Explore Yankie through 3 example sentences from English. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Yankie in a sentence
Context around Yankie
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Yankie
- In this selection, "yankie" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, little, ridicules and doodles stand out and add context to how "yankie" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include boston ridicules yankie doodles militia and that little yankie has been. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "yankie" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with yankie
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Others were called Yankie, Oz or Kiwi or whatever. (9 words)
Try to Imagine and feel that little Yankie has been in isolation for over five years! (16 words)
Origins and history of the word Loyalist newspaper cartoon from Boston ridicules "Yankie Doodles" militia who have encircled the British forces inside the city Early usage The root of the term is uncertain. (33 words)
Origins and history of the word Loyalist newspaper cartoon from Boston ridicules "Yankie Doodles" militia who have encircled the British forces inside the city Early usage The root of the term is uncertain. (33 words)
Try to Imagine and feel that little Yankie has been in isolation for over five years! (16 words)
Others were called Yankie, Oz or Kiwi or whatever. (9 words)
Try to Imagine and feel that little Yankie has been in isolation for over five years! (16 words)
Example sentences (3)
Try to Imagine and feel that little Yankie has been in isolation for over five years!
Origins and history of the word Loyalist newspaper cartoon from Boston ridicules "Yankie Doodles" militia who have encircled the British forces inside the city Early usage The root of the term is uncertain.
Others were called Yankie, Oz or Kiwi or whatever.