Quaint is an English word with synonyms like strange or unusual. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Quaint in a sentence
Related words
Quaint meaning
- Of a person: cunning, crafty.
- Cleverly made; artfully contrived.
- Strange or odd; unusual.
Synonyms of Quaint
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Using Quaint
- The main meaning on this page is: Of a person: cunning, crafty. | Cleverly made; artfully contrived. | Strange or odd; unusual.
- Useful related words include: strange, unusual, old-time, olde worlde.
- Possible Dutch translations are: onlogisch, ongepast, onsamenhangend.
- In the example corpus, quaint often appears in combinations such as: the quaint, and quaint, quaint and.
Context around Quaint
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Quaint
- In this selection, "quaint" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, seem, beautiful, seems, village, area and eventually stand out and add context to how "quaint" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a quaint rustic town and always this quaint cornish town. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "quaint" sits close to words such as alluded, apostolic and babe, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with quaint
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Appledore is also known for its maritime heritage and quaint charm. (11 words)
A quaint, rustic town where spirits are high and the queues are low. (13 words)
They said this is a quaint area, area of the state, but it’s quaint. (15 words)
Damien Chazelle’s debauched, provocative take on Hollywood’s silent era tears through both the director’s reputation as a head-in-the-clouds dreamer and the common misconception that early film was ever a quaint or saintly place. (39 words)
In the winter, the frost and snow makes the chocolate box-style cottages look even more quaint – whereas come summer, the walking trails and fields come alive with wildlife and greenery in the sunshine. (34 words)
Alex, cloaked in a Hugo Boss suit and the pride of a job in Canary Wharf, comes down to visit this quaint place with his girlfriend and potentially future wife. (30 words)
Won’t our objections to them seem quaint eventually, as quaint as the I read about emojis? (17 words)
And there's even a Co-Op nestled away in this quaint village - what more could you want? (18 words)
Example sentences (20)
They said this is a quaint area, area of the state, but it’s quaint.
Won’t our objections to them seem quaint eventually, as quaint as the I read about emojis?
A.A.Milne wrote beautiful, quaint stories about a boy and his teddy bear friend.
According to Rightmove, the average price of property in the quaint rural spot comes in £710,000.
Alex, cloaked in a Hugo Boss suit and the pride of a job in Canary Wharf, comes down to visit this quaint place with his girlfriend and potentially future wife.
A light-skinned Black woman's meticulously crafted life of privilege starts to unravel when two strangers show up in her quaint suburban town.
Amidst the festive charm of quaint small towns, the female characters stumbled upon unexpected romance.
And let us not overlook that quaint get-out clause known as the Queen’s consent, perhaps now the King’s consent.
And there's even a Co-Op nestled away in this quaint village - what more could you want?
Appledore is also known for its maritime heritage and quaint charm.
A quaint, rustic town where spirits are high and the queues are low.
At one point, Netflix had an estimated 40 million people signed up to receive DVDs through the mail, a privilege that seems quaint these days.
But as always, this quaint Cornish town bands together for a heart-warming, festive farewell, that tenderly closes the door on the characters we’ve grown to love.
Damien Chazelle’s debauched, provocative take on Hollywood’s silent era tears through both the director’s reputation as a head-in-the-clouds dreamer and the common misconception that early film was ever a quaint or saintly place.
Furious villagers have slammed the council for installing the 'smoothest speed bumps in England' in their quaint neighbourhood - creating a haven for boy racers.
Giethoorn is a quaint village in the where there are no roads or cars, just cycle paths and waterways.
However, not everyone would be willing to drive 27 miles (43km) to the quaint little market town of Amersham.
In an interview with in 2016, Swift briefly spoke of the comfy and quaint cottage theme that she picked for this New England-inspired home.
In the winter, the frost and snow makes the chocolate box-style cottages look even more quaint – whereas come summer, the walking trails and fields come alive with wildlife and greenery in the sunshine.
It is located close to the scenic Deane Clough Nature Reserve, and in the quaint Deane Village.
Common combinations with quaint
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the quaint 39×
- and quaint 21×
- quaint and 15×
- this quaint 10×
- in quaint 10×
- quaint town 10×
- quaint village 8×
- quaint little 8×
- of quaint 7×
- is quaint 6×