How do you use Minstrels in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Minstrels meaning
plural of minstrel
Using Minstrels
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of minstrel
- In the example corpus, minstrels often appears in combinations such as: minstrels in, the minstrels, minstrels and.
Context around Minstrels
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Minstrels
- In this selection, "minstrels" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, century, portraying, white, included and 1910 stand out and add context to how "minstrels" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 18th century minstrels are widely and and six minstrels at a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "minstrels" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with minstrels
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
India just compared drag to the Black & White Minstrels. (9 words)
The dolls, based on 18th century minstrels, are widely considered to be racist caricatures. (14 words)
Minstrels in the Gallery: A Tribute to Classic Jethro Tull at the Colony in Woodstock, 8pm. (16 words)
He later returned to the style with two preludes for piano: Minstrels, (1910) and General Lavine-excentric (from his 1913 Preludes ), which was inspired by a Médrano circus clown. (29 words)
Traditional ballads seeAlso The traditional, classical or popular (meaning of the people) ballad has been seen as beginning with the wandering minstrels of late medieval Europe. (26 words)
His small army consisted of over 100 men, including longbow archers and six minstrels, at a total cost to the Lancastrian purse of £4,360. (25 words)
Example sentences (13)
Minstrels in the Gallery: A Tribute to Classic Jethro Tull at the Colony in Woodstock, 8pm.
The dolls, based on 18th century minstrels, are widely considered to be racist caricatures.
But the social roots of the minstrels can be traced much further back - to slaves during the Dutch colonial era in Cape Town.
As did his suspicion that the Minstrels were using him as a “political football” in order to avoid accusations of racism.
Ivey’s 1967 senior year yearbook, The Glomerata, shows five of her sorority sisters wearing blackface portraying “minstrels” in a rush skit.
India just compared drag to the Black & White Minstrels.
After the war, various black-faced minstrels included the song in their acts which helped popularize it.
He later returned to the style with two preludes for piano: Minstrels, (1910) and General Lavine-excentric (from his 1913 Preludes ), which was inspired by a Médrano circus clown.
His small army consisted of over 100 men, including longbow archers and six minstrels, at a total cost to the Lancastrian purse of £4,360.
Music and dance main Kurdish Musician's 1890 Traditionally, there are three types of Kurdish classical performers: storytellers (çîrokbêj), minstrels (stranbêj), and bards (dengbêj).
The office was a development from the practice in earlier times when minstrels and versifiers formed part of the king's retinue.
Traditional ballads seeAlso The traditional, classical or popular (meaning of the people) ballad has been seen as beginning with the wandering minstrels of late medieval Europe.
With his virtuoso playing, he helped show that banjos could make sophisticated music than normally played by blackface minstrels.
Common combinations with minstrels
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- minstrels in 2×
- the minstrels 2×
- minstrels and 2×