Get to know Sirk better with 4 real example sentences, the meaning.
Sirk meaning
A surname from Slovene.
Using Sirk
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname from Slovene.
- In the example corpus, sirk often appears in combinations such as: douglas sirk.
Context around Sirk
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sirk
- In this selection, "sirk" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, douglas, indrek, rauno, thanked, melodramas and movie stand out and add context to how "sirk" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a douglas sirk movie they and col rauno sirk thanked all. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sirk" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sirk
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
When people say something is "like a Douglas Sirk movie" they usually mean it's like this. (17 words)
Commander of the Estonian Air Force Col. Rauno Sirk thanked all the people and institutions that had contributed to the establishment of the Control and Reporting Centre. (27 words)
Like the great Douglas Sirk melodramas of that time period, “Sylvie’s Love” is unabashedly sentimental and just gorgeous to behold — but the difference here is the terrific ensemble cast is primarily Black and Latinx. (35 words)
Indrek Sirk, an expert in traffic law and a member of the commission, said in a recent interview with Vikerraadio that the weakness of the current system is that we do not have universally usable data on all offenses. (39 words)
Like the great Douglas Sirk melodramas of that time period, “Sylvie’s Love” is unabashedly sentimental and just gorgeous to behold — but the difference here is the terrific ensemble cast is primarily Black and Latinx. (35 words)
Commander of the Estonian Air Force Col. Rauno Sirk thanked all the people and institutions that had contributed to the establishment of the Control and Reporting Centre. (27 words)
Example sentences (4)
Indrek Sirk, an expert in traffic law and a member of the commission, said in a recent interview with Vikerraadio that the weakness of the current system is that we do not have universally usable data on all offenses.
Commander of the Estonian Air Force Col. Rauno Sirk thanked all the people and institutions that had contributed to the establishment of the Control and Reporting Centre.
Like the great Douglas Sirk melodramas of that time period, “Sylvie’s Love” is unabashedly sentimental and just gorgeous to behold — but the difference here is the terrific ensemble cast is primarily Black and Latinx.
When people say something is "like a Douglas Sirk movie" they usually mean it's like this.
Common combinations with sirk
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: