Get to know Mutiny better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like rebellion or insurrection.
Mutiny meaning
- An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers.
- Violent commotion; tumult; strife.
Using Mutiny
- The main meaning on this page is: An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers. | Violent commotion; tumult; strife.
- Useful related words include: rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising.
- In the example corpus, mutiny often appears in combinations such as: the mutiny, mutiny and, mutiny in.
Context around Mutiny
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 5 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mutiny
- In this selection, "mutiny" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, june, aborted, lived, utkin, moscow and dropped stand out and add context to how "mutiny" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a player mutiny and and a mutiny. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mutiny" sits close to words such as announcer, aubameyang and californians, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mutiny
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His propaganda machine is downplaying the mutiny. (7 words)
Gerasimov's own fate also is unclear after the abortive mutiny. (11 words)
It began with a severed ear, a shipwreck and a mutiny. (11 words)
A new photo appearing to show Russian General Sergei Surovikin, who disappeared from public view following a short-lived mutiny by Wagner mercenary fighters in June, has been published on the social media account of a prominent Russian media personality. (40 words)
And after 6 p.m. that evening, Mr. Prigozhin’s plane — an executive jet he frequently used, and said to be the same one on which he flew to Belarus after the aborted mutiny — dropped out of the sky. (39 words)
Klaus Schwab, founder and head of the World Economic Forum (who many joke resembles a villain from Hollywood central casting), may be facing a mutiny from within his own ranks in a plot worthy of its tinsel-town script. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
The mutiny is crushed and three executed (the only British Commonwealth soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War).
After a deal ended the mutiny, Utkin said in a speech to Wagner fighters: "This is not the end.
After the June mutiny, Moscow was careful to run a campaign against the outspoken Wagner chief but not his fighters, who spearheaded Russia's advance in key battles in Ukraine and were seen as heroes back home.
Against the backdrop of mutiny and controversy, Spain not only claimed an historic World Cup title but shifted the entire women's football landscape as they unearthed systemic misogyny in the Spanish football federation.
And after 6 p.m. that evening, Mr. Prigozhin’s plane — an executive jet he frequently used, and said to be the same one on which he flew to Belarus after the aborted mutiny — dropped out of the sky.
A new photo appearing to show Russian General Sergei Surovikin, who disappeared from public view following a short-lived mutiny by Wagner mercenary fighters in June, has been published on the social media account of a prominent Russian media personality.
As soon as the “Bully of New Bern Avenue” was conversing with the nurse about my reluctance to use the walker, I was plotting mutiny with her congenial candy-stripers on the opposite side of the bed.
CIA Director William Burns contacted the Director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergey Naryshkin, to convey a message that the United States had no involvement in the mutiny attempt by the Wagner Private Military Company (PMC).
Close watchers of China say that the mutiny, short-lived as it was, could lead Xi to hedge a close relationship with Russia that had exposed Beijing to global criticism and threatened some of its interests abroad.
During the mutiny, however, the private military outfit reportedly downed multiple aircraft and repeatedly skirmished with Russian forces.
Earlier this year, the France women's national team job became available, following the sacking of unpopular former boss Corinne Diacre following a player mutiny.
Gerasimov's own fate also is unclear after the abortive mutiny.
Here the story of survival warps into a tale of mutiny, albeit a slow-motion one with numerous false starts.
His mercenaries took over Russia’s southern military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don and then rolled toward Moscow before abruptly halting the mutiny.
His propaganda machine is downplaying the mutiny.
It began with a severed ear, a shipwreck and a mutiny.
Kavanagh sparked a mutiny among top FDN Y officials after she made the unprecedented move of demoting the three officers — breaking an unwritten, long-standing Fire Department protocol and chain of command.
Klaus Schwab, founder and head of the World Economic Forum (who many joke resembles a villain from Hollywood central casting), may be facing a mutiny from within his own ranks in a plot worthy of its tinsel-town script.
McCarthy’s embrace on Saturday of a bipartisan deal to avert a US government shutdown triggered the Florida Republican’s mutiny.
Mutiny in Colour at Moyse’s Hall in Bury St Edmunds.
Common combinations with mutiny
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the mutiny 41×
- mutiny and 21×
- mutiny in 14×
- mutiny against 12×
- mutiny on 11×
- mutiny by 8×
- of mutiny 7×
- mutiny was 7×
- to mutiny 7×
- caine mutiny 6×