How do you use Triffid in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Triffid meaning
- A fictional plant, able to move around and kill people with a poisonous stinger
- Any of the sea anemones of the genus Aiptasia with poisonous tentacles, which are a pest in aquaria.
- Any large, fast-growing and hard-to-remove weed, such as the flowering shrub Chromolaena odorata.
Using Triffid
- The main meaning on this page is: A fictional plant, able to move around and kill people with a poisonous stinger | Any of the sea anemones of the genus Aiptasia with poisonous tentacles, which are a pest in aquaria. | Any large, fast-growing and hard-to-remove weed, such as the flowering shrub Chromolaena odorata.
- In the example corpus, triffid often appears in combinations such as: the triffid.
Context around Triffid
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Triffid
- In this selection, "triffid" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include at the triffid in brisbane and brisbane s triffid and finishing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "triffid" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with triffid
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The band will play a headline show at Sydney’s Crowbar on Thursday, 15th June before another show at the Triffid in Brisbane the following evening. (26 words)
The band will circle the country in May 2024, kicking things off at Brisbane’s The Triffid on Thursday, 2nd May, with dates in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth to follow. (31 words)
The artist will get started with a show at Max Watts in Melbourne on Thursday, 3rd August, before playing a show at Brisbane’s Triffid and finishing up at Manning Bar in Sydney on Saturday, 5th August. (37 words)
The artist will get started with a show at Max Watts in Melbourne on Thursday, 3rd August, before playing a show at Brisbane’s Triffid and finishing up at Manning Bar in Sydney on Saturday, 5th August. (37 words)
The band will circle the country in May 2024, kicking things off at Brisbane’s The Triffid on Thursday, 2nd May, with dates in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth to follow. (31 words)
The band will play a headline show at Sydney’s Crowbar on Thursday, 15th June before another show at the Triffid in Brisbane the following evening. (26 words)
Example sentences (3)
The artist will get started with a show at Max Watts in Melbourne on Thursday, 3rd August, before playing a show at Brisbane’s Triffid and finishing up at Manning Bar in Sydney on Saturday, 5th August.
The band will circle the country in May 2024, kicking things off at Brisbane’s The Triffid on Thursday, 2nd May, with dates in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth to follow.
The band will play a headline show at Sydney’s Crowbar on Thursday, 15th June before another show at the Triffid in Brisbane the following evening.
Common combinations with triffid
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: