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Tyrian is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Tyrian in a sentence

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Tyrian | Tyrians

Tyrian meaning

  1. From or relating to Tyre, Lebanon.
  2. Having a purple colour produced by the dye Tyrian purple.

Using Tyrian

  • The main meaning on this page is: From or relating to Tyre, Lebanon. | Having a purple colour produced by the dye Tyrian purple.
  • In the example corpus, tyrian often appears in combinations such as: tyrian purple, and tyrian, as tyrian.

Context around Tyrian

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

135 1× rich 1× colored 1× times 1× dyes 1× ancient 1× dye 1×

Often after:

purple 12× khan 1×

Sentence patterns with Tyrian

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

antiquity as tyrian purple ranged 1× color of tyrian purple seems 1× fabric dye tyrian purple is 1× invertebrate dyes tyrian purple and 1× known as tyrian purple 1× mattered about tyrian purple was 1× modern times tyrian purple has 1× p 135 tyrian purple became 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

anne varichon couleurs 1× as in tunisia 1× bishops and archbishops 1× gospel manuscripts were 1× in modern times 1× mark 15 17 1×

Common sentence endings:

a bluish purple 1× and blue dyes 1× and medieval world 1× and tyrian khan 1× around the mediterranean 1× as tyrian purple 1×

Words around Tyrian

Just before it in the word index:

tyrhys 3 tyrewala 3 tyrese 85 tyres 319 tyrer 6 tyrensis 2

Just after it in the word index:

tyrians 2 tyrick 5 tyrie 4 tyrik 2 tyrion 63 tyrique 24

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanand 16 abcd 16 abdurrahman 16 aberdour 16 abergele 16 abg 16

Corpus analysis for Tyrian

  • In this selection, "tyrian" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, 135, rich, colored, purple and khan stand out and add context to how "tyrian" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include antiquity as tyrian purple ranged and color of tyrian purple seems. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "tyrian" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with tyrian

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

In modern times, Tyrian purple has been recreated, at great expense. (11 words)

Gospel manuscripts were written in gold lettering on parchment that was colored Tyrian purple. (14 words)

The deep, rich purple dye made from this snail became known as Tyrian purple. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

She said he was neither sick, nor was he an elderly person, nor he faced any threat to life when going to address the rally but he will not go to court to face cases of foreign funding, Toshakhana and Tyrian Khan. (42 words)

Scarce dyestuffs that produced brilliant and permanent colors such as the natural invertebrate dyes Tyrian purple and crimson kermes were highly prized luxury items in the ancient and medieval world. (30 words)

As in Tunisia these centres were trading hubs, and later offered support for resource development such as olive oil at Volubilis and Tyrian purple dye at Mogador. (27 words)

Example sentences (13)

She said he was neither sick, nor was he an elderly person, nor he faced any threat to life when going to address the rally but he will not go to court to face cases of foreign funding, Toshakhana and Tyrian Khan.

Anne Varichon, Couleurs-pigments dans les mains des peuples, p. 135 Tyrian purple became the color of kings, nobles, priests and magistrates all around the Mediterranean.

As in Tunisia these centres were trading hubs, and later offered support for resource development such as olive oil at Volubilis and Tyrian purple dye at Mogador.

Bishops and archbishops, of a lower status than cardinals, were assigned the color purple, but not the rich Tyrian purple.

Gospel manuscripts were written in gold lettering on parchment that was colored Tyrian purple.

In modern times, Tyrian purple has been recreated, at great expense.

Mark 15:17 and 20 The actual color of Tyrian purple seems to have varied from a reddish to a bluish purple.

Scarce dyestuffs that produced brilliant and permanent colors such as the natural invertebrate dyes Tyrian purple and crimson kermes were highly prized luxury items in the ancient and medieval world.

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The ancient Tyrian purple was made in this way as were other purple and blue dyes.

The color known in antiquity as Tyrian purple ranged from crimson to a deep bluish-purple, depending upon how it was made.

The deep, rich purple dye made from this snail became known as Tyrian purple.

The fabric dye Tyrian purple is a bromine-containing organic compound used by humans since ancient times.

What seems to have mattered about Tyrian purple was not its color, but its luster, richness, its resistance to weather and light, and its high price.

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Common combinations with tyrian

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "tyrian" in a sentence?
An example: "She said he was neither sick, nor was he an elderly person, nor he faced any threat to life when going to address the rally but he will not go to court to face cases of foreign funding, Toshakhana and Tyrian Khan." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "tyrian" from authentic English texts.
What does "tyrian" mean?
Tyrian means: From or relating to Tyre, Lebanon.
How many example sentences with "tyrian" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "tyrian", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.