On this page you'll find 6 example sentences with Virago. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as shrew or amazon and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Virago in a sentence
Virago meaning
- A woman given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation.
- A woman who is scolding, domineering, or highly opinionated.
- A woman who is rough, loud, and aggressive.
Using Virago
- The main meaning on this page is: A woman given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation. | A woman who is scolding, domineering, or highly opinionated. | A woman who is rough, loud, and aggressive.
- Useful related words include: shrew, termagant, amazon, woman.
- In the example corpus, virago often appears in combinations such as: virago press.
Context around Virago
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Virago
- In this selection, "virago" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, shawna, zenith, press, applied and awards stand out and add context to how "virago" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include virago press began and at the virago awards held. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "virago" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with virago
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Zenith Virago directs the production each year. (7 words)
A gathering of special women at the Virago Awards held at Turn ’n Tender, Bassonia. (15 words)
Virago applied a chokehold on the mat, but Mazzerati escaped, and Mazzerati hit an axe kick to the back of the neck and scored the pin. (26 words)
Shawna Virago Artistic Director stated, “We were founded at a time in 1997 when funders would not support transgender film festivals or filmmakers & so for years, we have had to survive & thrive on our transgender smarts, sweat & love from the community. (41 words)
Virago Press began to publish its large list of 19th and early 20th century novels in 1975 and became one of the first commercial presses to join in the project of reclamation. (32 words)
Virago Press began to publish its large list of 19th and early-20th-century novels in 1975 and became one of the first commercial presses to join in the project of reclamation. (32 words)
Example sentences (6)
Virago applied a chokehold on the mat, but Mazzerati escaped, and Mazzerati hit an axe kick to the back of the neck and scored the pin.
A gathering of special women at the Virago Awards held at Turn ’n Tender, Bassonia.
Shawna Virago Artistic Director stated, “We were founded at a time in 1997 when funders would not support transgender film festivals or filmmakers & so for years, we have had to survive & thrive on our transgender smarts, sweat & love from the community.
Zenith Virago directs the production each year.
Virago Press began to publish its large list of 19th and early 20th century novels in 1975 and became one of the first commercial presses to join in the project of reclamation.
Virago Press began to publish its large list of 19th and early-20th-century novels in 1975 and became one of the first commercial presses to join in the project of reclamation.
Common combinations with virago
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: