Wondering how to use Follies in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as revue or review.
Follies meaning
- plural of folly
- A lavishly-produced theatrical revue characterized by major stars, huge casts, and opulent costumes and scenery.
Using Follies
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of folly | A lavishly-produced theatrical revue characterized by major stars, huge casts, and opulent costumes and scenery.
- Useful related words include: revue, review.
- In the example corpus, follies often appears in combinations such as: the follies, follies and, follies is.
Context around Follies
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Follies
- In this selection, "follies" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ziegfeld, 1919, become, sfn and showgirls stand out and add context to how "follies" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all past follies and weaknesses and anvils political follies can be. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "follies" sits close to words such as abdicate, adapters and adores, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with follies
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Fox Chapel Follies is not just about entertainment. (8 words)
On such anvils, political follies can be forged. (8 words)
She loved music and enjoyed participating in the Cedar Rapids Follies and Marion Summer Productions. (15 words)
There have been a lot of years when I took that as a challenge, a dare to shake off all the wonderful holiday spirit and remind you that the Mets still aren’t deep enough, or recount all of the football follies our local teams have perpetrated. (47 words)
George Gershwin 's Rhapsody in Blue was never featured in the Follies, and the number "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" was written for the 1919 Follies,sfn not the first edition of the revue, as shown in the film. (41 words)
And yet, to dub 2018—a year that saw this rising cultural juggernaut team up with Avengers: Infinity War, cover thousands upon thousands of children in its LOL-random-scented merch, and get its ” would be the utmost of follies. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
George Gershwin 's Rhapsody in Blue was never featured in the Follies, and the number "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" was written for the 1919 Follies,sfn not the first edition of the revue, as shown in the film.
Inspired by a New York Times article about a gathering of former Ziegfeld Follies showgirls, it was entitled The Girl Upstairs (and would later become Follies ).
It was Prince who changed the title to Follies; he was "intrigued by the psychology of a reunion of old chorus dancers and loved the play on the word 'follies'".
The new show, the Ziegfeld Follies, an opulent production filled with beautiful women and highly extravagant costumes and sets, is a smash hit, and is followed by more versions of the Follies.
Even though the follies and failures of this institution have caused me to lose my rose-colored glasses when I look at Georgetown, the people always take me back to the adrenaline rush of my acceptance letter.
It is, today, President Tinubu’s lot to carry the cross of all past follies and weaknesses, and he has to do this under tremendous pressure to make a choices under tremendous pressure.
She loved music and enjoyed participating in the Cedar Rapids Follies and Marion Summer Productions.
There have been a lot of years when I took that as a challenge, a dare to shake off all the wonderful holiday spirit and remind you that the Mets still aren’t deep enough, or recount all of the football follies our local teams have perpetrated.
Fox Chapel Follies is not just about entertainment.
Ice Follies is a reliable, early daffodil with a unique lemon-yellow and white color.
The structure was never actually used as a working chimney and as such, it is regarded by many as one of Britain’s finest follies.
Across the street from this restaurant, he opened Fucci’s Food and Follies and then a few years later in 1983, he opened Denaro’s, followed by Aubie’s.
In recent decades, both right- and left-leaning leaders have imposed a range of economic follies on credulous voters, and often exacerbated ethnic, social and political tensions.
Jan then received a starring role as Phyllis Rogers Stone in the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman musical, "Follies," that opened in the Eisenhower Theater in Washington, D.C., on May 7, 2011.
And yet, to dub 2018—a year that saw this rising cultural juggernaut team up with Avengers: Infinity War, cover thousands upon thousands of children in its LOL-random-scented merch, and get its ” would be the utmost of follies.
Bullpen follies have haunted all four division contenders, which means that a critical player in the division might not even be here yet.
He shared in seven Tony Awards with Ms. Comden, including best score in “Will Rogers Follies,” for which they also took home a Grammy.
Horse Sand Fort is used to record the history of the follies and retains original gun carriages and armour plated walls.
On such anvils, political follies can be forged.
The 1,000-acre grounds of Highclere are home to several of its founders’ “follies,” including this architectural feature called Jackdaws Castle that was built in 1743 to resemble a classic symmetrical temple.
Common combinations with follies
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the follies 10×
- follies and 8×
- follies is 6×
- ziegfeld follies 3×
- and follies 3×
- of follies 3×
- follies of 3×
- frantic follies 3×
- follies showgirls 2×
- musical follies 2×