Explore Quakers through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like sect. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Quakers meaning
plural of Quaker
Synonyms of Quakers
Using Quakers
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of Quaker
- Useful related words include: society of friends, sect, religious sect, religious order.
- In the example corpus, quakers often appears in combinations such as: the quakers, quakers and, of quakers.
Context around Quakers
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Quakers
- In this selection, "quakers" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, orthodox, hicksite, bolton, attempted, won and triples stand out and add context to how "quakers" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and hicksite quakers and as the quakers pulled one. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "quakers" sits close to words such as acadian, aero and ame, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with quakers
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Quakers will meet No. 2 Beaver in the semifinals. (10 words)
The book called upon fellow Quakers to renounce the institution and free their enslaved individuals. (15 words)
In total, Hanover outshot Wilmington 52-30 while the Quakers won 12 of the 19 face-offs. (17 words)
Quakers were perhaps fortunate to pick up a point in midweek against Peterborough Sports thanks to a stoppage time goal by Toby Lees, and Mitchell said; “We were all disappointed with Tuesday’s game, but we’ve got to move on. (41 words)
Not all of his beliefs were welcome to all Quakers: his Puritan-like opposition to the arts Fox in e.g. Nickalls, pp.37–38 and rejection of theological study, forestalled development of these practices among Quakers for some time. (40 words)
Quakers took the lead from a quick counter-attack, when Jarrett Rivers broke clear and rolled the ball to Jacob Hazel, who burst into the box and was brought down by Fylde keeper Chris Neal, who was yellow carded. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Gottlieb (2005) Though the majority of Quakers attempted to remain neutral, a sizable number of Quakers in the American Revolution nevertheless participated to some degree.
Not all of his beliefs were welcome to all Quakers: his Puritan-like opposition to the arts Fox in e.g. Nickalls, pp.37–38 and rejection of theological study, forestalled development of these practices among Quakers for some time.
The Children of Peace were founded during the War of 1812 after a schism in the Society of Friends in York County. citation A further schism occurred in 1828, leaving two branches, "Orthodox" Quakers and "Hicksite" Quakers.
Barry says that some of his strongest memories include visit to Brandwood School, where he handed out Hiroshima paper cranes out, and his thought provoking talks to Bolton Quakers on peace themes.
In total, Hanover outshot Wilmington 52-30 while the Quakers won 12 of the 19 face-offs.
Jada Pohlen, who hit three of the Quakers’ triples on the afternoon, and Zahrya Bailey both had 11 points for Wilmington.
Pedreschi’s clean sheet was spoiled five minutes later as the Quakers pulled one back, but the Owls squashed any hopes of a late Wilmington comeback in the 77th minute.
Quakers nearly levelled just on half-time when Hazel sent Salkeld running through, but James Montgomery saved well.
Quakers took the lead from a quick counter-attack, when Jarrett Rivers broke clear and rolled the ball to Jacob Hazel, who burst into the box and was brought down by Fylde keeper Chris Neal, who was yellow carded.
The program already operates in Penrith, Campbeltown, Quakers Hill, and Nowra, and program director Paul Breen wants to expand to Tamworth.
The Quakers swept past the Ivy League tournament and are eyeing third-seeded Samford on the winners side of the Auburn region.
The Quakers will meet No. 2 Beaver in the semifinals.
Amongst those were a large group of Welsh Quakers who emigrated to America with William Penn (namesake of the state of Pennsylvania) in the late 1600s.
Ballard remained undefeated in the Metro League (11-0, 12-4 overall) with a big win over the Quakers.
But with senior Vanessa Pickett, outside hitters Nora Hammond and Molly MacDonald, libero Carmen Forsythe and middle hitter Mia Gartley back this season to lead the Quakers, Vavrek believes QV will be a force in Class 2A.
Hasselquist was first introduced to the Quakers through Jim LaBelle, a boarding school survivor, who has spoken out previously about his experience and how those harms have affected his life and the lives of his peers.
If one works back to the headwaters of every one of the major positive social currents I have listed (and many more besides), one finds a small group of Quakers.
Quakers were perhaps fortunate to pick up a point in midweek against Peterborough Sports thanks to a stoppage time goal by Toby Lees, and Mitchell said; “We were all disappointed with Tuesday’s game, but we’ve got to move on.
The book called upon fellow Quakers to renounce the institution and free their enslaved individuals.
The doubles teams of Livia Jobbins and Jane Lenhard and Parker Barnes and Kate Miller also were victorious for the Quakers.
Common combinations with quakers
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the quakers 40×
- quakers and 12×
- of quakers 11×
- quakers in 7×
- quakers for 4×
- quakers who 4×
- quakers were 4×
- and quakers 4×
- quakers on 3×
- hicksite quakers 2×