Explore Postbellum through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Postbellum in a sentence
Postbellum meaning
- Of the period following a war.
- Of the period following the American Civil War, especially used in reference to the South.
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Using Postbellum
- The main meaning on this page is: Of the period following a war. | Of the period following a war. | Of the period following the American Civil War, especially used in reference to the South.
- Possible Dutch translations are: naoorlogs.
- In the example corpus, postbellum often appears in combinations such as: the postbellum, postbellum criticism.
Context around Postbellum
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Postbellum
- In this selection, "postbellum" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, criticism, united and richmond stand out and add context to how "postbellum" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 279 82 postbellum richmond emerged and of the postbellum criticism of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "postbellum" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with postbellum
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bruce E. Baker, What Reconstruction Meant: Historical Memory in the American South (2007); Thomas J. Brown, ed. Reconstructions: New Perspectives on the Postbellum United States (2008). (26 words)
Postbellum criticism of Longstreet claims that he was ordered by Lee to attack in the early morning and that his delays were a significant contributor to the loss of the battle. (31 words)
Longstreet, p. 331. This was written years after the campaign and is affected by hindsight, both of the results of the battle and of the postbellum criticism of the Lost Cause authors. (32 words)
Levine pop. 279-82 Postbellum Richmond emerged a decade after the smoldering rubble of the Civil War to resume its position as an economic powerhouse, with iron front buildings and massive brick factories. (33 words)
Longstreet, p. 331. This was written years after the campaign and is affected by hindsight, both of the results of the battle and of the postbellum criticism of the Lost Cause authors. (32 words)
Postbellum criticism of Longstreet claims that he was ordered by Lee to attack in the early morning and that his delays were a significant contributor to the loss of the battle. (31 words)
Example sentences (4)
Bruce E. Baker, What Reconstruction Meant: Historical Memory in the American South (2007); Thomas J. Brown, ed. Reconstructions: New Perspectives on the Postbellum United States (2008).
Levine pop. 279-82 Postbellum Richmond emerged a decade after the smoldering rubble of the Civil War to resume its position as an economic powerhouse, with iron front buildings and massive brick factories.
Longstreet, p. 331. This was written years after the campaign and is affected by hindsight, both of the results of the battle and of the postbellum criticism of the Lost Cause authors.
Postbellum criticism of Longstreet claims that he was ordered by Lee to attack in the early morning and that his delays were a significant contributor to the loss of the battle.
Common combinations with postbellum
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: