How do you use Piet in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Piet in a sentence
Related words
Piet meaning
The magpie.
Using Piet
- The main meaning on this page is: The magpie.
- In the example corpus, piet often appears in combinations such as: zwarte piet, the piet, piet retief.
Context around Piet
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Piet
- In this selection, "piet" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, zwarte, karoo, resident, mondrian, campaign and botha stand out and add context to how "piet" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 31 said piet should be and a pro piet supporter during. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "piet" sits close to words such as aarhus, abdu and abetted, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with piet
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Concerned Sonneglans Park Retirement Village resident Piet Botha. (8 words)
A pro-Piet supporter during the motorway confrontation. (8 words)
Like the Karoo, Piet and Heleen van Wygharden have always known drought. (12 words)
Last Saturday’s Noelle Edwards trophy was won on 45 points by Michelle Davies and Solange Fox while the men’s Roel Germs trophy was won on 48 points by Riaan Croucamp and Brian Jolliffe, on a countout from Piet Joubert and Arthur Lee. (44 words)
Most Dutch people identify themselves as inherently liberal, yet attacks on Zwarte Piet have been construed as an attack on Dutch identity – which is political dynamite, given the rapid growth of the far-right in recent years. (37 words)
This year, according to Sensei Johan Swart, 190 karateka participated in the grading and more than 250 karateka from Hluhluwe, Piet Retief, Paulpietersburg, Ladysmith, Dundee, Newcastle, Volksrust and Vryheid took part in the exercise. (34 words)
There, on the right hand side going down 17 you will find Piet’s Stop, but slow or you could miss it! (22 words)
Example sentences (20)
Evan Bailey of Glebe wonders if Philip Moore, "with his creative primary colour fridge magnets (C8), might be confusing Paul Klee with Piet Mondrian.
It’s this kind of hatred that inspired Afriyie to launch the Kick Out Zwarte Piet campaign with other activists in 2011.
Jackson described the Zwarte Piet as a racist relic of colonialism, which cannot be separated from the offensive tradition of blackface in the United States.
Like the Karoo, Piet and Heleen van Wygharden have always known drought.
Piet’s Stop has no salmon from a private estuary, no liveried executive chef, no fawning service staff, but a ‘real’ restaurant.
A recent opinion poll showed 59% of all Dutch wanted to keep “Zwarte Piet” in blackface, while 26% said the tradition needed to be changed gradually.
Concerned Sonneglans Park Retirement Village resident Piet Botha.
Facebook pages that aren't explicitly linked to a political party, but do advertise on political topics, like immigration and Zwarte Piet, also show up in the library.
R100 000 is the most that a clivia has been sold for in South Africa, according to winner of the ‘Best on Show’ at Newcastle’s Clivia Show, Piet van Wyk.
The Netherlands delivers one of the festival’s guest artists, considered a Piet Mondrian of the modern mural.
There, on the right hand side going down 17 you will find Piet’s Stop, but slow or you could miss it!
This year, according to Sensei Johan Swart, 190 karateka participated in the grading and more than 250 karateka from Hluhluwe, Piet Retief, Paulpietersburg, Ladysmith, Dundee, Newcastle, Volksrust and Vryheid took part in the exercise.
According to Piet de Bruyn, Iceland is in dire need of new laws that ban the discrimination of intersex people.
Among university graduates just 31% said Piet should be exclusively black, compared to 58% of those with a middle-order qualification and 68% of those at the low end of the scale.
A pro-Piet supporter during the motorway confrontation.
Firstly, a pipe burst in Piet Meyer Street on Monday evening and was reported to the municipality by the local Community Policing Forum.
Last Saturday’s Noelle Edwards trophy was won on 45 points by Michelle Davies and Solange Fox while the men’s Roel Germs trophy was won on 48 points by Riaan Croucamp and Brian Jolliffe, on a countout from Piet Joubert and Arthur Lee.
Most Dutch people identify themselves as inherently liberal, yet attacks on Zwarte Piet have been construed as an attack on Dutch identity – which is political dynamite, given the rapid growth of the far-right in recent years.
The man accused of abusing the boy, a 66-year-old Dutch man Piet Hein van T., is the Brummen woman's brother.
The Piet supporters put road safety at risk by blocking off the motorway with cars and other vehicles, the department said.
Common combinations with piet
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: