Wondering how to use Waifs in a sentence? Below are 7 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Waifs meaning
plural of waif
Using Waifs
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of waif
- In the example corpus, waifs often appears in combinations such as: the waifs, waifs and.
Context around Waifs
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 7 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Waifs
- In this selection, "waifs" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, little, stunted, stories, too, strays and steal stand out and add context to how "waifs" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include digitally stunted waifs who are and from the waifs and onto. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "waifs" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with waifs
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
United Kingdom Two young waifs steal a fine pair of boots. (11 words)
With the glamour market growing, fashion moved away from the waifs and onto Brazilian bombshells. (15 words)
But we’re not going back to being starved little waifs too weak to stop you stomping all over us. (20 words)
They represent a slice of life and – crucially – a pause in a frantic New York minute, where all of the waifs, strays – and, now, infants – of the city get their stories told. (32 words)
According to Groucho, when Shean visited he would throw the local waifs a few coins so that when he knocked at the door he would be surrounded by adoring fans. (30 words)
I tend to think of such disclaimers as millennial-coddling stuff, emotional blankets for digitally stunted waifs who are victims of life without ever having lived. (26 words)
Example sentences (7)
But we’re not going back to being starved little waifs too weak to stop you stomping all over us.
They represent a slice of life and – crucially – a pause in a frantic New York minute, where all of the waifs, strays – and, now, infants – of the city get their stories told.
I tend to think of such disclaimers as millennial-coddling stuff, emotional blankets for digitally stunted waifs who are victims of life without ever having lived.
According to Groucho, when Shean visited he would throw the local waifs a few coins so that when he knocked at the door he would be surrounded by adoring fans.
Stories Portrait of Porter used as frontispiece in the posthumous collection of short stories Waifs and Strays O. Henry's stories frequently have surprise endings.
United Kingdom Two young waifs steal a fine pair of boots.
With the glamour market growing, fashion moved away from the waifs and onto Brazilian bombshells.
Common combinations with waifs
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: