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Tarrou in a sentence

Using Tarrou

  • In the example corpus, tarrou often appears in combinations such as: tarrou tells, tarrou and.

Context around Tarrou

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

informs 1× boy 1× novel 1× jean 1×

Often after:

tells 3× attended 1× tend 1× becomes 1×

Sentence patterns with Tarrou

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

but when tarrou tells him 1× it is tarrou who first 1× rambert informs tarrou of his 1× rieux and tarrou tend to 1× tarrou and rambert 1× tarrou tells rieux 1× the novel tarrou tells rieux 1× vacationer jean tarrou and a 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

as a young 1× it is tarrou 1× meanwhile dr rieux 1× rambert informs tarrou 1× tarrou and rambert 1× tarrou tells rieux 1×

Common sentence endings:

bedside in horror 1× changes his mind 1× fight the plague 1× for his life 1× in the hospital 1× in the sea 1×

Words around Tarrou

Just before it in the word index:

tarron 2 tarrolly 2 tarrio 25 tarring 11 tarrifs 3 tarrif 2

Just after it in the word index:

tarry 18 tarryn 8 tarrytown 21 tars 17 tarsa 4 tarsal 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Tarrou

  • In this selection, "tarrou" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, informs, boy, novel, tells, attended and tend stand out and add context to how "tarrou" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include but when tarrou tells him and it is tarrou who first. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "tarrou" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with tarrou

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Tarrou and Rambert visit one of the isolation camps, where they meet Othon. (13 words)

Later in the novel, Tarrou tells Rieux, with whom he has become friends, the story of his life. (18 words)

It is Tarrou who first comes up with the idea of organising teams of volunteers to fight the plague. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Rambert informs Tarrou of his escape plan, but when Tarrou tells him that there are others in the city, including Dr. Rieux, who have loved ones outside the city whom they are not allowed to see, Rambert becomes sympathetic and changes his mind. (43 words)

Towards the end of October, Castel's new antiplague serum is tried for the first time, but it cannot save the life of Othon's young son, who suffers greatly, as Paneloux, Rieux, and Tarrou tend to his bedside in horror. (41 words)

Tarrou tells Rieux the story of his life and, to take their mind off the epidemic, the two men go swimming together in the sea. (25 words)

Example sentences (9)

Rambert informs Tarrou of his escape plan, but when Tarrou tells him that there are others in the city, including Dr. Rieux, who have loved ones outside the city whom they are not allowed to see, Rambert becomes sympathetic and changes his mind.

As a young boy, Tarrou attended one day of a criminal proceeding in which a man was on trial for his life.

It is Tarrou who first comes up with the idea of organising teams of volunteers to fight the plague.

Later in the novel, Tarrou tells Rieux, with whom he has become friends, the story of his life.

Meanwhile, Dr. Rieux; a vacationer, Jean Tarrou; and a civil servant, Joseph Grand, exhaustively treat patients in their homes and in the hospital.

Tarrou and Rambert visit one of the isolation camps, where they meet Othon.

Tarrou tells Rieux the story of his life and, to take their mind off the epidemic, the two men go swimming together in the sea.

Towards the end of October, Castel's new antiplague serum is tried for the first time, but it cannot save the life of Othon's young son, who suffers greatly, as Paneloux, Rieux, and Tarrou tend to his bedside in horror.

When the plague epidemic is virtually over, Tarrou becomes one of its last victims but puts up a heroic struggle before dying.

Common combinations with tarrou

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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