How do you use Capote in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like greatcoat or overcoat, plus the exact meaning.
Capote meaning
- A long coat or cloak with a hood.
- A coat made from a blanket, worn by 19th-century Canadian woodsmen.
- A close-fitting woman's bonnet.
Using Capote
- The main meaning on this page is: A long coat or cloak with a hood. | A coat made from a blanket, worn by 19th-century Canadian woodsmen. | A close-fitting woman's bonnet.
- Useful related words include: hooded coat, greatcoat, overcoat, topcoat.
- In the example corpus, capote often appears in combinations such as: truman capote, capote vs, feud capote.
Context around Capote
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Capote
- In this selection, "capote" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, truman, feud, met, finds, dress and inhabited stand out and add context to how "capote" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in feud capote vs the and anthology series capote vs the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "capote" sits close to words such as abominable, acolytes and acv, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with capote
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His research was considerable, delving deep into the New York Capote inhabited. (12 words)
Hollywood Channels Capote's Swans on the SAG Awards 2024 Red Carpetvanityfair. (12 words)
Among the “Swans” shunning Capote, brought a bitchy severity to her portrayal of Slim Keith. (15 words)
Harrington met Capote as a child when her father, John O’Shea, a bank manager, had invited the author to the family home on Long Island for dinner, neglecting to mention that he and Capote were lovers, having met at a bathhouse in the city. (45 words)
Like Woody Harrelson’s character in The Walker – Paul Schrader’s movie about political wives in Washington DC – Capote became embroiled in the lives of those he escorted to places like Studio 54. (33 words)
Anyway, Sophie is redefining that here, wearing the 'Capote' dress, which features a flared midi skirt, a wool-blend fabric, and stripes that are strategically placed to flatter the figure. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Harrington met Capote as a child when her father, John O’Shea, a bank manager, had invited the author to the family home on Long Island for dinner, neglecting to mention that he and Capote were lovers, having met at a bathhouse in the city.
In the fifth episode of Capote vs. The Swans, Truman Capote finds strength and support in an imagined interaction with literary icon James Baldwin.
I think of Capote and the Swans as one organism, and that when Capote was cut off, it deprived him of the oxygen he so craved.
The third episode of FX’s resurrected anthology series “: Capote vs. the Swans” recreates the 1966 Black and White Ball hosted by writer Truman Capote in painstaking, monochromatic detail.
Bennett Miller's Oscar-winning film about the writing of Truman Capote's 1966 crime novel stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as Capote.
Anyway, Sophie is redefining that here, wearing the 'Capote' dress, which features a flared midi skirt, a wool-blend fabric, and stripes that are strategically placed to flatter the figure.
For those of us who loved Capote’s books in our twenties (TC is a young person’s writer), this is a dispiriting read.
His research was considerable, delving deep into the New York Capote inhabited.
I ate breakfast every morning in Bismarck High School, combing the stacks and reading books by authors like James Baldwin, Truman Capote and Willa Cather.
Like Woody Harrelson’s character in The Walker – Paul Schrader’s movie about political wives in Washington DC – Capote became embroiled in the lives of those he escorted to places like Studio 54.
Philip Seymour Hoffman took home the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of openly gay author Truman Capote in this riveting biopic.
Ryan Murphy’s anthology tells the story of Truman Capote (Tom Hollander) and the elite New York women, whom he nicknamed “the swans,” who surround him.
Among the “Swans” shunning Capote, brought a bitchy severity to her portrayal of Slim Keith.
Another thing Truman accused the swans of in Feud: Capote vs. The Swans was being terrible mothers.
Bill and Babe Paley think Capote is the “other Truman” (Harry Truman) when they meet him in the 1950s.
Calista currently stars in Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, the anthology TV series based on a best-selling book by Laurence Leamer.
For Capote, an outsider because he was gay, “the swans” provided acceptance, association with high society (which he both loved and despised) and material for his writing.
FX’s star-studded “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans” could still squeak in here, but it probably will have to settle for nominations in the acting categories.
Hollywood Channels Capote's Swans on the SAG Awards 2024 Red Carpetvanityfair.
Lee Radziwill, wearing a silver sequined dress by Mila Schön, dances with Truman Capote at the Black and White Ball.
Common combinations with capote
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- truman capote 15×
- capote vs 6×
- feud capote 4×
- of capote 3×
- capote and 3×
- capote as 2×
- and capote 2×
- capote were 2×
- capote was 2×
- capote in 2×