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Listicle is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Listicle in a sentence

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Listicle | Listicles

Listicle meaning

An article based around a list.

Using Listicle

  • The main meaning on this page is: An article based around a list.

Context around Listicle

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

buzzfeed 1×

Often after:

imaginable 1× industrial 1× appeared 1×

Sentence patterns with Listicle

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and every listicle imaginable has 1× it the listicle industrial complex 1× to a listicle of 25 1× useful buzzfeed listicle appeared 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a rare useful 1× but food media 1× raise your hand 1× though hornby s 1×

Common sentence endings:

already been written 1× buzzfeed listicle appeared 1× pieces of clothing 1× restaurants every year 1×

Words around Listicle

Just before it in the word index:

listick 2 listi 3 listers 86 listeriosis 31 listerine 6 listeria 90

Just after it in the word index:

listicles 6 listing 1.205 listings 397 listless 29 listlessly 2 listlessness 8

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Listicle

  • In this selection, "listicle" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, buzzfeed, imaginable, industrial and appeared stand out and add context to how "listicle" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and every listicle imaginable has and it the listicle industrial complex. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "listicle" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with listicle

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

A rare useful BuzzFeed listicle appeared. (6 words)

But food media, be it the listicle-industrial complex or actual journalists, shouldn’t busy itself reviewing the same restaurants every year. (22 words)

Though Hornby's novel was influential in popularizing the idea of boiling pop culture down into lists, 25 years later the Internet is overflowing with Top 5 lists, and every listicle imaginable has already been written. (36 words)

Longer example sentences

Raise your hand if you’ve ever clicked through to a listicle of 25 ways to remix your Thanksgiving leftovers, or a gallery of how to pack for a three-week, multi-continent vacation with just six pieces of clothing. (40 words)

Though Hornby's novel was influential in popularizing the idea of boiling pop culture down into lists, 25 years later the Internet is overflowing with Top 5 lists, and every listicle imaginable has already been written. (36 words)

But food media, be it the listicle-industrial complex or actual journalists, shouldn’t busy itself reviewing the same restaurants every year. (22 words)

Example sentences (4)

Though Hornby's novel was influential in popularizing the idea of boiling pop culture down into lists, 25 years later the Internet is overflowing with Top 5 lists, and every listicle imaginable has already been written.

But food media, be it the listicle-industrial complex or actual journalists, shouldn’t busy itself reviewing the same restaurants every year.

Raise your hand if you’ve ever clicked through to a listicle of 25 ways to remix your Thanksgiving leftovers, or a gallery of how to pack for a three-week, multi-continent vacation with just six pieces of clothing.

A rare useful BuzzFeed listicle appeared.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "listicle" in a sentence?
An example: "Though Hornby's novel was influential in popularizing the idea of boiling pop culture down into lists, 25 years later the Internet is overflowing with Top 5 lists, and every listicle imaginable has already been written." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "listicle" from authentic English texts.
What does "listicle" mean?
Listicle means: An article based around a list.
How many example sentences with "listicle" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "listicle", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.