Wondering how to use Falstaff in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as character.
Falstaff in a sentence
Falstaff meaning
A fat and jolly knight.
Synonyms of Falstaff
Using Falstaff
- The main meaning on this page is: A fat and jolly knight.
- Useful related words include: sir john falstaff, fictional character, fictitious character, character.
- In the example corpus, falstaff often appears in combinations such as: falstaff is, john falstaff, is falstaff.
Context around Falstaff
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Falstaff
- In this selection, "falstaff" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, john, thrash, poor, tickets, shares and section stand out and add context to how "falstaff" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as playing falstaff and bannon is falstaff s liver. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "falstaff" sits close to words such as abbasid, acrobatics and admissible, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with falstaff
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bannon is Falstaff’s liver. (5 words)
Civetta, Chapter 3: "Falstaff" section. (5 words)
Poor Falstaff, he gets no respect. (6 words)
As he observed at the time, he was not working on a commission from a particular opera house, as he had in the past, but was composing for his own pleasure: "in writing Falstaff, I haven't thought about either theatres or singers". (43 words)
Others followed, including Azucena in "Il trovatore" and Dame Quickly in ''Falstaff'' by Giuseppe Verdi, Herodias in ''Salome'' by Richard Strauss, Mother Goose in ''The Rake's Progress'' by Igor Stravisnky and many others. (34 words)
Although the prospect of a new opera from Verdi aroused immense interest in Italy and around the world, Falstaff did not prove to be as popular as earlier works in the composer's canon. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Falstaff's attempted love scene with Alice is interrupted by the announcement that witches are approaching, and the men, disguised as elves and fairies, soundly thrash Falstaff.
Others followed, including Azucena in "Il trovatore" and Dame Quickly in ''Falstaff'' by Giuseppe Verdi, Herodias in ''Salome'' by Richard Strauss, Mother Goose in ''The Rake's Progress'' by Igor Stravisnky and many others.
The story started when the pub’s owner, Adie Parkes, for whom Jim had worked a few bar shifts, decided he could not run the Falstaff any longer.
During an appearance on BBC Breakfast this morning, credited his costume's padding for protecting him during his portrayal of Shakespeare's Falstaff, which potentially saved him from even more serious harm.
Falstaff, a gluttonous knight, is humiliated by the married women he courts, including Alice Ford, the ringleader of a plot to have him thrown into the Thames River.
The double Oscar nominee snapped his wrist and chipped a vertebra when he fell from a stage playing John Falstaff in a performance of Player Kings at the Noël Coward theatre in June.
Depending on the scene, Gero’s Falstaff can either rouse laughter during humorous misadventures or elicit tears during tender moments with Hal.
Poor Falstaff, he gets no respect.
Bannon is Falstaff’s liver.
Guests can also enjoy an exclusive discount on Falstaff tickets at the event.
Joel Edgerton will be pulling triple duty, producing and writing, as well as playing Falstaff.
Perhaps the easiest way to explain Falstaff is to compare him to “The Big Lebowski’s” Dude—at least the Dude would aspire to be him if he could aspire to anything.
Act 2 A room at the Garter Inn Falstaff is alone at the inn.
Additionally, humour was thought to include a combination of ridiculousness and wit in an individual; the paradigmatic case being Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff.
Although the prospect of a new opera from Verdi aroused immense interest in Italy and around the world, Falstaff did not prove to be as popular as earlier works in the composer's canon.
As he observed at the time, he was not working on a commission from a particular opera house, as he had in the past, but was composing for his own pleasure: "in writing Falstaff, I haven't thought about either theatres or singers".
As J. W. Draper notes, the gluttonous Falstaff shares many characteristics with a parasite such as Artotrogus from Miles Gloriosus.
As musical director of La Scala (from 1898) and the Metropolitan Opera (from 1908), he programmed Falstaff from the start of his tenure.
By mid-April 1892 the scoring of the first act was complete and by June–July Verdi was considering potential singers for roles in Falstaff.
Civetta, Chapter 3: "Falstaff" section.
Common combinations with falstaff
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- falstaff is 7×
- john falstaff 3×
- is falstaff 2×
- on falstaff 2×
- falstaff was 2×
- falstaff and 2×
- opera falstaff 2×
- of falstaff 2×
- falstaff as 2×