Below you will find example sentences with "best documentary". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Best Documentary in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: documentary
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 11
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 24.5 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "best documentary" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as in the best documentary feature category, 2012 for best documentary and the, feature, film and won stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with best director, best pittsburgh, best friend, documentary film and international documentary, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with best documentary
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Potential nominations: Just Best Documentary Feature, for which it was shortlisted. (11 words)
The Elephant Whisperers won the Academy Award for best documentary short film. (12 words)
It was also named best documentary at the recent British Academy Film Awards. (13 words)
But after profiles of prominent American figures like Michael J. Fox, Jon Batiste, and Nikki Giovanni were passed over in favor of documentaries from Ukraine, Chile, and Uganda, it has settled on Best Documentary Feature as the place to make its stand. (42 words)
The broadcaster won the gong for Best Documentary at the National Television Awards for her documentary Finding Derek and has written a book entitled The Strength of Love about Derek’s ongoing battle to take back control. (37 words)
Thus, when “” was crowned as Best Documentary Feature, and when Alexei Navalny’s wife, Yulia, used the occasion to address her husband directly (“Stay strong, my love”), we found ourselves hymning a Hollywood moment. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Turkish festival nominated the documentary in three categories: Best Documentary, Best Original Music and Best Director.
The film won the Film Critics Circle Award in 2012 for Best Documentary, and the ASE Award in 2013 for Best Documentary Editing.
The broadcaster won the gong for Best Documentary at the National Television Awards for her documentary Finding Derek and has written a book entitled The Strength of Love about Derek’s ongoing battle to take back control.
End of Sentence’, a 25-minute documentary that fights stigmas surrounding menstruation in rural India, has won an Oscar for Best Documentary Short at the 91st Academy Awards on Monday.
Hussein's words form part of Manus, a documentary that recently won Best Documentary Award at the St Kilda Film Festival.
The Great American Cowboy, a 1973 documentary about her father’s rivalry with another rodeo star, won the Academy Award for best documentary feature in 1974.
The whistleblower who initially brought attention to the conspiracy, Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov, was the subject of the documentary which won the Oscar for “Best Documentary Film” earlier this year.
Neill and good friend will present three awards together including Best Documentary, Best Drama Series and Best Feature Drama.
The ones that do, more or less, are feeling safe due to being in lesser categories, like Best Animated Feature or Best Documentary Feature.
A film about Navalny’s poisoning and political activism won the Oscar for the best documentary feature on Sunday.
In “,” a nominee for Best Documentary Feature Film at this month’s Academy Awards, you see him pretend to be a high-ranking official in Moscow demanding a briefing.
It has been nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category, among the likes of — a story that explores Russian opposition Alexei Navalny's near-death experience with an assassination attempt and beyond.
It was also named best documentary at the recent British Academy Film Awards.
Kartiki Gonsalves' directorial debut The Elephant Whisperers won the award for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 95th Academy Awards.
Potential nominations: Just Best Documentary Feature, for which it was shortlisted.
Rise: The Siya Kolisi Story won the Audience Prize for Best Documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival, which is one of the top film festivals in the world.
The Elephant Whisperers won the Academy Award for best documentary short film.
Thus, when “” was crowned as Best Documentary Feature, and when Alexei Navalny’s wife, Yulia, used the occasion to address her husband directly (“Stay strong, my love”), we found ourselves hymning a Hollywood moment.
But after profiles of prominent American figures like Michael J. Fox, Jon Batiste, and Nikki Giovanni were passed over in favor of documentaries from Ukraine, Chile, and Uganda, it has settled on Best Documentary Feature as the place to make its stand.
If he accepts the invitation to join the Academy, Chernov will have a voice in selecting winning entries in the Best Documentary Feature category.