Example collocations logo

Plural in sentence

36 examples of Plural in a sentence

I guess in plural it's scrotal, like medium and media.
You know how to make the plural of wug.
So, in a quite understandable need for distraction, you're doodling and thinking more about what the plural of "series" should be than about the topic at hand: "serieses," "seriese," "seriesen," and "serii?"
To be able to talk about any of these, you just had to know the exact word for their plural rather than just adding the handy S on the end.
Sometimes it was like sheep is today - where, to make a plural, you don't do anything.
It then needs to recognize English morphology, or how the language can be broken down into its smallest meaningful units, such as the word muffin and the suffix "s," used to indicate plural.
After all, they don't have lungs, spines, or even a plural noun we can all agree on.
[everyone in the vicinity held their breath] "Their" is plural and "everyone," its antecedent, is singular.
To give it legitimacy, copy editors call it "the singular 'their,'" as if calling it singular makes it no longer plural.
I asked, through the editor, if the author would consider changing it to "All in the vicinity held their breath," because "all" is plural.
For me, air is plural.
And the consensus is of a very simple principle, that in a diverse plural democracy like India you don't really have to agree on everything all the time, so long as you agree on the ground rules of how you will disagree.
But, it's all taking place in an open society, in a rich and diverse and plural civilization, in one that is determined to liberate and fulfill the creative energies of its people.
Now it's not about the leader anymore; it's about them, plural.
However, it fails to treat the issue which sparked so much controversy: plural marriage.
You (plural) will all laugh, not at the movie, but at how any attempt to understand ANY part of the movie hurts every part of your brain.
Perhaps it is because they are plural.
Had I never watched this film, I wouldn't have known the following; apparently, cavemen had perfectly sharpened and rounded metal knives and wore make-up; apparently, newborn pterodactyl(whatever the plural form of that word is) have feathers; apparently, if you called an electrician in the late 80's, you'd get a pushy and respect-less jackass who prints out a business card that says "electrician and adventurer".
It seems fair to say that the title "Falling Angels" is plural so as to include not only the baby brother who somehow fell over Niagara Falls and whose picture is later given wings and enshrined behind wood paneling in the Field family's basement.
Indeed, “‘Alaqima,” the plural form of the Arabic name “‘Alqami,” is now applied to the Shia as short-hand for treachery.
The BRICS concept represents, above all, its members’ desire to make the global order more plural.
Several remedies have been proposed, the most successful of which may be the use of the plural “they” in contexts like “Each person should collect their belongings.”
Policies of "multiculturalism", despite scholarly acrobatics, held out a genuine promise of liberal, plural societies.
A Tale of Two ElectionsLONDON – Individual elections do not always enhance democracy – a useful reminder that the ballot box is only one part, albeit a central one, in any free, plural society.
For the rest of us, the question remains: Will it still be a country with a tolerant and plural society, proud of its institutions and its constitutional traditions, and admired for its values throughout the world?
In fact, the singular thing about India is that you can speak of it only in the plural.
Instead, Hong Kong is a Chinese city with a strong sense of identity as a free, plural, decent, and open society under the rule of law.
But while the BJP’s demonization of India’s Muslims and Christians might serve its short-term political interests, it implies long-term dangers in a plural society.
It leaves open basic metaphysical commitments and takes a plural and tolerant view of religious life.
Each has the prerequisites for open and lively online communities: decent Internet penetration and democratic, plural political systems.