Explore Noir through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Noir in a sentence
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Noir meaning
Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre
Using Noir
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre
- In the example corpus, noir often appears in combinations such as: pinot noir, film noir, noir is.
Context around Noir
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 11 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Noir
- In this selection, "noir" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, film, pinot, classic, city, director and era stand out and add context to how "noir" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after the noir era ended and alley film noir and the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "noir" sits close to words such as ambulances, bark and bart, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with noir
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Noir Noir is the French word for "black". (8 words)
Citing films like, "Tech Noir" describes movies that fuse elements of classic Film Noir with technological futurism. (17 words)
The film plays with an awareness not only of classic noir but also of neo-noir reflexivity itself. (18 words)
Robert Aldrich (whose played in Noir City on Sunday) was another major noir director who understood this well; indeed he continued his interrogation of machismo well after the noir era ended, with such features as (1977). (36 words)
Resolution Pinot Noir: Made with premium parcels of fruit from Devil Corner’s Hazards vineyard, the Resolution Pinot Noir displays vibrant cherry, red berry and subtle spice aromas combined with a savoury, balanced, and lingering palate. (36 words)
Mr Hamada and his team taste three varieties of wine made with grapes harvested this year - a traditional Pinot Noir, a second type of Pinot Noir from a different field and a third variety. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Robert Aldrich (whose played in Noir City on Sunday) was another major noir director who understood this well; indeed he continued his interrogation of machismo well after the noir era ended, with such features as (1977).
Mr Hamada and his team taste three varieties of wine made with grapes harvested this year - a traditional Pinot Noir, a second type of Pinot Noir from a different field and a third variety.
Resolution Pinot Noir: Made with premium parcels of fruit from Devil Corner’s Hazards vineyard, the Resolution Pinot Noir displays vibrant cherry, red berry and subtle spice aromas combined with a savoury, balanced, and lingering palate.
According to citizens of the South Africa, they feel that it is far too similar to singer-songwriter Petite Noir’s visual album, La Maison Noir: ‘The Gift and The Curse’.
Citing films like, "Tech Noir" describes movies that fuse elements of classic Film Noir with technological futurism.
Made from a blend of Gamay Noir and Pinot Noir, the Gamay grapes provided the exuberant fruit flavours, and the Pinot classed up the affair by providing the sophisticated backbone.
In describing the adaptation of Double Indemnity, noir analyst Foster Hirsch describes the "requisite hopeless tone" achieved by the filmmakers, which appears to characterize his view of noir as a whole.
Lynch's Mulholland Drive (2001) continued in his characteristic vein, making the classic noir setting of Los Angeles the venue for a noir-inflected psychological jigsaw puzzle.
Nightmare Alley: Film Noir and the American Dream (Johns Hopkins University Press; 2013) 336 pages; interprets film noir as a genre that challenges the American mythology of upward mobility and self-reinvention.
Noir Noir is the French word for "black".
Outside the United States main Although the term "film noir" was originally coined to describe Hollywood movies, film noir was an international phenomenon.
The film plays with an awareness not only of classic noir but also of neo-noir reflexivity itself.
Voiceover narration, sometimes used as a structuring device, came to be seen as a noir hallmark; while classic noir is generally associated with first-person narration (i.
Wedding a style and story both with many noir characteristics, released the month before Lang's M, City Streets has a claim to being the first major film noir.
After all, the only version of Spider-Man Noir throughout the Spider-Verse was the original take, which was simply an alternate version of Peter who operated in the 1930s.
Alakahan and Herman Hesse are definite starters for the co-trainers of last year’s winner Gold Trip with Cadre Du Noir also a chance to contest the 2800-metre event.
And given that this is a noir film, you can be sure that there are a few unexpected developments along the way.
As Saga, players are introduced to a methodical, investigatory slow-burn detective story, while Wake is trapped in a filthy art-deco neo-noir meets horror movie mashup.
As the lines between master and protégé blur, class, ambition, and betrayal become a dangerous combination in this taut noir thriller.
Bacall's independent, sultry made her an icon of the film noir genre, but eventually, she branched out into other genres.
Common combinations with noir
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- pinot noir 36×
- film noir 28×
- noir is 10×
- noir and 9×
- the noir 8×
- spider-man noir 8×
- classic noir 7×
- noir genre 6×
- black noir 6×
- noir was 5×