Explore Sturtevant through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Sturtevant in a sentence
Sturtevant meaning
- A surname.
- A village in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States.
Using Sturtevant
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname. | A village in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States.
Context around Sturtevant
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sturtevant
- In this selection, "sturtevant" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bridges, edgar, wis, jack and yale stand out and add context to how "sturtevant" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and edgar sturtevant yale university and sturtevant called pedon. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sturtevant" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sturtevant
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sturtevant called Pedon his first week on campus and was hired as a manager soon after. (16 words)
STURTEVANT, Wis. (AP) — A woman faces misdemeanor theft charges after her ex-boyfriend accused her of trying to sell his possessions online — everything from a swimming pool to sandwich baggies. (30 words)
He wanted to attract the best people to the Division at Caltech, so he took Bridges, Sturtevant, Jack Shultz and Albert Tyler from Columbia and took on Theodosius Dobzhansky as an international research fellow. (34 words)
Sturtevant says that the Old Norse proper name Tunne (derived from Proto-Norse *Tunþē) refers to "a person who is characterized as having some peculiar sort of tooth" and theorizes a Proto-Germanic form of -toskr. (36 words)
In 1924, along with George M. Bolling (Ohio State University) and Edgar Sturtevant (Yale University) he formed a committee to organize the creation of the Society, and drafted the call for the Society's foundation. (35 words)
He wanted to attract the best people to the Division at Caltech, so he took Bridges, Sturtevant, Jack Shultz and Albert Tyler from Columbia and took on Theodosius Dobzhansky as an international research fellow. (34 words)
Example sentences (5)
Sturtevant called Pedon his first week on campus and was hired as a manager soon after.
STURTEVANT, Wis. (AP) — A woman faces misdemeanor theft charges after her ex-boyfriend accused her of trying to sell his possessions online — everything from a swimming pool to sandwich baggies.
He wanted to attract the best people to the Division at Caltech, so he took Bridges, Sturtevant, Jack Shultz and Albert Tyler from Columbia and took on Theodosius Dobzhansky as an international research fellow.
In 1924, along with George M. Bolling (Ohio State University) and Edgar Sturtevant (Yale University) he formed a committee to organize the creation of the Society, and drafted the call for the Society's foundation.
Sturtevant says that the Old Norse proper name Tunne (derived from Proto-Norse *Tunþē) refers to "a person who is characterized as having some peculiar sort of tooth" and theorizes a Proto-Germanic form of -toskr.