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How do you use Yews in a sentence? See 7 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Yews in a sentence

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Yews | Yew

Yews meaning

plural of yew

Using Yews

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of yew
  • In the example corpus, yews often appears in combinations such as: ancient yews.

Context around Yews

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

ancient 2× japanese 1× hollies 1× own 1×

Often after:

taxus 1× grown 1×

Sentence patterns with Yews

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

anglo japanese yews taxus x 1× hollies and yews along a 1× in ancient yews the remains 1× of ancient yews being found 1× the hollies yews and pines 1× their own yews grown directly 1× these yews are either 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and it points 1× dynes p 95 1× fry has found 1× in modern day 1× saplings are being 1× these yews are 1×

Common sentence endings:

cultivated not indigenous 1× of grass cuttings 1× over the ages 1× system of paths 1× taxus x media 1× the ancient tree 1×

Words around Yews

Just before it in the word index:

yewande 15 yewa 2 yew 69 yevtushenko 3 yevpatoria 2 yevkurov 2

Just after it in the word index:

yewtree 2 yext 12 yeye 7 yeyi 2 yezhov 6 yezi 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aad 10 aadhar 10 aaro 10 abels 10 abidin 10 abidine 10

Corpus analysis for Yews

  • In this selection, "yews" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, ancient, japanese, hollies, taxus and grown stand out and add context to how "yews" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include anglo japanese yews taxus x and hollies and yews along a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "yews" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with yews

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

These yews are either imported or cultivated; Not indigenous. (9 words)

In modern-day Midwestern yards, many shrubs are hybrid Anglo-Japanese yews (Taxus x media). (15 words)

Fry has found stowed in ancient yews the remains of an old oil tank, lawn mowers, bags of cement, breeze blocks and piles of grass cuttings. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

It’s just as well that I can identify at least a few of them en route, because they’re adept, once they’ve landed, at burying themselves within the deep dark greens of the hollies, yews and pines. (39 words)

Dynes. p. 95. This garden, originally William III's private garden, was replanted in 1992 in period style with manicured hollies and yews along a geometric system of paths. (29 words)

And it points to the vast majority of ancient yews being found in churchyards as proof that church folk have been excellent tree guardians over the ages. (27 words)

Example sentences (7)

These yews are either imported or cultivated; Not indigenous.

In modern-day Midwestern yards, many shrubs are hybrid Anglo-Japanese yews (Taxus x media).

It’s just as well that I can identify at least a few of them en route, because they’re adept, once they’ve landed, at burying themselves within the deep dark greens of the hollies, yews and pines.

And it points to the vast majority of ancient yews being found in churchyards as proof that church folk have been excellent tree guardians over the ages.

Fry has found stowed in ancient yews the remains of an old oil tank, lawn mowers, bags of cement, breeze blocks and piles of grass cuttings.

Saplings are being grown for a new project to provide churchyards across Perthshire and Angus with their own yews, grown directly from cuttings from the ancient tree.

Dynes. p. 95. This garden, originally William III's private garden, was replanted in 1992 in period style with manicured hollies and yews along a geometric system of paths.

Common combinations with yews

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "yews" in a sentence?
An example: "These yews are either imported or cultivated; Not indigenous." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "yews" from authentic English texts.
What does "yews" mean?
Yews means: plural of yew
How many example sentences with "yews" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "yews", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.