Get to know Zelig better with 3 real example sentences, the meaning.
Zelig meaning
- An ordinary person who can change their appearance or behavior to suit their surroundings, especially one who is unexpectedly associated with important events or people.
- An unimportant person who appears at multiple important events.
Using Zelig
- The main meaning on this page is: An ordinary person who can change their appearance or behavior to suit their surroundings, especially one who is unexpectedly associated with important events or people. | An unimportant person who appears at multiple important events.
Context around Zelig
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Zelig
- In this selection, "zelig" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, musical, says, rabbi and moscowitz stand out and add context to how "zelig" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a musical zelig and ale says zelig since most. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "zelig" sits close to words such as aacr, aacsb and aadar, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with zelig
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Rabbi Zelig Moscowitz remembered his first cousin. (7 words)
Don’t rely on ginger ale, says Zelig, since most brands contain little or no actual ginger and lots of sugar; the carbonation may also bother sore throats and queasy stomachs. (31 words)
Cale, who has released more than a dozen solo studio albums—among them “Paris 1919,” “Fear,” and “Music for a New Society”—and composed the scores for dozens of films, including “Basquiat” and “American Psycho,” is something of a musical Zelig. (41 words)
Cale, who has released more than a dozen solo studio albums—among them “Paris 1919,” “Fear,” and “Music for a New Society”—and composed the scores for dozens of films, including “Basquiat” and “American Psycho,” is something of a musical Zelig. (41 words)
Don’t rely on ginger ale, says Zelig, since most brands contain little or no actual ginger and lots of sugar; the carbonation may also bother sore throats and queasy stomachs. (31 words)
Rabbi Zelig Moscowitz remembered his first cousin. (7 words)
Example sentences (3)
Cale, who has released more than a dozen solo studio albums—among them “Paris 1919,” “Fear,” and “Music for a New Society”—and composed the scores for dozens of films, including “Basquiat” and “American Psycho,” is something of a musical Zelig.
Don’t rely on ginger ale, says Zelig, since most brands contain little or no actual ginger and lots of sugar; the carbonation may also bother sore throats and queasy stomachs.
Rabbi Zelig Moscowitz remembered his first cousin.