Explore Wilburys through 10+ example sentences from English. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Using Wilburys
- In the example corpus, wilburys often appears in combinations such as: traveling wilburys, wilburys tour, the wilburys.
Context around Wilburys
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Wilburys
- In this selection, "wilburys" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, traveling, everything, stumblin, tour, vol and wild stand out and add context to how "wilburys" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 205 traveling wilburys and mystery and a traveling wilburys tour that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "wilburys" sits close to words such as aadi, aakash and aayush, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with wilburys
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Wilburys tour never came about. (6 words)
Petty wrote it with longtime songwriting partner (and Traveling Wilburys bandmate) Jeff Lynne. (13 words)
I've always played around in my own mind what a Wilburys tour could be. (15 words)
Would each person do a solo set and then do Wilburys at the end, or would we all go right on from beginning to end and make everything Wilburys? (29 words)
Later that night, Charlie tries to jog Daniel’s memory with the Traveling Wilburys’ song “End of the Line” he taught her, but it doesn’t work. (27 words)
After the Wilburys After his 1991 tour of Japan, George Harrison spoke of a Traveling Wilburys tour: That would be something I'd like to experience. (26 words)
Would each person do a solo set and then do Wilburys at the end, or would we all go right on from beginning to end and make everything Wilburys? (29 words)
Example sentences (12)
After the Wilburys After his 1991 tour of Japan, George Harrison spoke of a Traveling Wilburys tour: That would be something I'd like to experience.
Would each person do a solo set and then do Wilburys at the end, or would we all go right on from beginning to end and make everything Wilburys?
Performing artists include: Kim Churchill, The Stumblin' Wilburys, Wild Things Run, Telepathetics, Alice Wiebe and Rhys Davies as the MC.
Petty wrote it with longtime songwriting partner (and Traveling Wilburys bandmate) Jeff Lynne.
Later that night, Charlie tries to jog Daniel’s memory with the Traveling Wilburys’ song “End of the Line” he taught her, but it doesn’t work.
Amburn, p. 205. Traveling Wilburys and Mystery Girl In 1987, Orbison had begun collaborating with Electric Light Orchestra frontman Jeff Lynne on a new album.
Harrison suggested "The Trembling Wilburys" as the group's name; instead, Lynne suggested "Traveling", with which the group agreed.
In November 1988, Mystery Girl was completed, and Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 was rising up the charts.
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the two Traveling Wilburys albums had limited availability and were out of print in most areas.
I've always played around in my own mind what a Wilburys tour could be.
The Wilburys tour never came about.
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 spent 53 weeks on the U.S. charts, peaking at number three.
Common combinations with wilburys
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: