Southey is an English word with synonyms like poet. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Southey in a sentence
Southey meaning
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- A council ward and former village in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England; the ward contains the suburb of Southey Green.
- A town in the Rural Municipality of Cupar No. 218, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Synonyms of Southey
Using Southey
- The main meaning on this page is: A habitational surname from Old English. | A council ward and former village in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England; the ward contains the suburb of Southey Green. | A town in the Rural Municipality of Cupar No. 218, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Useful related words include: robert southey, poet.
- In the example corpus, southey often appears in combinations such as: robert southey.
Context around Southey
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Southey
- In this selection, "southey" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, robert, hugh, reply, acknowledged, complaining and nearby stand out and add context to how "southey" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a mrs southey who later and barrister hugh southey kc told. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "southey" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with southey
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey came to be known as the " Lake Poets ". (12 words)
However, its next recorded use was in its present sense, by Robert Southey in 1809. (15 words)
The tapestry was becoming a tourist attraction, with Robert Southey complaining of the need to queue to see the work. (20 words)
Telford's reputation as a man of letters may have preceded his fame as an engineer: he had published poetry between 1779 and 1784, and an account of a tour of Scotland with Southey. (34 words)
These were both times he was in the area, and, by 1799, Coleridge was able to read Robert Southey 's Thalaba the Destroyer, a work which also drew on Purchas's work. (32 words)
William Wordsworth was chosen as the poet laureate after the death of Robert Southey but since he was too old, he became the only laureate to write no official poetry. (30 words)
Example sentences (10)
Kent council’s barrister Hugh Southey KC told Mr Justice Johnson: “Some local authorities are trying to do all they can to comply with their obligations.
In his reply, Southey acknowledged that Brontë showed talent, but he nonetheless discouraged her from pursuing her craft, and warned her off ambition itself.
However, its next recorded use was in its present sense, by Robert Southey in 1809.
Telford's reputation as a man of letters may have preceded his fame as an engineer: he had published poetry between 1779 and 1784, and an account of a tour of Scotland with Southey.
These were both times he was in the area, and, by 1799, Coleridge was able to read Robert Southey 's Thalaba the Destroyer, a work which also drew on Purchas's work.
The so-called Crewe Manuscript was sent by Coleridge to a Mrs. Southey, who later gave it or sold it to a private autograph collector.
The tapestry was becoming a tourist attraction, with Robert Southey complaining of the need to queue to see the work.
This was the immediate cause of the siblings settling at Dove Cottage in Grasmere in the Lake District, this time with another poet, Robert Southey nearby.
William Wordsworth was chosen as the poet laureate after the death of Robert Southey but since he was too old, he became the only laureate to write no official poetry.
Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey came to be known as the " Lake Poets ".
Common combinations with southey
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: