Get to know Highlife better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like extravagance or lavishness.
Highlife in a sentence
Highlife meaning
- A genre of music that originated in Ghana in the early 20th century, blending elements of traditional Akan music with Western instruments and ideas.
- A work or performance in this style.
Synonyms of Highlife
Using Highlife
- The main meaning on this page is: A genre of music that originated in Ghana in the early 20th century, blending elements of traditional Akan music with Western instruments and ideas. | A work or performance in this style.
- Useful related words include: extravagance, prodigality, lavishness, high life.
- In the example corpus, highlife often appears in combinations such as: the highlife, highlife music, of highlife.
Context around Highlife
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 5 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Highlife
- In this selection, "highlife" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ghanaian, adowa, ace, musician, music and artist stand out and add context to how "highlife" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a ghanaian highlife musician and ace highlife artist cum. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "highlife" sits close to words such as abadi, abdelaziz and ablation, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with highlife
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Brian Jotter gifted the highlife maestro a over the remarkable resurgence. (11 words)
And Fuji was not a competitor to Sakara, Apala, Juju, afro, and highlife. (13 words)
Ace Highlife artist cum actress, Paulina Oduro has rubbished claims that she is into women. (15 words)
Known in real life as Albert Bejamin Crentsil, A.B Crentsil is one of Ghana’s pioneers in highlife music and has had many hit songs dating from the early 70’s and still has some songs which are still relevant in recent times. (44 words)
On April 22, she released a diss song titled “WTM” (Women Must Talk) where she made some disparaging inferences about her fellow female musicians and claimed to be the queen of highlife and ‘Queen Solomon’ (referring to her latest album). (40 words)
In a recent interview, the highlife artiste said he together with his team will still throw their support for Nana Addo to ensure that success comes their way again as far as the 2020 general election is concerned. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
After entries closed in June, the judges had a summer to discuss what Highlife Highland described as an impressive volume, breadth and calibre of work.
Every music enthusiast will find wonderful inspiration in the mind-blowing tune, which features a gorgeous traditional Adowa highlife beat combined with an excellent percussion beat to match.
While his melodies, flow pattern, and technique are largely inspired by the Highlife music of Southern Nigeria, he combines this with street-relatable topics and lingo for mainstream appeal.
Brian Jotter gifted the highlife maestro a over the remarkable resurgence.
This Highlife record captures the message of gender and equity and social justice by echoing the sentiments that a woman's place is beyond the walls of a kitchen.
Ace Highlife artist cum actress, Paulina Oduro has rubbished claims that she is into women.
And Fuji was not a competitor to Sakara, Apala, Juju, afro, and highlife.
But while most fans were in love with the musician’s artistry, Idonije’s admired him for his dedication to the principles of highlife.
Ghanaian Highlife Musician, Lucky Mensah has revealed that his ‘Nkratuo’ music that was perceived to be directed at the National Democratic Congress was actually a song for late President Mills as a person.
Highlife is a music genre that originated in present-day Ghana early in the 20th century, during its history as a colony of the British Empire.
Historically, Kofi Boakye Yiadom (died February 2, 2020), known by his stage name Kofi B, was a Ghanaian highlife musician.
Legendary highlife musician, Nana ‘Owoahene’ Acheampong’s daughter, Gyakie Acheampong has set social media ablaze with her photos.
Lo Lo Lo is saved from forgettable status by a melodious guitar riff that reinforces the singer’s highlife bonafides.
On April 22, she released a diss song titled “WTM” (Women Must Talk) where she made some disparaging inferences about her fellow female musicians and claimed to be the queen of highlife and ‘Queen Solomon’ (referring to her latest album).
The Highlife star, nicknamed Wonder Boy, was hot cake in the music scene in the late 90s.
The instrumentalist has passion for Highlife and Soul music butlooks to create a different genre, something he touts as High-Soul and believes music loving fans would love.
The young Ghanaians Highlife artist, who is considered one of the finest artists of his generation, said he does not want to rush into a new relationship because of the bitter experience of his first relationship.
In a recent interview, the highlife artiste said he together with his team will still throw their support for Nana Addo to ensure that success comes their way again as far as the 2020 general election is concerned.
Known in real life as Albert Bejamin Crentsil, A.B Crentsil is one of Ghana’s pioneers in highlife music and has had many hit songs dating from the early 70’s and still has some songs which are still relevant in recent times.
Sensational highlife singer, Bless Kwabena Boateng, popularly known by his stage name Bless, would drop the much anticipated track dubbed ‘Moonlight’ on Monday.
Common combinations with highlife
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the highlife 7×
- highlife music 4×
- of highlife 3×
- highlife musician 3×
- highlife artist 2×
- ghanaian highlife 2×
- highlife is 2×
- highlife and 2×
- for highlife 2×
- in highlife 2×