Explore Thurber through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like humorist or cartoonist. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Thurber in a sentence
Thurber meaning
A surname.
Synonyms of Thurber
Using Thurber
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
- Useful related words include: james thurber, james grover thurber, humorist, humourist.
- In the example corpus, thurber often appears in combinations such as: james thurber, marshall thurber, thurber and.
Context around Thurber
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Thurber
- In this selection, "thurber" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, marshall, james, lindsay, drew, wrote and top stand out and add context to how "thurber" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accounts of thurber s lynching and began researching thurber s murder. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "thurber" sits close to words such as ablation, abure and abvp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with thurber
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The house is the boyhood home of humorist James Thurber. (10 words)
So this is more or less James Thurber’s Jane Eyre? (11 words)
Johnson’s actions have specifically attacked and slandered the teachers of Lindsay Thurber. (13 words)
The movie, which was directed by 's Rawson Marshall Thurber, earned a whopping $217 million against a $50 million budget, outgrossing franchise action movies from the same year including The Huntsman: Winter's WarJack Reacher: Never Go Back. (38 words)
Wenzel said he is sorry Thurber was killed and he wished the paper had covered the killing better, but he said reviewing that coverage didn’t make him reconsider how the paper covers modern-day issues. (36 words)
The Lakers were led in the final game by Zach Lucey with a season high 15 points and Aeden Kershaw with 12 points and a great defensive effort on Thurber’s two 6’8″ big men. (36 words)
So this is more or less James Thurber’s Jane Eyre? (11 words)
Example sentences (20)
Thurber drew six covers and numerous classic illustrations for The New Yorker. citation Writer The last twenty years of Thurber's life were filled with material and professional success in spite of his handicap.
Johnson’s actions have specifically attacked and slandered the teachers of Lindsay Thurber.
The first step for Marvel becomes to find a director, and about meetings with Rawson Marshall Thurber), and soon-to-be Academy Award winner ).
Thurber wrote a thoughtful note to her when the dog had to be put down.
Aspen High School football’s Landen Thurber, top, is tackled by Basalt’s Dylan Johnston on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, on the BHS field.
James Thurber, the great American humorist, had an original take on Macbeth: he treated it as a mystery to be solved.
Rawson Marshall Thurber has held on to a pet theory for a while.
The movie, which was directed by 's Rawson Marshall Thurber, earned a whopping $217 million against a $50 million budget, outgrossing franchise action movies from the same year including The Huntsman: Winter's WarJack Reacher: Never Go Back.
Accounts of Thurber’s lynching printed in the Herald paint a grim picture of his death.
Directed and written by Rawson Marshall Thurber, stars Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, Ritu Arya and Chris Diamantopoulos.
Rybacki said he began researching Thurber’s murder shortly after Mehl’s effort petered out.
Wenzel said he is sorry Thurber was killed and he wished the paper had covered the killing better, but he said reviewing that coverage didn’t make him reconsider how the paper covers modern-day issues.
Each story remixes a classic of the form — Thurber’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” Gogol’s “The Nose,” James Joyce’s “Araby” — but plops a woman at the center.
I get Thurber and Johnson’s push for wanting to recognize the family dynamic when it comes to escapist fare.
Rawson Marshall Thurber's is filled with massive action sequences, a number of them involving dangling from crazy high precipices, but its big finale offers a rather complex final showdown.
So this is more or less James Thurber’s Jane Eyre?
The Cowley County District Attorney’s Office brought charges against Thurber, which resulted in the death penalty sentence Feb. 17, 2009.
The house is the boyhood home of humorist James Thurber.
The Lakers were led in the final game by Zach Lucey with a season high 15 points and Aeden Kershaw with 12 points and a great defensive effort on Thurber’s two 6’8″ big men.
Thurber agrees, saying that this film sees a change of pace for the action hero Johnson usually plays.
Common combinations with thurber
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: