On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Yew. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as wood or conifer and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Yew meaning
- A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.
- Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus.
- Other conifers resembling plants in genus Taxus:
Using Yew
- The main meaning on this page is: A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia. | Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus. | Other conifers resembling plants in genus Taxus:
- Useful related words include: wood, conifer, coniferous tree.
- In the example corpus, yew often appears in combinations such as: yew tree, kuan yew, of yew.
Context around Yew
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 6 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Yew
- In this selection, "yew" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, kuan, pluck, own, tree, today and toxos stand out and add context to how "yew" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ancient fortingall yew and this and ate some yew tree berries. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "yew" sits close to words such as agonizing, allocates and alves, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with yew
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Cambodian Rock Band is directed by Chay Yew. (8 words)
Benn ate some yew tree berries and also some of the leaves. (12 words)
I can still pluck yew, subby pleasant mother pheasant plucker, *waves middle finger* pluck yew! (15 words)
The tribunal found that Mdm Kwa had failed to safeguard Mr Lee Kuan Yew's confidentiality while handling his will, and that she had misled his children, Mr Lee Hsien Yang and Dr Lee Wei Ling, in email responses to their queries. (42 words)
The yew was associated with the alphabet and the scientific name for yew today, taxus, was probably derived from the Greek word for yew, toxos, which is hauntingly similar to toxon, their word for bow and toxicon, their word for poison. (41 words)
Alfred Wu, an associate professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, said that Li’s exit from power meant that there were not many reform-minded senior cadres left in the leadership. (41 words)
I can still pluck yew, subby pleasant mother pheasant plucker, *waves middle finger* pluck yew! (15 words)
Example sentences (20)
The yew was associated with the alphabet and the scientific name for yew today, taxus, was probably derived from the Greek word for yew, toxos, which is hauntingly similar to toxon, their word for bow and toxicon, their word for poison.
I can still pluck yew, subby pleasant mother pheasant plucker, *waves middle finger* pluck yew!
The Botanic Gardens have their own yew tree hedge, which originates from cuttings from the ancient Fortingall Yew, and this will be used to grow on between 30 to 50 new saplings.
This was what Lee Kuan Yew did so Mahathir is merely taking a page out of Kuan Yew’s playbook.
Her attendants draped wreathes of yew around the necks of black bulls which they slaughtered in her honor and yew boughs were burned on funeral pyres.
The ancient yew tree in the churchyard is believed to be the oldest yew in the country, with a girth of some nine metres.
The trade of yew wood to England for longbows was such that it depleted the stocks of yew over a huge area.
The yew was an important material in the making of bows, and the word ýr, "yew", is often used metonymically to refer to bows.
A free shuttle minibus will operate between Yew Tree Barn and High Newton, and there is an option to travel via the X6 bus service from either Barrow/Ulverston or Kendal/Grange.
Alfred Wu, an associate professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, said that Li’s exit from power meant that there were not many reform-minded senior cadres left in the leadership.
Andrew Bridgman, assistant coroner for Manchester City Council, raised concerns about authorities’ handling of the incident and decision not to issue an alert to the public about the dangers of yew trees.
Benn ate some yew tree berries and also some of the leaves.
Cambodian Rock Band is directed by Chay Yew.
He missed every chance to redefine Nigerian politics and position himself among outstanding leaders like Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, Lee Kuan Yew, etc.
In Micheldever, Jack Nethercott can have an oak framed garage following demolition of existing garage, at Yew Tree Cottage, Stratton Lane.
One of these samples from the bark of a single Pacific yew tree was found to be toxic to cells and in 1967 scientists had isolated the active ingredient and named this pure compound, taxol.
The Silverstone-based Formula One team is separate from the road car company but owned by Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll, whose Yew Tree consortium is Aston Martin Lagonda’s biggest shareholder.
The tribunal found that Mdm Kwa had failed to safeguard Mr Lee Kuan Yew's confidentiality while handling his will, and that she had misled his children, Mr Lee Hsien Yang and Dr Lee Wei Ling, in email responses to their queries.
This yew shrub is growing at the top of the trail near the White Lake lookout.
Yew Tree Lane in both directions closed, slow traffic due to accident between Ennis Road and St Vincents Close.
Common combinations with yew
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- yew tree 16×
- kuan yew 15×
- of yew 10×
- the yew 8×
- yew and 5×
- yew in 3×
- yew wood 3×
- yew trees 3×
- at yew 3×
- pacific yew 3×