Menfolk is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Menfolk in a sentence
Menfolk meaning
- Male people in general.
- The male members of a group.
Using Menfolk
- The main meaning on this page is: Male people in general. | The male members of a group.
- In the example corpus, menfolk often appears in combinations such as: the menfolk, their menfolk.
Context around Menfolk
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Menfolk
- In this selection, "menfolk" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sleep, held and few stand out and add context to how "menfolk" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about the menfolk few years and bartolomé s menfolk have gone. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "menfolk" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with menfolk
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Chinese women were undefended, their menfolk powerless or absent. (10 words)
Nearly 80 per cent of San Bartolomé’s menfolk have gone north. (12 words)
Deprived of her company, the menfolk held out for another year then gave themselves up. (15 words)
In the past when the men of the villages would go to war, the Queen Mothers would lead prayer ceremonies in which all the women attended every morning to ensure the safe return of their menfolk. (36 words)
Families began sending to the newspapers letters they had received before Adwa in which their menfolk described their poor living conditions and their fears at the size of the army they were going to face. (35 words)
Most researchers today agree that the artists most likely were the Wanniyala-Aetto women who spent long hours in these caves waiting for their menfolk's return from the hunt. (30 words)
Example sentences (10)
But yeah, I’m constantly amazed that womenfolk don’t just all murder the menfolk while the menfolk sleep, because men are really awful.
Deprived of her company, the menfolk held out for another year then gave themselves up.
Nearly 80 per cent of San Bartolomé’s menfolk have gone north.
The menfolk of the village all had a bamboo pole which they used to fish ‘properly’ with.
A balmy Saturday afternoon had five courts in use and visitors, Keith Goliath from Bloemfontein and Kallie Holz from Sasolburg, gave the menfolk many headaches with their awesome shots.
The same can't be said about the menfolk, few years down the line they complain of and a need for companionship.
Families began sending to the newspapers letters they had received before Adwa in which their menfolk described their poor living conditions and their fears at the size of the army they were going to face.
In the past when the men of the villages would go to war, the Queen Mothers would lead prayer ceremonies in which all the women attended every morning to ensure the safe return of their menfolk.
Most researchers today agree that the artists most likely were the Wanniyala-Aetto women who spent long hours in these caves waiting for their menfolk's return from the hunt.
The Chinese women were undefended, their menfolk powerless or absent.
Common combinations with menfolk
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: