Explore Cotillion through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like ball or formal. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Cotillion meaning
- A bold dance performed in groups of eight where women lift their skirts to display their ankles.
- The music regulating the cotillion.
- Ellipsis of cotillion ball, a coming-of-age party meant to present girls newly transitioned into womanhood to the community for courtship.
Using Cotillion
- The main meaning on this page is: A bold dance performed in groups of eight where women lift their skirts to display their ankles. | The music regulating the cotillion. | Ellipsis of cotillion ball, a coming-of-age party meant to present girls newly transitioned into womanhood to the community for courtship.
- Useful related words include: cotilion, ball, formal, ballroom dancing.
- In the example corpus, cotillion often appears in combinations such as: the cotillion.
Context around Cotillion
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cotillion
- In this selection, "cotillion" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 66th, county, records, ballroom, participation and poses stand out and add context to how "cotillion" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include atlantic records cotillion label their and coming out cotillion. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cotillion" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cotillion
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Which brings us back to the cotillion. (7 words)
The long-awaited debutante of the video ad industry has had her coming-out cotillion. (15 words)
Cotillion's catalog quickly expanded to include progressive rock, folk-rock, gospel, jazz and comedy. (15 words)
Three-year-old Heaven Lane of of Red Bank gets an up-close look at royalty as Briana Argant, named Queen of the Monmouth County Cotillion, poses for photos in Riveside Gardens Park Saturday morning. (35 words)
After the band's move to Atlantic Records ' Cotillion label, their new manager pushed Reed to change the subject matter of his songs to lighter topics in hopes of commercial success. (31 words)
At this year’s awards luncheon, the LA Links acknowledged every cotillionette with a Certificate of 66th Cotillion Participation and a 14k gold Links pendant. (25 words)
Example sentences (8)
On Friday morning, Nov. 10, veterans gathered in the Cotillion Ballroom at Nicholls State University for a ceremony honoring their service.
The long-awaited debutante of the video ad industry has had her coming-out cotillion.
At this year’s awards luncheon, the LA Links acknowledged every cotillionette with a Certificate of 66th Cotillion Participation and a 14k gold Links pendant.
Three-year-old Heaven Lane of of Red Bank gets an up-close look at royalty as Briana Argant, named Queen of the Monmouth County Cotillion, poses for photos in Riveside Gardens Park Saturday morning.
Which brings us back to the cotillion.
After the band's move to Atlantic Records ' Cotillion label, their new manager pushed Reed to change the subject matter of his songs to lighter topics in hopes of commercial success.
Cotillion's catalog quickly expanded to include progressive rock, folk-rock, gospel, jazz and comedy.
In addition to establishing Cotillion, Atlantic began expanding its own roster to include rock, soul/rock, progressive rock, British bands and singer songwriters.
Common combinations with cotillion
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: