Litany is an English word with synonyms like address or speech. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Litany in a sentence
Litany meaning
- A ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation.
- A prolonged or tedious list.
Using Litany
- The main meaning on this page is: A ritual liturgical prayer in which a series of prayers recited by a leader are alternated with responses from the congregation. | A prolonged or tedious list.
- Useful related words include: address, speech, prayer.
- In the example corpus, litany often appears in combinations such as: litany of, the litany, of litany.
Context around Litany
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Litany
- In this selection, "litany" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, whole stand out and add context to how "litany" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a litany of famous and a whole litany of corrupt. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "litany" sits close to words such as abhishek, athenian and batted, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with litany
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A litany of famous pro wrestling superstars have died from suicide, drug-related or cardiovascular deaths. (16 words)
It was the first in a litany of recorded crimes: sodomy, poisoning, whippings, obscenity, kidnappings, rape. (16 words)
Currid-Halkett is no more specific about these elites than the litany of labels I quoted above. (17 words)
In addition to a litany of what could add up to a “stimulus package” (including housing-focused spending, encouragements to reschedule domestic liabilities), the government just announced an outright 0.8% of GDP pure fiscal stimulus. (36 words)
Joe Biden's son Hunter has been rocked by a litany of personal and professional scandals throughout his considerably high-profile life, including having an affair with his late brother Beau’s widow, Hallie Biden. (35 words)
Both Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, as well as a litany of phase four Marvel films, revolve around the multiverse concept, and, frankly, they're kind of starting to retread similar plot beats. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Al Horford, 36, registered nearly as many points as Harden in Game 7, and sent back or challenged a litany of shots.
A litany of famous pro wrestling superstars have died from suicide, drug-related or cardiovascular deaths.
As our pointed out after Harden surprisingly opted back in, he’s never been accountable for his litany of shortcomings as a professional or his postseason shrinkage.
Before the allegations were published, Brand shared a video on social media saying he’d received “extremely disturbing” letters and emails “listing a litany of extremely egregious and aggressive attacks”.
Before then, strong winds will overspread most of the Desert Southwest and California, where a litany of wind alerts are in effect.
Both Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, as well as a litany of phase four Marvel films, revolve around the multiverse concept, and, frankly, they're kind of starting to retread similar plot beats.
But in recent years, Russia’s space program has been beset by a litany of problems which have led to the loss of satellites and vehicles.
Currid-Halkett is no more specific about these elites than the litany of labels I quoted above.
Despite the names, they’re not siblings, but both propose a litany of Eastern Mediterranean crowd-pullers topped off by two spectacular locations.
From that point forward, a litany of incomplete and off-target passes ensued as Allar connected on 35 percent of his passes at the half.
Immigrants, however, still face a litany of consequences — including denial of citizenship, lifetime bans from lawful permanent residency and even deportation.
In addition to a litany of what could add up to a “stimulus package” (including housing-focused spending, encouragements to reschedule domestic liabilities), the government just announced an outright 0.8% of GDP pure fiscal stimulus.
In a lengthy tweet shared on Twitter (X) recently, a user outlined a litany of reasons why North’s song was much better than Adonis’.
In a video statement posted online ahead of the publication of the claims, Brand claimed he was facing a “litany of extremely egregious and aggressive attacks”.
Inspectors from Ofsted visited Little Acorns Pre-School, based at St John’s Church, on March 8 and found a litany of problems.
In the early months of 2019, the feud overspilled into a litany of horrifying acts of public violence.
It's hard to single out a specific moment in HBO's masterful dramedy that stands head and shoulders above the rest, as the entire series is replete with a litany of memorable scenes.
It was the first in a litany of recorded crimes: sodomy, poisoning, whippings, obscenity, kidnappings, rape.
It was the home of a whole litany of corrupt TDs and Councillors who undermined the institutions of the state.
Joe Biden's son Hunter has been rocked by a litany of personal and professional scandals throughout his considerably high-profile life, including having an affair with his late brother Beau’s widow, Hallie Biden.
Common combinations with litany
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- litany of 170×
- the litany 24×
- of litany 9×
- to litany 7×
- in litany 7×
- with litany 6×
- his litany 5×
- and litany 5×
- by litany 4×
- as litany 3×