Below you will find example sentences with "french revolution". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

French Revolution in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: revolution
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 12
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 24.9 words

Words in this phrase

french revolution

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • french can mean: The language of France, shared by the neighboring countries Belgium, Monaco, and Switzerland and by former French colonies around the world. Common word
  • revolution can mean: A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

of the french revolution in 1789 2× after the french revolution and napoleon 1× and the french revolution 1962 p 1× before the french revolution 1× before the french revolution the english 1× during the french revolution have a 1× during the french revolution when he 1× from the french revolution 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a compelling example 1× alternatively louis s 1× based on the 1× dissenters such as 1× eventually after the 1× for the brian 1×

Common sentence endings:

the french revolution 4× all black regiment 1× an imprisoned shoemaker 1× and its ideals 1× been stripped away 1× detested the revolution 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

1789 3× people 2× supported 2× reform 2× first 2× power 2× years 2× napoleon 2× france 2× officer 2× military 2× changes 2×

Related phrases

french president french government islamic revolution industrial revolution american revolution french language french army french people french ambassador

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around revolution:

american revolution 9×

Just before it in the phrase index:

french president french people french language french government french army french ambassador

Just after it in the phrase index:

frequency domain frequent use frequent visitor frequently used fresh fruits fresh prince

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

french president french government french language french army french people french ambassador

Same ending:

islamic revolution industrial revolution american revolution

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "french revolution" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as of the french revolution in 1789, after the french revolution and napoleon, 1789, people and supported stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with french president, french government, islamic revolution and american revolution, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with french revolution

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Remember the French Revolution, ancien régime? (6 words)

Eventually, after the French Revolution and Napoleon’s reinstatement of slavery, Bologne’s work was largely forgotten. (17 words)

The beginning of the French Revolution in 1789; used to refer to the Revolution itself and its ideals. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

The melody soon became the rallying call to the French Revolution and was adopted as "La Marseillaise" after the melody was first sung on the streets by volunteers ( fédérés in French) from Marseille by the end of May. (38 words)

Based on the French novel of the same name, centers on the sexual games of the Vicomte de Valmont (Malkovich) and the Marquise de Mertreuil (Close) in the years before the French Revolution. (33 words)

For the Brian Eno-produced anthem Viva La Vida, the band performs on the B stage amid a swarm of red, blue and white wrist-band lights, a nod to the French Revolution. (33 words)

Question examples

Remember the French Revolution, ancien régime? (6 words)

Example sentences (20)

Most people supported the French Revolution (1789–1795), as the French had been allies and they were proud of their own revolution.

Pitt did not raise the issue again for the remainder of his term. Aftermath of the French Revolution Support for parliamentary reform plummeted after the launch of the French Revolution in 1789.

Dissenters such as Priestley who supported the French Revolution came under increasing suspicion as scepticism regarding the revolution grew.

It reflected the spirit of the French Revolution and in so doing did not please the Catholic bishops in the south, who had detested the Revolution.

J.M. Thompson, Robespierre and the French Revolution (1962) p 22 After the first year of revolution, this power had been stripped away.

The beginning of the French Revolution in 1789; used to refer to the Revolution itself and its ideals.

Based on the French novel of the same name, centers on the sexual games of the Vicomte de Valmont (Malkovich) and the Marquise de Mertreuil (Close) in the years before the French Revolution.

Napoleon was actually on garrison duty in southern France as an officer in the French military during that pivotal time at the start of the French Revolution (via Time Out).

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The story follows French aristocrat Charles Darnay, who is living in England during the French Revolution when he falls in love with Lucie Manette, the daughter of an imprisoned shoemaker.

Alternatively, Louis's critics attribute the social upheaval culminating in the French Revolution to his failure to reform French institutions while the monarchy was still secure.

Moselle Franconian dialects outside the Luxembourg state border tend to have far fewer French loan words, and these mostly remain from the French Revolution.

Most schools of higher education that were created during the French revolution have a special status in French people mind.

Permanent changes in French society The French Revolution and Napoleonic eras brought a series of major changes to France which the Bourbon restoration did not reverse.

The melody soon became the rallying call to the French Revolution and was adopted as "La Marseillaise" after the melody was first sung on the streets by volunteers ( fédérés in French) from Marseille by the end of May.

A compelling example of Black excellence dating back even before the French Revolution, the English-language “Chevalier” doesn’t feel nearly as fusty as its powdered wigs and period setting might suggest.

Eventually, after the French Revolution and Napoleon’s reinstatement of slavery, Bologne’s work was largely forgotten.

For the Brian Eno-produced anthem Viva La Vida, the band performs on the B stage amid a swarm of red, blue and white wrist-band lights, a nod to the French Revolution.

In later years, Bologne, by then involved in the French Revolution, was made colonel of an all-Black regiment.

Joaquin Phoenix stars as the titular figure, a young military officer with an eternal desire for power in the midst of the French Revolution.

Remember the French Revolution, ancien régime?

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