How do you use Bricolage in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Bricolage in a sentence
Bricolage meaning
- Construction using whatever materials were available at the time.
- Something constructed with whatever materials were available at the time.
- A rhetorical style that brings together excerpts or samples of others' rhetoric in some constructive way (to produce, for example, synthesis, extension, or beauty).
Using Bricolage
- The main meaning on this page is: Construction using whatever materials were available at the time. | Something constructed with whatever materials were available at the time. | A rhetorical style that brings together excerpts or samples of others' rhetoric in some constructive way (to produce, for example, synthesis, extension, or beauty).
- In the example corpus, bricolage often appears in combinations such as: bricolage board.
Context around Bricolage
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bricolage
- In this selection, "bricolage" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, asked and board stand out and add context to how "bricolage" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bricolage board member and example of bricolage. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bricolage" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bricolage
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
New vocals were combined with previously released tracks and new Synclavier music; "the work is an extraordinary example of bricolage ". (20 words)
Bricolage board member Deb Elam said the CEO search group she’s leading has selected two finalists, Scott Shirey and Troave Profice. (22 words)
He asked Bricolage’s board to form a committee to address special education concerns at the pre-kindergarten through fifth-grade school on Esplanade Avenue. (25 words)
He asked Bricolage’s board to form a committee to address special education concerns at the pre-kindergarten through fifth-grade school on Esplanade Avenue. (25 words)
Bricolage board member Deb Elam said the CEO search group she’s leading has selected two finalists, Scott Shirey and Troave Profice. (22 words)
New vocals were combined with previously released tracks and new Synclavier music; "the work is an extraordinary example of bricolage ". (20 words)
Example sentences (3)
Bricolage board member Deb Elam said the CEO search group she’s leading has selected two finalists, Scott Shirey and Troave Profice.
He asked Bricolage’s board to form a committee to address special education concerns at the pre-kindergarten through fifth-grade school on Esplanade Avenue.
New vocals were combined with previously released tracks and new Synclavier music; "the work is an extraordinary example of bricolage ".
Common combinations with bricolage
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: