Explore Wemyss through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Wemyss in a sentence
Wemyss meaning
- A parish in Fife council area, Scotland.
- A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Using Wemyss
- The main meaning on this page is: A parish in Fife council area, Scotland. | A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- In the example corpus, wemyss often appears in combinations such as: wemyss bay.
Context around Wemyss
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Wemyss
- In this selection, "wemyss" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, antonette, bay, sister and gorman stand out and add context to how "wemyss" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include antonette wemyss gorman a and gourock and wemyss bay during. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "wemyss" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with wemyss
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Letter to Wemyss Reid, Holland/Hart-Davis (2000:413) The magazine outlasted him by one volume. (16 words)
Ms Wemyss' sister, Janis, created a to help Mr Pacey and the couple's three children while they grieve. (19 words)
All ScotRail services on the routes will be impacted, with replacement buses running between Paisley Gilmour Street and Gourock and Wemyss Bay during this period. (25 words)
Antonette Wemyss-Gorman, a senior Jamaican defence official, told reporters that the country’s deployment will serve under senior military officer Kevron Henry, who will act as deputy commander to Kenya’s Godfrey Otunge. (34 words)
Sailings are running as normal on the Wemyss Bay-Rothesay route, but the service remains 'liable to disruption or cancellation at short notice' due to the adverse conditions. (28 words)
All ScotRail services on the routes will be impacted, with replacement buses running between Paisley Gilmour Street and Gourock and Wemyss Bay during this period. (25 words)
Example sentences (5)
Ms Wemyss' sister, Janis, created a to help Mr Pacey and the couple's three children while they grieve.
All ScotRail services on the routes will be impacted, with replacement buses running between Paisley Gilmour Street and Gourock and Wemyss Bay during this period.
Antonette Wemyss-Gorman, a senior Jamaican defence official, told reporters that the country’s deployment will serve under senior military officer Kevron Henry, who will act as deputy commander to Kenya’s Godfrey Otunge.
Sailings are running as normal on the Wemyss Bay-Rothesay route, but the service remains 'liable to disruption or cancellation at short notice' due to the adverse conditions.
Letter to Wemyss Reid, Holland/Hart-Davis (2000:413) The magazine outlasted him by one volume.
Common combinations with wemyss
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: