Get to know Zangara better with 6 real example sentences, the meaning.
Zangara in a sentence
Zangara meaning
A surname from Italian.
Using Zangara
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname from Italian.
Context around Zangara
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Zangara
- In this selection, "zangara" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hit, chair, cermak, sings, addresses and hit stand out and add context to how "zangara" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include electric chair zangara sings his and gun of zangara about cermak. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "zangara" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with zangara
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Further, there was a made-for-TV movie, The Gun of Zangara, about Cermak's assassination. (16 words)
At the critical moment, Lilian Cross, a doctor's wife, hit Zangara's arm with her purse and spoiled his aim. (21 words)
Smith, page 297. In addition to Cermak, Zangara hit four other people, one of whom, a woman, also died of her injuries. (22 words)
From an electric chair, Zangara sings his refusal to be afraid and that he hadn't cared who he killed as long as it was one of the men who control the money. (33 words)
Oswald tries to leave, but Zangara addresses him passionately in Italian, his words translated by the other assassins, imploring him to act so their own acts can come alive again. (30 words)
Zangara was electrocuted in Florida's electric chair on March 20, 1933, for he could not be charged with murder until Cermak died. (23 words)
Example sentences (6)
At the critical moment, Lilian Cross, a doctor's wife, hit Zangara's arm with her purse and spoiled his aim.
From an electric chair, Zangara sings his refusal to be afraid and that he hadn't cared who he killed as long as it was one of the men who control the money.
Further, there was a made-for-TV movie, The Gun of Zangara, about Cermak's assassination.
Oswald tries to leave, but Zangara addresses him passionately in Italian, his words translated by the other assassins, imploring him to act so their own acts can come alive again.
Smith, page 297. In addition to Cermak, Zangara hit four other people, one of whom, a woman, also died of her injuries.
Zangara was electrocuted in Florida's electric chair on March 20, 1933, for he could not be charged with murder until Cermak died.