Placards is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Placards meaning
plural of placard
Using Placards
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of placard
- In the example corpus, placards often appears in combinations such as: holding placards, carried placards, placards and.
Context around Placards
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Placards
- In this selection, "placards" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hold, holding, carried, saying, british and portraying stand out and add context to how "placards" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include among the placards british media and anti shah placards as they. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "placards" sits close to words such as alluded, apostolic and babe, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with placards
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Anti-Semitic slogans were spotted among the placards, British media reported. (11 words)
Judging by some of those -themed placards, he’s not wrong. (11 words)
Demonstrators march with flags and placards during a rally in Bordeaux, south-western France on Jan. (16 words)
As the story rolls on we are constantly thrown out of the action by both the announcement placards of the play’s acts and scenes and the interjection of narrative from the 1950s television show in which this play is embedded. (41 words)
In a joint statement – Animal Liberation Malta, Real Animal Rights Foundation, Association for Abandoned Animals AAA and Vuci Ghall-Annimali, said that they went in pyjamas and with pillows at the Marsa offices of VRD holding placards saying “VRD wake up! (41 words)
But members of the Republic campaign group were arrested on Saturday morning and saw hundreds of placards reading “Not My King” seized by the force, despite gaining police permission for a rally in Trafalgar Square. (35 words)
In a joint statement – Animal Liberation Malta, Real Animal Rights Foundation, Association for Abandoned Animals AAA and Vuci Ghall-Annimali, said that they went in pyjamas and with pillows at the Marsa offices of VRD holding placards saying “VRD wake up! (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
Holding placards, the protesters raised anti-Modi and anti-Shah placards as they marched from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar.
A group of around 30 people chanted “not my King” and held up placards as Charles and Camilla arrived at York Minster on Thursday.
Anti-Semitic slogans were spotted among the placards, British media reported.
As the story rolls on we are constantly thrown out of the action by both the announcement placards of the play’s acts and scenes and the interjection of narrative from the 1950s television show in which this play is embedded.
A whale song recording, played on loop, accompanied protestors who carried placards portraying whale eyes and other marine-themed costumes.
Banners and placards were held aloft while both sides chanted in the second public gathering over plans by the local authority to implement a new neighbourhood scheme.
Braverman wrote: “The sick, inflammatory and, in some cases, clearly criminal chants, placards and paraphernalia openly on display at the march mark a new low.
But members of the Republic campaign group were arrested on Saturday morning and saw hundreds of placards reading “Not My King” seized by the force, despite gaining police permission for a rally in Trafalgar Square.
But the remaining works that are on display haven’t had new identifying placards placed next to them.
Civil society activists and members of the Christian community hold placards and crosses as they take part in a protest to condemn the attacks on churches in Pakistan, in Karachi, Aug. 18, 2023.
Demonstrators hold up placards in support of a strike by nurses outside St Thomas' Hospital in London, on December 20, 2022.
Demonstrators march with flags and placards during a rally in Bordeaux, south-western France on Jan.
Healthcare workers hold placards at a picket line outside St Thomas’ Hospital in London on February 6, 2023 as the UK faced the biggest round of health service strikes.
He said that Republic protesters were arrested with luggage straps with combination locks on them, which was unusual for demonstrators to use to secure placards.
However, the proposal attracted fierce opposition from residents of the surrounding area, with 12,500 people signing a petition against it and villagers erecting placards outside their homes.
In a joint statement – Animal Liberation Malta, Real Animal Rights Foundation, Association for Abandoned Animals AAA and Vuci Ghall-Annimali, said that they went in pyjamas and with pillows at the Marsa offices of VRD holding placards saying “VRD wake up!
Intertitles, more commonly known as title cards, are the placards of text that appear on-screen, usually to indicate time and location.
Judging by some of those -themed placards, he’s not wrong.
Many people taking part in the protest carried placards saying tanks should not be supplied to Ukraine.
Members of the media hold placards in a protest against the raids of homes of journalists and writers belonging a news portal in New Delhi, India on Oct. 04, 2023.
Common combinations with placards
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- holding placards 20×
- carried placards 20×
- placards and 19×
- placards with 17×
- carrying placards 17×
- with placards 15×
- placards as 12×
- and placards 12×
- hold placards 12×
- placards in 11×