Colonials is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Colonials meaning
plural of colonial
Using Colonials
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of colonial
- In the example corpus, colonials often appears in combinations such as: the colonials, colonials are, colonials will.
Context around Colonials
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 5 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Colonials
- In this selection, "colonials" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, outmanned, extended, finished and got stand out and add context to how "colonials" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all other colonials swept their and between the colonials and his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "colonials" sits close to words such as accosted, adair and addressable, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with colonials
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The colonials and the natives had dinner together. (8 words)
All other Colonials swept their matches in three games. (9 words)
Despite the deficit, the Colonials came out of the halftime break swinging. (12 words)
The Colonials extended their lead to double digits as senior guard James Bishop found junior center Noel Brown under the basket for an easy dunk to make it 24-14 with 10 minutes to play. (35 words)
The Board oversees the University’s academic, fiscal and overall operations, and has made key decisions like some GW Police Department officers and the University’s moniker from the Colonials to the Revolutionaries. (33 words)
Adams nailed a 3 off the dribble to capture a 3-point advantage, setting up a single-handed scoring surge from Bishop that would lock up a victory for the Colonials. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Adams nailed a 3 off the dribble to capture a 3-point advantage, setting up a single-handed scoring surge from Bishop that would lock up a victory for the Colonials.
He remained in America during the Revolutionary War between the Colonials and his native British Red Coats.
The Board oversees the University’s academic, fiscal and overall operations, and has made key decisions like some GW Police Department officers and the University’s moniker from the Colonials to the Revolutionaries.
The colonials and the natives had dinner together.
The Colonials extended their lead to double digits as senior guard James Bishop found junior center Noel Brown under the basket for an easy dunk to make it 24-14 with 10 minutes to play.
The Colonials finished the first half with a thin lead of 30-25.
The Colonials got on the board in the bottom of the third inning.
The most discernible reason is the Colonials’ switch to the Merrimack Valley Conference/Dual County League.
They would rather wear their colonial masters suits and wigs or should we say the colonials have pulled the strings to snooker Africa again.
Robert Morris’ final homestand of the season began Thursday night with a whimper as another in a steady parade of Horizon League heavyweights harassed the outmanned Colonials.
Should the Colonials pull off the upset, they’ll face top-seeded RIT in a best-of-three in Rochester next weekend.
The 22-year-old Japchen, who began his hockey career at Union College, is one of six transfers with the Colonials this year.
The Colonials are coming off of a weekend sweep of Stonehill to improve to 6-13-3.
The Colonials face RIT in Rochester this weekend in a best-of-three quarterfinal series Friday through Sunday.
Throughout the game, the Colonials outshot Bishop Feehan 23-7, turning in a dominant defensive performance.
All other Colonials swept their matches in three games.
But the Colonials worked the ball inside the paint and outside the perimeter, gaining offense from both spots, to keep the Patriots at bay.
Despite the deficit, the Colonials came out of the halftime break swinging.
Despite the tall lead, the Colonials battled back in the fourth and scored 11 straight points off a pair of threes, a pair of layups and a free throw.
It goes all the way back to when the colonials boycotted British goods.
Common combinations with colonials
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the colonials 55×
- colonials are 5×
- colonials will 4×
- colonials in 4×
- colonials have 3×
- colonials and 2×
- colonials finished 2×
- hartford colonials 2×
- colonials of 2×
- colonials who 2×