Libertines is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Libertines meaning
plural of libertine
Using Libertines
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of libertine
- In the example corpus, libertines often appears in combinations such as: the libertines.
Context around Libertines
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Libertines
- In this selection, "libertines" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fascist, frontman, gear and bloc stand out and add context to how "libertines" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include although the libertines controlled the and as the libertines gear up. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "libertines" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with libertines
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Now, The Libertines are back in a big way. (9 words)
Although the libertines controlled the council, his request was refused. (10 words)
Few bands have done it better, or with more regularity, than the Libertines. (13 words)
J. Talbot, A Horatian Pun in Paradise Lost, 21–3 Yet Horace's lyrics could offer inspiration to libertines as well as moralists, and neo-Latin sometimes served as a kind of discrete veil for the risqué. (37 words)
The house — fittingly located on Albion Road — bore the stamp of its owners in its interiors, and was the prototype for The Albion Rooms, the Margate hotel and recording studio opened by the Libertines in 2020. (36 words)
A new wave of British guitar bands was already being pioneered by the likes of The Libertines, Bloc Party and Franz Ferdinand when the Sheffield-formed Arctic Monkeys arrived on the scene. (32 words)
Example sentences (12)
The Libertines frontman, 44, was notorious in the Noughties and 2010s for his drug-fuelled public antics, and was arrested multiple times for possession.
As The Libertines gear up for an intimate show in Glasgow and the release of their fourth album, drummer Gary Powell talks to The Herald about their tumultuous career so far.
Few bands have done it better, or with more regularity, than the Libertines.
Now, The Libertines are back in a big way.
The house — fittingly located on Albion Road — bore the stamp of its owners in its interiors, and was the prototype for The Albion Rooms, the Margate hotel and recording studio opened by the Libertines in 2020.
The Libertines have announced live gigs in Sheffield and Nottingham ahead of the release of their new album.
A new wave of British guitar bands was already being pioneered by the likes of The Libertines, Bloc Party and Franz Ferdinand when the Sheffield-formed Arctic Monkeys arrived on the scene.
Although the libertines controlled the council, his request was refused.
J. Talbot, A Horatian Pun in Paradise Lost, 21–3 Yet Horace's lyrics could offer inspiration to libertines as well as moralists, and neo-Latin sometimes served as a kind of discrete veil for the risqué.
On 16 May the libertines took to the streets in a drunken protest and attempted to burn down a house that was supposedly full of Frenchmen.
The film focuses on four wealthy, corrupt fascist libertines after the fall of Benito Mussolini 's Italy in July 1943.
This posed a dilemma for the libertines, so on 21 August the council decided to write to other Swiss cities for their opinions, thus mitigating their own responsibility for the final decision.
Common combinations with libertines
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: