Explore Redcoats through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Redcoats in a sentence
Redcoats meaning
plural of redcoat
Using Redcoats
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of redcoat
- In the example corpus, redcoats often appears in combinations such as: the redcoats, redcoats were, redcoats in.
Context around Redcoats
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Redcoats
- In this selection, "redcoats" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ayr, two, zombie, wore, revolutions and marching stand out and add context to how "redcoats" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include against the redcoats who don and and formed redcoats equipped with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "redcoats" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbess, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with redcoats
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
No such adjustments were on hand when they faced the redcoats. (11 words)
Pictured: Two Redcoats pose for a photograph in front of the entrance to a Butlin's building. (17 words)
This time the attack killed or wounded 170 Redcoats and captured 200 to just 80 American casualties. (17 words)
The official synopsis of the series reads, “A remote village becomes the theatre of a breathless battle when a two-century-old Betaal, a British Indian Army officer, and his battalion of zombie redcoats are unleashed. (36 words)
With 7.2 seconds to spare, the Redcoats missed a contested three at the buzzer that fell short of the rim, making nine of their last 13 points of the fourth quarter on threes. (34 words)
The British Army developed the concept of directed fire (as opposed to massive unaimed volleys) and formed Rifle regiments, notably the 95th and the 60th who wore green jackets instead of the usual redcoats. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
At the start, the Ayr Redcoats wore kilts, and for a while their numbers included Mr Butlin's own son Bobby.
Redcoats was an informal name for the British army who wore red garments in battle - with the colour associated with the killing of Scots at the Battle of Culloden in 1746.
Welcome to the “Redcoats & Revolutions Grill and Tavern,” a restaurant by Middle School of the Kennebunk’s eighth graders that serves up American Revolution history 101.
Built in 1741 at Victory Boulevard and Richmond Avenue, the tavern was taken over by the Redcoats during the Revolutionary War.
He also needed to alert the colonists scattered throughout the countryside of the advance of regular troops (a.k.a. Redcoats) marching from Boston.
Pictured: Two Redcoats pose for a photograph in front of the entrance to a Butlin's building.
The official synopsis of the series reads, “A remote village becomes the theatre of a breathless battle when a two-century-old Betaal, a British Indian Army officer, and his battalion of zombie redcoats are unleashed.
There was only one priest based at Dorlin finally but before that they used to live in a cave near Port a’ bhata because the redcoats were out for their blood.
The Lady Knights were ready to go against the Redcoats, who don’t have a pool at Berlin High School.
The redcoats were met with little opposition, as most residents of New England were opposed to the war.
This time the attack killed or wounded 170 Redcoats and captured 200 to just 80 American casualties.
With 7.2 seconds to spare, the Redcoats missed a contested three at the buzzer that fell short of the rim, making nine of their last 13 points of the fourth quarter on threes.
After concentrated volleys, exacting heavy casualties on the redcoats, the Walloons reformed back to the ridgeline in good order.
A militia of Yale students had been prepping for battle, and former Yale president and Yale Divinity School professor Naphtali Daggett rode out to confront the Redcoats.
A more expansive mobile strategy might have cut British communications and brought their lumbering advance to a halt, bottling up the redcoats in scattered strongpoints while the impis ran rampant between them.
Despite this many Jacobites reached the government lines and, for the first time, a battle was decided by a direct clash between charging highlanders and formed redcoats equipped with muskets and socket bayonets.
In his report, Washington chiefly blamed the disaster on the conduct of the redcoats while praising that of the Virginia contingent.
No such adjustments were on hand when they faced the redcoats.
The British Army developed the concept of directed fire (as opposed to massive unaimed volleys) and formed Rifle regiments, notably the 95th and the 60th who wore green jackets instead of the usual redcoats.
The Jacobites broke through the bayonets of the redcoats in one place, but they were shot down by a second line of soldiers, and the survivors fled.
Common combinations with redcoats
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the redcoats 12×
- redcoats were 2×
- redcoats in 2×