On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Tristram. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as tristan or character and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Tristram in a sentence
Tristram meaning
- A male given name from the Celtic languages, variant of Tristan.
- A surname.
Using Tristram
- The main meaning on this page is: A male given name from the Celtic languages, variant of Tristan. | A surname.
- Useful related words include: tristan, fictional character, fictitious character, character.
- In the example corpus, tristram often appears in combinations such as: tristram shandy, tristram hunt, of tristram.
Context around Tristram
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tristram
- In this selection, "tristram" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, regarding, include, 2014, shandy and hunt stand out and add context to how "tristram" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include copies of tristram shandy and and genius of tristram shandy had. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tristram" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tristram
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
H. Tristram, "Why Don't the English Speak Welsh?", in Higham (ed. (12 words)
The novel itself starts with the narration, by Tristram, of his own conception. (13 words)
They include Tristram Hunt and Jamie Reed who quit Parliament entirely to take up new jobs. (16 words)
Two volumes of Sterne's Sermons were published during his lifetime; more copies of his Sermons were sold in his lifetime than copies of Tristram Shandy, and for a while he was better known in some circles as a preacher than as a novelist. (44 words)
Goldin and her supporters joined the protest, organised by the group Pain, which unfurled banners calling for the museum’s director, the former Labour MP Tristram Hunt, to drop all associations with the Sackler name. (35 words)
In 2014, Tristram Hunt, then Labour shadow minister for education, that private schools should lose some of their business-rate relief if they didn’t form more meaningful partnerships with state schools. (32 words)
Example sentences (13)
Goldin and her supporters joined the protest, organised by the group Pain, which unfurled banners calling for the museum’s director, the former Labour MP Tristram Hunt, to drop all associations with the Sackler name.
His novel, a humorously rich satire regarding Tristram Shandy’s life story, is aloft with references to philosophical theories and allusions reminiscent of 17th-century metaphysical poets.
They include Tristram Hunt and Jamie Reed who quit Parliament entirely to take up new jobs.
In 2014, Tristram Hunt, then Labour shadow minister for education, that private schools should lose some of their business-rate relief if they didn’t form more meaningful partnerships with state schools.
Although the story is more straightforward, A Sentimental Journey can be understood to be part of the same artistic project to which Tristram Shandy belongs.
Escorts would be provided for this day, after which Sir Tristram would be left to unload using a Mexeflote (a powered raft) for as long as it took to finish.
H. Tristram, "Why Don't the English Speak Welsh?", in Higham (ed.
Italo Calvino referred to Tristram Shandy as the "undoubted progenitor of all avant-garde novels of our century".
Sterne's novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman sold widely in England and throughout Europe.
Sterne was gratified by his reception in France where reports of the genius of Tristram Shandy had made him a celebrity.
The book has many stylistic parallels with Tristram Shandy, and indeed, the narrator is one of the minor characters from the earlier novel.
The novel itself starts with the narration, by Tristram, of his own conception.
Two volumes of Sterne's Sermons were published during his lifetime; more copies of his Sermons were sold in his lifetime than copies of Tristram Shandy, and for a while he was better known in some circles as a preacher than as a novelist.
Common combinations with tristram
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- tristram shandy 7×
- tristram hunt 3×
- of tristram 3×