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Tonton in a sentence

Context around Tonton

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 34.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

zepty 1×

Often after:

macoute 1×

Sentence patterns with Tonton

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

as the tonton macoute named 1× zepty tonton 38 was 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

haitian politicians have 1× zepty tonton 38 1×

Common sentence endings:

a mythological boogeyman 1× an arrest report 1×

Words around Tonton

Just before it in the word index:

tonto 47 tontines 3 tontine 2 tonsured 8 tonsure 15 tonsorial 2

Just after it in the word index:

tontouta 2 tonus 3 tony 3.141 tonya 80 tonyan 3 tonye 10

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadu 4 aafmaa 4

Corpus analysis for Tonton

  • In this selection, "tonton" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 34.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, zepty and macoute stand out and add context to how "tonton" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as the tonton macoute named and zepty tonton 38 was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "tonton" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with tonton

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

Zepty Tonton, 38, was arrested in November 2017 at a local apartment complex after telling Springdale police he rubbed his genitals against one of the female employees, according to an arrest report. (32 words)

Haitian politicians have relied on armed gangs to enforce their rule since at least 1959 when the infamous dictator François "Papa Doc" Duvalier formed a paramilitary militia known as the Tonton Macoute – named after a mythological boogeyman. (37 words)

Longer example sentences

Haitian politicians have relied on armed gangs to enforce their rule since at least 1959 when the infamous dictator François "Papa Doc" Duvalier formed a paramilitary militia known as the Tonton Macoute – named after a mythological boogeyman. (37 words)

Zepty Tonton, 38, was arrested in November 2017 at a local apartment complex after telling Springdale police he rubbed his genitals against one of the female employees, according to an arrest report. (32 words)

Example sentences (2)

Haitian politicians have relied on armed gangs to enforce their rule since at least 1959 when the infamous dictator François "Papa Doc" Duvalier formed a paramilitary militia known as the Tonton Macoute – named after a mythological boogeyman.

Zepty Tonton, 38, was arrested in November 2017 at a local apartment complex after telling Springdale police he rubbed his genitals against one of the female employees, according to an arrest report.

Frequently asked questions

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