Urrea is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Urrea in a sentence
Urrea meaning
A surname.
Using Urrea
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
Context around Urrea
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Urrea
- In this selection, "urrea" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, although, sheltered, marcela, refused, pardoned and gathered stand out and add context to how "urrea" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 87 although urrea s orders and at refugio urrea was determined. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "urrea" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with urrea
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Filisola was derided for leading the retreat and quickly replaced by Urrea. (12 words)
As they prepared to leave on March 18, Urrea's advance guard arrived. (13 words)
Within months, Urrea gathered 6,000 troops in Matamoros, poised to reconquer Texas. (13 words)
Lee Bank announced that four new corporators have been elected to its board: local advocate Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Arcadian Shop co-owner Jeffrey Minkler, Great Barrington car wash owner Baljit Singh and community health worker Marcela Urrea. (37 words)
Davis (2006), p. 272. Texians had won the battle due to mistakes made by Santa Anna, and Houston was well aware that his troops would have little hope of repeating their victory against Urrea or Filisola. (36 words)
Such was the case for Luis Alberto Urrea, whose first book By the Lake of Sleeping Children is one Cummins claims to have read on the journey to researching her novel. (31 words)
Example sentences (17)
Lack (1992), p. 180. Although the treaty had specified that Urrea and Filisola would return any slaves their armies had sheltered, Urrea refused to comply.
Lee Bank announced that four new corporators have been elected to its board: local advocate Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Arcadian Shop co-owner Jeffrey Minkler, Great Barrington car wash owner Baljit Singh and community health worker Marcela Urrea.
Phyllis McLaughlin de Urrea (second from right, bottom row) with troops, volunteers and a new Clubmobile at Glatton airbase.
Such was the case for Luis Alberto Urrea, whose first book By the Lake of Sleeping Children is one Cummins claims to have read on the journey to researching her novel.
Urrea has been a finalist for the Pulitzer, and his personal yet wide-ranging style seems perfectly suited to this sprawling family epic.
Our reviewer compared Urrea’s book to Elie Wiesel’s “Night,” his memoir of life and death in an internment camp, and says that it’s just as difficult to read.
As they prepared to leave on March 18, Urrea's advance guard arrived.
Davis (2006), p. 272. Texians had won the battle due to mistakes made by Santa Anna, and Houston was well aware that his troops would have little hope of repeating their victory against Urrea or Filisola.
Fear that Urrea's victories would position him as a political rival convinced Santa Anna to remain in Texas to personally oversee the final phase of the campaign.
Filisola was derided for leading the retreat and quickly replaced by Urrea.
Most were executed, although Urrea pardoned a few after their wives begged for their lives, and Mexican Colonel Juan José Holzinger insisted that all of the non-Americans be spared.
Over the next several days, Urrea's men, with the help of local centralist supporters, rounded up many of the Texians who had escaped.
Stuart (2008), p. 122. Having learned from the fighting at Refugio, Urrea was determined that the Texians would not reach the cover of timber approximately convert ahead, along Coleto Creek.
Stuart (2008), p. 87. Although Urrea's orders were to execute those captured, he instead sent them to Matamoros as prisoners.
They returned to the mission on March 12 and were soon besieged by Urrea's advance guard and de la Garza's Victoriana Guardes.
Two days later, a group of Urrea's men surrounded Ward and the last of his group less than convert from Victoria.
Within months, Urrea gathered 6,000 troops in Matamoros, poised to reconquer Texas.