Wondering how to use Fracas in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as affray or altercation.
Fracas meaning
A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.
Using Fracas
- The main meaning on this page is: A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.
- Useful related words include: affray, altercation, quarrel, wrangle.
- In the example corpus, fracas often appears in combinations such as: the fracas, fracas with, fracas which.
Context around Fracas
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fracas
- In this selection, "fracas" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, resulting, degenerateinto, border, cowboys, closely and erupted stand out and add context to how "fracas" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include amid this fracas and and a fracas ensued. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fracas" sits close to words such as abalone, abomination and addressable, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fracas
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Baker, Abreu, and Garcia were all tossed following the fracas. (10 words)
A teacher tried to coerce him and a fracas ensued. (10 words)
Mooney reportedly started the resulting fracas, the result of a simmering feud. (12 words)
Besides, the Supreme Court of Liberia, which is highest court in the land, is currently looking into the Leadership's fracas, and as such, any call to setup an interim leadership is baseless, groundless, and thoughtless. (36 words)
For some political observers, the fracas in Nimba was an early manifestation of what has been expected to occur within the CPP due to the manner and form in which the leaders have been conducting themselves. (36 words)
NPR, which receives on average less than 1% of its funding from the government, disagrees with both labels and has stopped tweeting news, the first of several news organizations to leave Twitter amid this fracas. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Baker, Abreu, and Garcia were all tossed following the fracas.
Besides, the Supreme Court of Liberia, which is highest court in the land, is currently looking into the Leadership's fracas, and as such, any call to setup an interim leadership is baseless, groundless, and thoughtless.
Chicago White Sox 2B Tim Anderson and Cleveland Guardians 3B Jose Ramirez got into a bit of a fracas during their game on Saturday.
In the middle of the fracas, Cowboys defensive lineman Dante Fowler appeared to punch Chargers running back Austin Ekeler, knocking off Ekeler’s helmet.
Mooney reportedly started the resulting fracas, the result of a simmering feud.
NPR, which receives on average less than 1% of its funding from the government, disagrees with both labels and has stopped tweeting news, the first of several news organizations to leave Twitter amid this fracas.
One person pulled out a gun and fired it during the fracas which happened at 1.30pm and hundreds of beachgoers were seen running away and screaming.
Police allege a male constable suffered an injury to his hand during the fracas.
The fracas was not between members of the APC and any other political party, but between the internal factions within the said community.
We did not retaliate because I did not want anything that would degenerateinto fracas, so we left immediately.
According to reports from the time, Liam was involved in a fracas with an audience member throughout the gig after an object was apparently thrown.
David Coale, a constitutional lawyer from Texas who has followed the border fracas closely, said the dispute in Eagle Pass is part of a larger political battle.
He said he became embroiled in the fracas when he saw his manager and another colleague attacked as they went to the beach to intervene in the clashes.
Plus, Roberta learns how a fracas with an elephant closed a Glaswegian theatre, and Trudie rolls up her sleeves to build a wall in a field.
The episode led to the arrest of PF sympathiser Peter Kashala after he allegedly slapped a student in the fracas.
When two of his friends, Rohit Chouhan and Rishav, wanted to know the reasons for attacking Deepak, a fracas erupted.
A teacher tried to coerce him and a fracas ensued.
But the 29 year old roofer - who had been headbutted and punched during the fracas with Mr Simmons - told the jury he didn't know about the death of his friend until later that night.
For some political observers, the fracas in Nimba was an early manifestation of what has been expected to occur within the CPP due to the manner and form in which the leaders have been conducting themselves.
Friday’s fracas, which saw that setting ablaze of a car, occurred near a hotel along Ogaga Road in Amukpe, Sapele.
Common combinations with fracas
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the fracas 34×
- fracas with 8×
- fracas which 3×
- fracas in 3×
- fracas and 2×
- of fracas 2×
- resulting fracas 2×
- fracas was 2×
- in fracas 2×
- fracas between 2×