Explore Greensleeves through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Greensleeves in a sentence
Greensleeves meaning
A traditional English folk song.
Using Greensleeves
- The main meaning on this page is: A traditional English folk song.
Context around Greensleeves
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Greensleeves
- In this selection, "greensleeves" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 28.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, singing and rhythm stand out and add context to how "greensleeves" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include everyone singing greensleeves and fantasia on greensleeves. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "greensleeves" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with greensleeves
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It ended with a parade down Telegraph Avenue with everyone singing " Greensleeves ". (12 words)
Prinze Jr also revealed that the scene where he plays Emma a rendition of “Greensleeves” on the recorder was something he had to learn in a matter of hours. (29 words)
McCutcheon immediately makes a beeline for the dancehall crates, and waxes lyrical over the Greensleeves Rhythm Album series, one of the longest-running of its kind, where various artists interpret the same rhythm. (33 words)
Duxbury, p. 75. * With Emerson, Lake & Powell, the main theme to "Touch & Go" is identical to the English folk song " Lovely Joan ", better known as the counterpoint tune in Ralph Vaughan Williams ' Fantasia on Greensleeves. (35 words)
A good example of the last type is the Fantasia a6 (No 2) which begins with a sober imitative paragraph before progressively more fragmented textures (working in a quotation from Greensleeves at one point). (34 words)
McCutcheon immediately makes a beeline for the dancehall crates, and waxes lyrical over the Greensleeves Rhythm Album series, one of the longest-running of its kind, where various artists interpret the same rhythm. (33 words)
Example sentences (5)
Prinze Jr also revealed that the scene where he plays Emma a rendition of “Greensleeves” on the recorder was something he had to learn in a matter of hours.
McCutcheon immediately makes a beeline for the dancehall crates, and waxes lyrical over the Greensleeves Rhythm Album series, one of the longest-running of its kind, where various artists interpret the same rhythm.
A good example of the last type is the Fantasia a6 (No 2) which begins with a sober imitative paragraph before progressively more fragmented textures (working in a quotation from Greensleeves at one point).
Duxbury, p. 75. * With Emerson, Lake & Powell, the main theme to "Touch & Go" is identical to the English folk song " Lovely Joan ", better known as the counterpoint tune in Ralph Vaughan Williams ' Fantasia on Greensleeves.
It ended with a parade down Telegraph Avenue with everyone singing " Greensleeves ".