How do you use Sphinxes in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Sphinxes in a sentence
Sphinxes meaning
plural of sphinx
Using Sphinxes
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of sphinx
Context around Sphinxes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sphinxes
- In this selection, "sphinxes" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, surrounding, limestone, two, blast, turned and mineral stand out and add context to how "sphinxes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are two sphinxes just outside and french limestone sphinxes mineral specimens. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sphinxes" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sphinxes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There are two sphinxes just outside the entrance to the tomb. (11 words)
The surrounding sphinxes turned into sand and disappeared completely and even the mummified. (13 words)
Why do you think the destroyed the noses on the Sphinxes in Egypt. African civilization has always moved forward. (19 words)
Sphinxes, blast-ended skrewts, boggarts, and reversed gravity littered the maze in the books, but fans felt a bit cheated out of it in the movies. (26 words)
The Garden section features a pair of Louis XVI limestone columns and a pair of French limestone sphinxes, mineral specimens and fossils. (22 words)
Why do you think the destroyed the noses on the Sphinxes in Egypt. African civilization has always moved forward. (19 words)
Example sentences (5)
Sphinxes, blast-ended skrewts, boggarts, and reversed gravity littered the maze in the books, but fans felt a bit cheated out of it in the movies.
The surrounding sphinxes turned into sand and disappeared completely and even the mummified.
Why do you think the destroyed the noses on the Sphinxes in Egypt. African civilization has always moved forward.
The Garden section features a pair of Louis XVI limestone columns and a pair of French limestone sphinxes, mineral specimens and fossils.
There are two sphinxes just outside the entrance to the tomb.