FOLK in a Sentence
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231 example sentences for FOLK, such as:
1. There's nowt so queer as folk.
2. Our folk are by no means fools.
3. He is a very popular folk singer.
4. He arranged many traditional folk songs.
5. These hardy mountain folk seem to thrive on the cold.
2. Our folk are by no means fools.
3. He is a very popular folk singer.
4. He arranged many traditional folk songs.
5. These hardy mountain folk seem to thrive on the cold.
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Meanings and Examples of FOLK
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folk
n. people descended from a common ancestor
n. the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
Classic Sentence: (205 in 14 pages)
1 Naturally, they were not persons of much note, but merely what folk call characters of secondary, or even of tertiary, importance.
2 In fact, even a bowing acquaintance with a prince or a lord counts, in his eyes, for more than do the most intimate of relations with ordinary folk.
3 "They were NICE folk, those folk at the gentleman's yonder," he mused.
4 By "everything" I mean both the various encouraging and stimulating cries with which Russian folk urge on their horses, and a random, unpremeditated selection of adjectives.
5 Apparently the master of the house was himself a man of health and strength, and therefore liked to have his apartments adorned with none but folk of equal vigour and robustness.
6 Once introduce the abominable custom of folk paying calls, and forthwith there will ensue such ruin to the management of estates that landowners will be forced to feed their horses on hay.
7 Yet that folk should be dissatisfied with my hero matters nothing.
8 True, he is a little conceited; but, were I to reprove him in public, the whole thing would become common talk, and folk would begin giving him a dog's name.
9 Yet "This is too much," certain folk would say to Alexander.
10 Yes," went on Kostanzhoglo, "folk are always scheming to educate the peasant.
11 Similarly will you find folk saying: 'The peasant leads an over-simple life.'
12 As a rule, folk avoid me like the devil, for they cannot disabuse their minds of the idea that I am going to ask them for a loan.
13 Our folk are by no means fools.
14 Yes, like vultures to a corpse did these good folk come flocking to the immense property which Madam Khanasarov had left behind her.
15 But do you know what: I am convinced that we underground folk ought to be kept on a curb.
Example Sentence: (26 in 2 pages)
1 Country folk can tell you that there are certain places which animals avoid.
2 He arranged many traditional folk songs.
3 Detailed study of folk music from a variety of countries reveals many close parallels.
4 Old folk and children alike are all against the proposal, not to mention the youth.
5 I'm sure there are some folk who would rather they weren't here.
6 These hardy mountain folk seem to thrive on the cold.
7 There's nowt so queer as folk.
8 Jazz has its roots in the folk songs of the southern states of the US.
9 It's very noble of you to spend all your weekends helping the old folk.
10 The requirements grow linearly, in proportion to the number of folk.
11 Only the tribesmen increased their clamor, war-drums booming and voices raised in savage folk songs.
12 His program of folk songs included a famous madrigal which he sang to the accompaniment of a lute.
13 In these stories of pastoral life, we find an understanding of the daily tasks of country folk.
14 Seldom earning enough to cover their expenses, folk dance teachers work because they love dancing, not because they expect any pecuniary reward.
15 He is a very popular folk singer.