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Wondering how to use Palaver in a sentence? Below are 9 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as piffle or chatter.

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Palaver in a sentence

Palaver meaning

  1. A village council meeting.
  2. Talk, especially unnecessary talk; chatter.
  3. Mentally draining activity, either physical or fuss.

Synonyms of Palaver

blandishment piffle chatter hokum meaninglessness nonsensicality bunk nonsense rhetoric empty talk empty words hot air flattery cajolery prate

Related words

Other words often associated with Palaver or its synonyms:

content substance message yak clack prattle twaddle yack maunder cackle sound compliment

Using Palaver

  • The main meaning on this page is: A village council meeting. | Talk, especially unnecessary talk; chatter. | Mentally draining activity, either physical or fuss.
  • Useful related words include: blandishment, piffle, chatter, hokum.
  • In the example corpus, palaver often appears in combinations such as: the palaver, palaver with, palaver in.

Context around Palaver

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 4 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

recurrent 1× faith 1× bvn 1× old 1×

Often after:

tree 1×

Sentence patterns with Palaver

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

all old palaver are considered 1× calling faith palaver is a 1× descend to palaver with anthropoid 1× for the palaver in parliament 1× in the palaver tree process 1× of bvn palaver 1× on the palaver with little 1× palaver in pyongyang 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

amid the recurrent 1× and kathy isn 1× boy george however 1× in his 1934 1× palaver in pyongyang 1× the guardian had 1×

Common sentence endings:

19th century standards 1× considered themselves equals 1× detriment of trade 1× foreign criminals home 1× korea s conglomerates 1× of bvn palaver 1×

Words around Palaver

Just before it in the word index:

palava 2 palaung 3 palauans 6 palauan 8 palau 70 palato 3

Just after it in the word index:

palavesam 2 palawan 50 palawat 2 palay 14 palayam 2 palayams 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Palaver

  • In this selection, "palaver" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, recurrent, faith, bvn and tree stand out and add context to how "palaver" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include all old palaver are considered and calling faith palaver is a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "palaver" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with palaver

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The participants in the Palaver tree process considered themselves equals. (10 words)

Palaver in Pyongyang doesn’t signal a northern manufacturing itch from Korea’s conglomerates. (14 words)

There might have been some justification for the palaver in Parliament had it been about sending foreign criminals home. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

The Guardian had a chat with an affected female journalist with one of the private TV stations in Lagos at a Lagos court premises, where she just swore to an affidavit of change of name, saying she did it because of BVN palaver. (43 words)

Boy George however is a real boon, enjoyably irreverent in the stagey inter-panel banter (repeatedly calling Faith “Palaver” is a nice touch) but eloquent and sensible when dealing with the contestants. (32 words)

In his 1934 pageant play The Rock, Eliot distances himself from Fascist movements of the thirties by caricaturing Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts, who 'firmly refuse/ To descend to palaver with anthropoid Jews'. (32 words)

Example sentences (9)

Amid the recurrent palaver about Australia needing a high-speed rail service, we lose sight of the fact that our conventional railway services are still operating to 19th-century standards.

And Kathy isn’t the only comedian to comment on the palaver, with Little Britain star Matt Lucas sharing a satirical video in which he impersonated the Prime Minister.

There might have been some justification for the palaver in Parliament had it been about sending foreign criminals home.

Boy George however is a real boon, enjoyably irreverent in the stagey inter-panel banter (repeatedly calling Faith “Palaver” is a nice touch) but eloquent and sensible when dealing with the contestants.

The Guardian had a chat with an affected female journalist with one of the private TV stations in Lagos at a Lagos court premises, where she just swore to an affidavit of change of name, saying she did it because of BVN palaver.

The participants in the Palaver tree process considered themselves equals.

In his 1934 pageant play The Rock, Eliot distances himself from Fascist movements of the thirties by caricaturing Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts, who 'firmly refuse/ To descend to palaver with anthropoid Jews'.

I. That all old palaver are considered to be settled up to this date, and cannot be again brought up, to the detriment of trade.

Palaver in Pyongyang doesn’t signal a northern manufacturing itch from Korea’s conglomerates.

Common combinations with palaver

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "palaver" in a sentence?
An example: "Amid the recurrent palaver about Australia needing a high-speed rail service, we lose sight of the fact that our conventional railway services are still operating to 19th-century standards." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "palaver" from authentic English texts.
What does "palaver" mean?
Palaver means: A village council meeting.
What are synonyms of "palaver"?
Common synonyms of "palaver" include: blandishment, piffle, chatter, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsensicality, bunk, nonsense. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "palaver" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "palaver", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.