Explore Thursby through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Thursby in a sentence
Thursby meaning
- A village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY3250).
- A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Using Thursby
- The main meaning on this page is: A village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY3250). | A habitational surname from Old Norse.
- In the example corpus, thursby often appears in combinations such as: thursby was.
Context around Thursby
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Thursby
- In this selection, "thursby" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, floyd, scare and john stand out and add context to how "thursby" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include crime on thursby and killed both thursby and captain. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "thursby" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with thursby
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She says she hired the detectives to scare Thursby. (9 words)
She was hanged immediately after trial with John Thursby, a fellow defendant. (12 words)
She has no sister, and Thursby was an acquaintance who had betrayed her. (13 words)
Immediately after Cairo and Gutman leave, Spade phones Sgt. Polhaus, telling him that Wilmer killed both Thursby and Captain Jacobi and that Gutman, the man who gave the orders, is in a hurry to leave San Francisco. (37 words)
Plot Private detectives Sam Spade and Miles Archer are hired by an attractive young woman, "Miss Wonderly", to follow a man, Floyd Thursby, who has allegedly run off with her younger sister, Corinne. (33 words)
When questioned by Sgt. Polhaus about Archer's activities, Spade says that Archer was tailing Thursby but refuses to reveal their client's identity. (24 words)
Example sentences (8)
Immediately after Cairo and Gutman leave, Spade phones Sgt. Polhaus, telling him that Wilmer killed both Thursby and Captain Jacobi and that Gutman, the man who gave the orders, is in a hurry to leave San Francisco.
Plot Private detectives Sam Spade and Miles Archer are hired by an attractive young woman, "Miss Wonderly", to follow a man, Floyd Thursby, who has allegedly run off with her younger sister, Corinne.
She has no sister, and Thursby was an acquaintance who had betrayed her.
She left the Webley at the scene to pin the crime on Thursby.
She says she hired the detectives to scare Thursby.
She was hanged immediately after trial with John Thursby, a fellow defendant.
When questioned by Sgt. Polhaus about Archer's activities, Spade says that Archer was tailing Thursby but refuses to reveal their client's identity.
When Thursby was killed, she knew that Gutman must be in town, so she came to Spade for protection.
Common combinations with thursby
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: