Explore Kumbaya through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Kumbaya in a sentence
Kumbaya meaning
Used to evoke spiritual unity and interpersonal harmony, with varying degrees of sincerity or sarcasm, as referring to the folk song.
Using Kumbaya
- The main meaning on this page is: Used to evoke spiritual unity and interpersonal harmony, with varying degrees of sincerity or sarcasm, as referring to the folk song.
Context around Kumbaya
- Average sentence length in these examples: 16.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Kumbaya
- In this selection, "kumbaya" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 16.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, love, land and moments stand out and add context to how "kumbaya" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include continue their kumbaya moments at and get to kumbaya. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "kumbaya" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with kumbaya
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
What do you think – are you in Kumbaya land? (9 words)
The point of this meeting is not for the two of you to get to kumbaya. (16 words)
There was so much Kumbaya love during Covid: 'we've got your back small business – we are here for you'. (20 words)
City Council and the Board of Regents continue their kumbaya moments at the Boulder Shambhala Center when voting on all new developments. (22 words)
There was so much Kumbaya love during Covid: 'we've got your back small business – we are here for you'. (20 words)
The point of this meeting is not for the two of you to get to kumbaya. (16 words)
What do you think – are you in Kumbaya land? (9 words)
Example sentences (4)
There was so much Kumbaya love during Covid: 'we've got your back small business – we are here for you'.
What do you think – are you in Kumbaya land?
City Council and the Board of Regents continue their kumbaya moments at the Boulder Shambhala Center when voting on all new developments.
The point of this meeting is not for the two of you to get to kumbaya.