Explore Confederates through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Confederates meaning
plural of confederate
Using Confederates
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of confederate
- In the example corpus, confederates often appears in combinations such as: the confederates, confederates were, former confederates.
Context around Confederates
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Confederates
- In this selection, "confederates" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, former, rebel, partisan, continuing, responded and earlier stand out and add context to how "confederates" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include the confederates did not and and former confederates. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "confederates" sits close to words such as abolishing, acidity and akbar, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with confederates
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Confederates did not have long to wait. (8 words)
The Confederates did not make it easy for them. (9 words)
If the majority rules, Falwell and his confederates will abandon commitments to democracy. (13 words)
Vice President Andrew Johnson had taken a hard line and spoke of hanging rebel Confederates, but when he succeeded Lincoln as President, Johnson took a much softer position, pardoning many Confederate leaders and former Confederates. (35 words)
On November 13, students at Caledonia’s elementary, middle, and high schools voted to rename themselves the Cavaliers after parents and community members called for the removal of the nickname Confederates earlier in the year. (35 words)
When the abbot complained to the Confederates about the damages and demanded full compensation, Varnbüler responded with a counter suit and in cooperation with Schwendiner rejected the arbitration efforts of the non-partisan Confederates. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
See Ferraro, p. 127. With the Confederates continuing to advance, Wallace led a second brigade to the right and engaged the Confederates with infantry and artillery.
Union artillery bombarded the Confederates with a battery of eight Coehorn mortars ; the Confederates responded by depressing the trail of a 24-pound howitzer and lobbing shells over the Union positions.
Vice President Andrew Johnson had taken a hard line and spoke of hanging rebel Confederates, but when he succeeded Lincoln as President, Johnson took a much softer position, pardoning many Confederate leaders and former Confederates.
When the abbot complained to the Confederates about the damages and demanded full compensation, Varnbüler responded with a counter suit and in cooperation with Schwendiner rejected the arbitration efforts of the non-partisan Confederates.
Combining a celebration of Lee with MLK isn't a mistake, it's absolute proof that confederates still walk among us and conspire against the USA.
One of the central issues is that this part of 14th Amendment has been rarely used aside from its original purpose: to disqualify former Confederates from the U.S. government after the Civil War.
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment was intended to keep former Confederates from holding office after the war.
Anderson and five other Colorado voters are relying on part of the 14th Amendment, passed after the Civil War, to keep Confederates out of office.
He also reiterated that the defeated Confederates had embraced “a self-serving lie that the Civil War was not about slavery but about states’ rights,” and decried current efforts to “erase” history.
The set’s peak is a twangy, roistering 1987 Royal Albert Hall concert — mixing Costello’s songs and roots-rock oldies — backed by his too cleverly named American band, the Confederates.
The Union soldiers in the battle actually fought self-determination; it was the Confederates who fought for the right of their people to govern themselves” (emphasis added).
At 1 pm, the two Union divisions, joined by comrades from VI Corps, attacked the heavily outnumbered Confederates.
Fort Polk and the other Army bases named for Confederates are a legacy of the Jim Crow era in the South.
If the majority rules, Falwell and his confederates will abandon commitments to democracy.
Many statues and monuments made to honor the Confederates have been toppled across the country, either by design or force.
On November 13, students at Caledonia’s elementary, middle, and high schools voted to rename themselves the Cavaliers after parents and community members called for the removal of the nickname Confederates earlier in the year.
The 54th Massachusetts was still in bivouac when the Confederates attacked, and Terry’s entire command seems to have been taken somewhat by surprise.
The Confederates did not have long to wait.
The Confederates did not make it easy for them.
The memorialized Confederates that Trump conservatives (including McConnell) cannot bear to part with fought to preserve slavery, not end it.
Common combinations with confederates
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: