On this page you'll find 8 example sentences with Facepalm. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Facepalm meaning
A gesture of bringing one or both palms to the face, with various interpretations including exasperation, chagrin, frustration, embarrassment (one's own or vicarious), etc.
Using Facepalm
- The main meaning on this page is: A gesture of bringing one or both palms to the face, with various interpretations including exasperation, chagrin, frustration, embarrassment (one's own or vicarious), etc.
- In the example corpus, facepalm often appears in combinations such as: facepalm emoji.
Context around Facepalm
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Facepalm
- In this selection, "facepalm" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, search, picard, universal, emoji, moment and tag stand out and add context to how "facepalm" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a universal facepalm or he and adding a facepalm emoji with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "facepalm" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with facepalm
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Today required the cutest facepalm. (5 words)
Sarah asked, adding a facepalm emoji with it. (8 words)
For example, if you search ‘facepalm’, there will be several GIFs available for you to send. (16 words)
Either Gruden is intentionally wanting his entire fanbase and every person who covers the league to do a universal facepalm or he’s just suffering from short term memory loss. (30 words)
Star Trek fans will soon be able to purchase a collectible bust of the Jean-Luc Picard facepalm moment that has been turned into a popular meme. (27 words)
In college football, to indicate “targeting” the referee’s fist goes to his head … this latest development to the NFL rule should be a facepalm. (25 words)
Example sentences (8)
Sarah asked, adding a facepalm emoji with it.
Upon seeing the statistics, one X/Twitter user put a facepalm emoji and wrote: “Pretty sure those are not Londoners”.
For example, if you search ‘facepalm’, there will be several GIFs available for you to send.
Star Trek fans will soon be able to purchase a collectible bust of the Jean-Luc Picard facepalm moment that has been turned into a popular meme.
The facepalm tag is clearly for those who do not realize they were trying to be funny.
Either Gruden is intentionally wanting his entire fanbase and every person who covers the league to do a universal facepalm or he’s just suffering from short term memory loss.
In college football, to indicate “targeting” the referee’s fist goes to his head … this latest development to the NFL rule should be a facepalm.
Today required the cutest facepalm.
Common combinations with facepalm
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: