Brogue is an English word with synonyms like brogan or shoe. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Brogue meaning
- A strong dialectal accent, usually Irish or Scottish.
- A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.
- A heavy shoe of untanned leather.
Using Brogue
- The main meaning on this page is: A strong dialectal accent, usually Irish or Scottish. | A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips. | A heavy shoe of untanned leather.
- Useful related words include: brogan, clodhopper, work shoe, shoe.
- In the example corpus, brogue often appears in combinations such as: brogue kick, the brogue, irish brogue.
Context around Brogue
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 2 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Brogue
- In this selection, "brogue" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, irish, cody, british, kick, kicks and details stand out and add context to how "brogue" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a cody brogue kick guevara and brogue has been. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "brogue" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with brogue
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sheamus then gave Lee a Brogue Kick. (7 words)
Kofi ducks the Brogue but runs into an elbow. (9 words)
Sheamus comes down and blasts him with the Brogue Kick! (10 words)
BroGue has been affiliated with the other agencies owned by Tracy and Maguire since 2004, when they became part of North Country Alliance, LLC, a group association of independent insurance agencies with more than 20 locations in Maine. (38 words)
The 36-year-old pop star jokingly used her British brogue to see which lucky fans were screaming the loudest during Friday’s stop on the “Britney Spears: Piece of Me” tour. (32 words)
Stockton says he had an interesting first impression of Ireland: "When I was picked up by Frankie, the first thing I remember was trying to pick up on his Irish brogue. (31 words)
Sheamus comes down and blasts him with the Brogue Kick! (10 words)
A referee comes down but before the bell rings, Sheamus hits a pair of Brogue Kicks on Lee and leaves him lying as we go to break! (27 words)
Example sentences (16)
BroGue has been affiliated with the other agencies owned by Tracy and Maguire since 2004, when they became part of North Country Alliance, LLC, a group association of independent insurance agencies with more than 20 locations in Maine.
Butch came into the ring and went for a Brogue Kick on Prince.
Sheamus comes down and blasts him with the Brogue Kick!
The spear is countered and Sheamus hits the Brogue Kick for two.
A referee comes down but before the bell rings, Sheamus hits a pair of Brogue Kicks on Lee and leaves him lying as we go to break!
It also offers a textile lining with a cushioned EVA footbed for all day comfort, while you look sharp thanks to the brogue details.
It’s on the topic of mortality that his soft Irish brogue hardens into something steeped in years of frustration.
Sheamus gave Lee a Brogue kick, then Braun gave Sheamus a running powerslam for the win.
Sheamus then gave Lee a Brogue Kick.
Stockton says he had an interesting first impression of Ireland: "When I was picked up by Frankie, the first thing I remember was trying to pick up on his Irish brogue.
After a Cody brogue kick Guevara, Sammy falls the floor.
His bravado earned him a Brogue Kick, but the confident Bar also accepted the match.
With relatively little onstage violence, the dialog does all the heavy lifting, dialog so soaked in brogue and idiom that you expect to find a dialect coach listed among the crew.
In the end Sheamus connects on the Brogue Kick to get the pin.
Kofi ducks the Brogue but runs into an elbow.
The 36-year-old pop star jokingly used her British brogue to see which lucky fans were screaming the loudest during Friday’s stop on the “Britney Spears: Piece of Me” tour.
Common combinations with brogue
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: