo scored the opener for the home team, with Silas Nenrot netting a hat-trick. (16 words)
Carolyn Silas-Sams, who has not received rent since 2020 on an Oakland duplex she owns, said she ultimately had to drain her retirement account, and borrow from family members and from her life insurance to pay the $4,400 a month mortgage on the property. (46 words)
Judge Silas Reid had told jurors in the trial, at Inner London Crown Court, to decide the case according to the law and evidence, and to leave aside any of their own views about climate change or property insulation. (39 words)
She was preceded in death by her former fiancé, Ethan and Silas’ father, Jeff R. Nigg; maternal grandparents, Orville and Georgina (Engelhart) Barnhart; paternal grandparents, Oliver and Hazel Lindauer; and by her step-grandfather, Louis Braunecker. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Silas McDuck According to the DuckTales episode "The Curse of Castle McDuck", Silas McDuck was Scrooge's great-great grandfather who built McDuck Castle.
Chef Silas’ creations were delectable like his chef dad’s culinary creations.
He used a second-period escape and battled on his feet in the third to win a 1-0 decision over Nebraska’s Silas Allred – the Big Ten champion – in the blood round.
Judge Silas Reid had told jurors in the trial, at Inner London Crown Court, to decide the case according to the law and evidence, and to leave aside any of their own views about climate change or property insulation.
Justice League: Gods and Monsters, by writers J. M. DeMatteis and Bruce Timm and artist Thony Silas, introduces the reader to an alternate Earth.
Meanwhile, Mariana is caught in a love triangle with Evan (T.J. Linnard) and Joaquin (Brian Craig), while also contending with the cult leader Silas (Graham Sibley).
Reid Robishaw paced Oceanside with 16 points, while Nate Walton added 10; Gabe Robertson, seven; Kayden Molloy and Case Galley, four; Michael O’Hara-Davis, two; and William Molloy and Silas White, one.
She was preceded in death by her former fiancé, Ethan and Silas’ father, Jeff R. Nigg; maternal grandparents, Orville and Georgina (Engelhart) Barnhart; paternal grandparents, Oliver and Hazel Lindauer; and by her step-grandfather, Louis Braunecker.
Silas Akins, Centennial, senior, offensive lineman: First-team All-South Yosemite River League, helped team average 368 yards in total offense.
Silas says the Liberal government is acting hypocritically by presenting themselves as pro-worker and pro-union.
The sentencing comes after Pritchard condemned an ‘amoral’ order made by Judge Silas Reid that banned him from mentioning his climate-related motivations to a jury.
With temperatures dropping, this cozy Maeve The Silas Sherpa Coat ($118, originally $168) is already high on our shopping wishlist — and bound to sell out fast.
Alexander Enejo scored the opener for the home team, with Silas Nenrot netting a hat-trick.
Carolyn Silas-Sams, who has not received rent since 2020 on an Oakland duplex she owns, said she ultimately had to drain her retirement account, and borrow from family members and from her life insurance to pay the $4,400 a month mortgage on the property.
For Stevensville, David Beames had 2 goals, Evan Montague had a goal and an assist, Anton Ptok had a goal and an assist, and Mario Garcia and Silas Seibert each had assists.
In the decade that followed, the eyepatch-clad super spy and his bespectacled friend went up against their nemesis, Baron Silas Greenback, hundreds of times as he unveiled a variety of dastardly plans.
North West director of public prosecutions Dr Rachel Makhari and acting North West Hawks head Brig Silas Munzhedzi praised the collective efforts of all role involved in bringing the matter to the court roll.
Opposite Gus Halper, they portrayed New York City power couple Pearl Serrano and Teddy Silas in the show’s third season.
The couple welcomed their first child Silas, eight, three months after the wedding.
The land where the Vice Roy Hotel currently stands, on the corner of Ocean Ave and Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica, California, was once the property of a man named Silas White.
Common combinations with silas
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and silas 15×
- silas young 7×
- silas who 5×
- with silas 4×
- the silas 3×
- silas was 3×
- silas brown 3×
- silas is 3×
- silas had 3×
- mr silas 3×