This page shows Folk in 20 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like folks or line. Useful when writing or proofreading a text.
Folk in a sentence
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Folk meaning
- A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
- People, persons.
- One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
Example sentences (20)
And even when he’s found folk that have unfortunately succumbed to injuries, he's so good at just being comforting.
After the floods, the wonderful folk of the One Roof Byron team identified an unoccupied, but apparently structurally sound.
After the inauguration of the valedictory function, Roshni Prasad and his team presented folk songs that captivated the audience.
His performance at the 1963 Newport Folk Festival caused his star to rise in the folk revival occurring at that time.
Culture People wearing the traditional Moravian kroje (Moravian national folk costumes) at a "folk festival" in Líšeň.
In recent period turbo-folk featured even more pop music elements, and some of the performers were labeled as pop-folk.
Often they are not named directly, but rather spoken of as "The Good Neighbors", "The Fair Folk", or simply "The Folk".
Folk Festival main The Woody Guthrie Folk Festival is held annually in mid-July to commemorate Guthrie's life and music.
After all he sounds like a '70s folk-rock raconteur in the body of a Gen Z indie artist.
The Ozark Folk Festival in Mountain View is a celebration of Ozark culture and often features folk and bluegrass musicians.
Ukrainian folk elements Many of Tchaikovsky's works have Ukrainian subjects or incorporate Ukrainian folk songs or melodies.
Creeque Alley is a musical duo who performs traditional American folk and folk rock music from the 1960s.
Headliner Maddie Morris is a contemporary folk musician who won the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2019.
This is also the language of a number of anonymous folk-poets, folk-songs, fairy tales, riddles (tekerlemeler), and proverbs.
Traditional folk music infobox Definitions A consistent definition of traditional folk music is elusive.
Starting in the mid-20th century a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music.
Not all ethnic dances are folk dances; for example, ritual dances or dances of ritual origin are not considered to be folk dances.
Although many in the folk world decried Dylan's choice, Ochs was amused, and admired Dylan's courage in defying the folk establishment.
After a brief stint in the U.K. hosting BBC’s Country and Western Show, he returned to Canada and made an appearance at the Mariposa Folk Festival in 1964.
Psychedelic rock particularly took off in California's emerging music scene as groups followed the Byrds from folk to folk rock from 1965.
Phrases with folk
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Common combinations with folk
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- folk music 42×
- folk festival 21×
- folk and 17×
- the folk 13×
- traditional folk 12×
- of folk 11×
- folk song 11×
- and folk 10×
- folk dance 8×
- newport folk 7×
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The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word folk. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.