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Etymology
Origin of -es
From the Greek suffix -es
Example Sentences
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Her face was covered in tears after she performed “Ese Hombre Es Malo” backed by female mariachi players.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
A squad of female mariachis in blue soon proceeded to walk down the runway, ushering in her ranchera ballad, “Ese Hombre Es Malo.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
About 60% of the U.S. population report a preference for introversion, according to Myers-Briggs Co., the company known for a personality-assessment test that begins by separating the Is from the Es.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
The first triple E outbreak on record occurred in Massachusetts in the 1830s in horses — the reason one of the three Es stands for “equine.”
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2024
“Double Es as well, and no silent E at the end.”
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
It clarifies: “But use the apostrophe alone for Jesus’ and for ancient and biblical proper names of more than one syllable ending in -es: Demosthenes’ orations, Xerxes’ conquests, Jesus’ birth.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2023
In a pure specimen of the Southern dialect, we never find the Northumbrian -es.
From Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century by Richard Morris
Those which have the suffix -es prefixed throw the stress back, as 'honest', 'modest'.
From Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin by John Sargeaunt
An old method of forming the possessive, based on a misapprehension of the original Anglo-Saxon suffix -es, which was shortened in middle English to -is, and finally to s.
From Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser
What should be done with the terminations -ing, -en, -ed, -er, and -est, and the plural -es?
From Division of Words Rules for the Division of Words at the Ends of Lines, with Remarks on Spelling, Syllabication and Pronunciation by Frederick W. (Frederick William) Hamilton
Erdnase, an author about whom nothing is known except that his name is E.S.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2018
The Dallas Morning News reports that while the case of the traveling plaque remains a mystery, the sign - which identifies the John Fenet Auditorium at the formerly segregated E.S.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 31, 2017
Originally called Frederick Douglass School from its inception in 1889 until 1938, it was renamed after E.S.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2017
"We like to say that we pay our people to slow down," said David M. Binke, 55, chief executive of E.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2015
I scanned the flashlight lower: Here lies E.S.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
Chelsea are currently participating in the Club World Cup in the United States and next face ES Tunis in Philadelphia on Tuesday night.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2025
Trump Media then received an "unexpected" second $6 million payment from the ES Family Trust, according to receipts reviewed by The Guardian.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2023
The ATM business of Leonardo U.S. unit Selex ES "is a leading developer and manufacturer of en-route navigation, surveillance and precision approach and landing systems," Leonardo said.
From Reuters ● Nov. 7, 2022
Achieving the same feat with human ES cells might avoid some of the controversies of research on human embryos.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 2, 2022
ES: “I know, I’m so upset. That’s why I need to hurry, so I can get a pass.”
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
In recent years, the country has also encouraged the use of compressed natural gas to power vehicles, with natural gas plants and filling stations set up mostly in the largest city, Dar es Salaam.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Ambient audio in Walker’s footage captures someone saying: “Este es el acceso de colaboradores.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The protests started in Dar es Salaam on 29 October and spread across the country over the following days.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
In recent years, the company acquired terminals in Haifa, Israel; Tanzania’s Port of Dar es Salaam; Sri Lanka’s Port of Colombo; and a coal-export hub in North Queensland, Australia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
We take our place in line, among people singing along with the song on the loudspeaker about how life is a carnival—la vida es un carnaval—and we should spend more time singing than crying.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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