Get to know Gilets better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Gilets meaning
plural of gilet
Using Gilets
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of gilet
- In the example corpus, gilets often appears in combinations such as: gilets jaunes, the gilets, and gilets.
Context around Gilets
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 3 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gilets
- In this selection, "gilets" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 000, magnificent, wearing and jaunes stand out and add context to how "gilets" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 10 000 gilets jaunes demonstrating and boules and gilets. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gilets" sits close to words such as aat, abenomics and abraxas, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gilets
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Gilets Jaunes aren’t even the only ones being injured. (10 words)
The brand’s range of products spans everything from gloves and gilets to ski pants and jackets. (17 words)
There is a self-mocking, nerdy Bertie Wooster feel to his namechecking of Glyndebourne, boules and gilets. (17 words)
The French government bowed to the gilets jaunes protesters and abandoned the fuel tax rise that had sparked more than three weeks of violence and seen parts of central Paris in flames. (32 words)
Gilets Jaunes (Yellow vest) protestors man a barricade in Montabon, northwestern France, at an access to an oil depot they block since December 2 as part of the Gilets Jaunes protests. (31 words)
Alan Woods, editor of In Defence of Marxism, discusses the magnificent gilets jaunes movement in France, which has exploded out of nowhere to land a blow against the ruling class. (30 words)
Example sentences (14)
Gilets Jaunes (Yellow vest) protestors man a barricade in Montabon, northwestern France, at an access to an oil depot they block since December 2 as part of the Gilets Jaunes protests.
The brand’s range of products spans everything from gloves and gilets to ski pants and jackets.
Jerome Rodrigues (L), one of the leading figures of the gilets jaunes movement, and four other protesters who claim to have been injured by police in recent months.
The gilets jaunes in France draw on a similar pattern of support, as does Donald Trump in the US.
A man in Place de la Bastille holds a placard in memory of those killed during the gilets jaunes demonstrations.
By mid-evening, police had arrested almost 240 protesters and estimated there were up to 10,000 gilets jaunes demonstrating in the city.
Deficit-financed ‘investments’ in the middle class are meant to avoid political turmoil such as France’s ‘gilets jaunes’ movement.
Gilets Jaunes aren’t even the only ones being injured.
There is a self-mocking, nerdy Bertie Wooster feel to his namechecking of Glyndebourne, boules and gilets.
The route of police brutality, specifically ordered by the state, has had a reverse effect, and, in return, has radicalized some Gilets Jaunes elements.
Alan Woods, editor of In Defence of Marxism, discusses the magnificent gilets jaunes movement in France, which has exploded out of nowhere to land a blow against the ruling class.
Much of the destruction was caused by gangs of “casseurs”, urban guerrillas determined to loot and pillage, some of whom were wearing gilets jaunes.
The French government bowed to the gilets jaunes protesters and abandoned the fuel tax rise that had sparked more than three weeks of violence and seen parts of central Paris in flames.
The gilets jaunes have called for further protests, while hauliers are being urged to strike and farmers have announced plans for demonstrations next week.
Common combinations with gilets
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: