Get to know Tyrannosaur better with 7 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like tyrannosaurus or theropod.
Tyrannosaur in a sentence
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Tyrannosaur meaning
Any large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, of the family Tyrannosauridae, that lived in North America during the Cretaceous period.
Synonyms of Tyrannosaur
Using Tyrannosaur
- The main meaning on this page is: Any large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, of the family Tyrannosauridae, that lived in North America during the Cretaceous period.
- Useful related words include: tyrannosaurus, tyrannosaurus rex, theropod, theropod dinosaur.
- In the example corpus, tyrannosaur often appears in combinations such as: film tyrannosaur.
Context around Tyrannosaur
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tyrannosaur
- In this selection, "tyrannosaur" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, film, alongside, track and remains stand out and add context to how "tyrannosaur" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2011 film tyrannosaur was a and a tyrannosaur track discovered. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tyrannosaur" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tyrannosaur
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The 2011 film Tyrannosaur was a turning point. (8 words)
A Tyrannosaur track discovered near Tumbler Ridge in 2015. (9 words)
Breviora volume 343, 35 pages Another formation with tyrannosaur remains is the Lance Formation of Wyoming. (16 words)
Tyrannosaurid teeth were used as holdfasts for pulling flesh off a body, so when a tyrannosaur pulled back on a piece of meat, the tension could cause a purely crack-like serration to spread through the tooth. (37 words)
The specimen (BMR P2002.2) was recovered accidentally when it was included in a field jacket prepared to transport part of a tyrannosaur specimen. (24 words)
Diagram illustrating arm anatomy Another possibility is that the forelimbs held struggling prey while it was killed by the tyrannosaur's enormous jaws. (23 words)
Example sentences (7)
The 23-year-old Yorkshireman first appeared in Paddy Considine’s film Tyrannosaur alongside Peter Mullan and Olivia Colman.
The 2011 film Tyrannosaur was a turning point.
A Tyrannosaur track discovered near Tumbler Ridge in 2015.
Breviora volume 343, 35 pages Another formation with tyrannosaur remains is the Lance Formation of Wyoming.
Diagram illustrating arm anatomy Another possibility is that the forelimbs held struggling prey while it was killed by the tyrannosaur's enormous jaws.
The specimen (BMR P2002.2) was recovered accidentally when it was included in a field jacket prepared to transport part of a tyrannosaur specimen.
Tyrannosaurid teeth were used as holdfasts for pulling flesh off a body, so when a tyrannosaur pulled back on a piece of meat, the tension could cause a purely crack-like serration to spread through the tooth.
Common combinations with tyrannosaur
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: