Zayd is an English word of 4 letters. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Zayd meaning
A male given name from Arabic.
Using Zayd
- The main meaning on this page is: A male given name from Arabic.
- In the example corpus, zayd often appears in combinations such as: zayd shakur, zayd ibn, of zayd.
Context around Zayd
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 15 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Zayd
- In this selection, "zayd" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, citation, member, killed, shakur, ibn and atkinson stand out and add context to how "zayd" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2019 after zayd atkinson a and 78 citation zayd shakur was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "zayd" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with zayd
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Abu Hanifah and Zayd ibn Ali were also very good friends. (11 words)
The manuscript according to Zayd remained with Abu Bakr until he died. (12 words)
The people of Zayd were Muslims that immigrated to the Great Lakes region. (13 words)
As Muhammad's only descendants, they are respected by both Sunni and Shi'a, though the Shi'a place much more emphasis and value on their distinction. citation Zayd ibn Harith was a slave that Muhammad bought, freed, and then adopted as his son. (44 words)
The prosecution did not need to prove that Shakur fired the shots that killed either Trooper Foerster or Zayd Shakur: being an accomplice to murder carries an equivalent life sentence under New Jersey law. (34 words)
The New York Times, p. 78. citation Zayd Shakur was driving the two-door vehicle, Assata Shakur was seated in the right front seat, and Acoli was in the right rear seat. (32 words)
Example sentences (19)
Boulder demanded citizen police oversight in 2019 after Zayd Atkinson, a Black university student, was accosted by police in an incident that escalated into a life-threatening situation.
Abu Hanifah and Zayd ibn Ali were also very good friends.
After initial hesitation, Abu Bakr made a committee headed by Zayd ibn Thabit which included the memorizers of the Qur'an and Umar and to collect all verses of the book.
As Muhammad's only descendants, they are respected by both Sunni and Shi'a, though the Shi'a place much more emphasis and value on their distinction. citation Zayd ibn Harith was a slave that Muhammad bought, freed, and then adopted as his son.
BLA member Zayd Malik Shakur was also killed in the incident, and Shakur was wounded.
However, Appleby dismissed the second-degree murder of Zayd Shakur, as the New Jersey Supreme Court had recently narrowed the application of the law.
However, in the ensuing shootout, Trooper Foerster was shot twice in the head with his own gun and killed, Zayd Shakur was killed, and Assata Shakur and Trooper Harper were wounded.
In order to preserve the sanctity of the text, he ordered a committee headed by Zayd to use Abu Bakr's copy and prepare a standard copy of the Quran.
It is at this point, with the questioning of Zayd Shakur, that the accounts of the confrontation begin to differ (see the witnesses section below).
Muhammad al-Baqir did not engage in political action, and the followers of Zayd believed that a true imam must fight against corrupt rulers.
The manuscript according to Zayd remained with Abu Bakr until he died.
The New York Times, p. 78. citation Zayd Shakur was driving the two-door vehicle, Assata Shakur was seated in the right front seat, and Acoli was in the right rear seat.
The other charges were: first-degree murder (of Foerster), second-degree murder (of Zayd Shakur), illegal possession of a weapon, and armed robbery (related to Foerster's service revolver).
The people of Zayd were Muslims that immigrated to the Great Lakes region.
The prosecution contended that Shakur shot and killed her companion, Zayd Shakur, and "executed" Trooper Foerster with his own weapon.
The prosecution did not need to prove that Shakur fired the shots that killed either Trooper Foerster or Zayd Shakur: being an accomplice to murder carries an equivalent life sentence under New Jersey law.
Thus, a group of scribes, most importantly Zayd, collected the verses and produced a hand-written manuscript of the complete book.
When the news reached Muhammad, he immediately dispatched Zayd ibn Haritha with 500 men to battle.
Zayd ibn Thabit (d. 655) was the person to collect the Quran since "he used to write the Divine Inspiration for Allah's Apostle".
Common combinations with zayd
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- zayd shakur 7×
- zayd ibn 5×
- of zayd 5×
- by zayd 2×
- citation zayd 2×