Wałęsa is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Wałęsa in a sentence
Wałęsa meaning
- A surname from Polish.
- Lech Wałęsa (born 1943), a Polish politician
Using Wałęsa
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname from Polish. | A surname from Polish. | Lech Wałęsa (born 1943), a Polish politician
- In the example corpus, wałęsa often appears in combinations such as: lech wałęsa, wałęsa in, wałęsa to.
Context around Wałęsa
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Wałęsa
- In this selection, "wałęsa" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lech, convincing, defeated, led, set and became stand out and add context to how "wałęsa" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include convincing lech wałęsa to include and in convincing wałęsa to include. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "wałęsa" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with wałęsa
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
President Aleksander Kwaśniewski with Lech Wałęsa in 2005. (8 words)
Solidarity's leader, Lech Wałęsa became President of Poland in 1990. (11 words)
According to Wałęsa, "Before his pontificate, the world was divided into blocs. (12 words)
Wajda's later commitment to Poland's burgeoning Solidarity movement was manifested in Man of Iron (1981), a thematic sequel to The Man of Marble, with Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa appearing as himself in the latter film. (37 words)
Jaruzelski was unsuccessful in convincing Lech Wałęsa to include Solidarity in a "grand coalition" with the Communists, and Jaruzelski resigned his position as general secretary of the Polish United Workers Party on 29 July 1989. (35 words)
With this award, the liberals in Poland and in Europe gain a new prominent figure and Ms Tokarczuk, born in 1962, joins Lech Wałęsa as the only living Nobel laureates in Poland. (32 words)
Example sentences (14)
Lech Wałęsa led strikes at the Gdańsk shipyards in Poland on this day in 1980.
With this award, the liberals in Poland and in Europe gain a new prominent figure and Ms Tokarczuk, born in 1962, joins Lech Wałęsa as the only living Nobel laureates in Poland.
According to Wałęsa, "Before his pontificate, the world was divided into blocs.
By December 1982, martial law was suspended, and a small number of political prisoners, including Wałęsa, were released.
Former Polish president and Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa set the toppling in motion.
Jaruzelski resigned as Poland's President in 1990, being succeeded by Wałęsa in December.
Jaruzelski was unsuccessful in convincing Lech Wałęsa to include Solidarity in a "grand coalition" with the Communists, and Jaruzelski resigned his position as general secretary of the Polish United Workers Party on 29 July 1989.
Jaruzelski was unsuccessful in convincing Wałęsa to include Solidarity in a "grand coalition" with the Communists, and resigned his position of general secretary of the Polish United Workers Party.
Kwaśniewski defeated Wałęsa in the presidential election of 1995 ; he was one of the several " post-communist " politicians elected to highest offices.
President Aleksander Kwaśniewski with Lech Wałęsa in 2005.
Solidarity's leader, Lech Wałęsa became President of Poland in 1990.
Wajda's later commitment to Poland's burgeoning Solidarity movement was manifested in Man of Iron (1981), a thematic sequel to The Man of Marble, with Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa appearing as himself in the latter film.
Wałęsa and Komorowski, who were among the thousands imprisoned during the crackdown on Solidarity in 1981, both stated that judgment against Jaruzelski "would be left to God".
Wałęsa, who himself publicly displayed Catholic piety, confirmed the Pope's influence, saying: The Holy Father, through his meetings, demonstrated how numerous we were.
Common combinations with wałęsa
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- lech wałęsa 8×
- wałęsa in 3×
- wałęsa to 2×