Wondering how to use Riffraff in a sentence? Below are 3 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as rabble or ragtag.
Riffraff in a sentence
Riffraff meaning
- The rabble; crowds; people of a low, disreputable or undesirable class or position.
- Sweepings; refuse.
Using Riffraff
- The main meaning on this page is: The rabble; crowds; people of a low, disreputable or undesirable class or position. | Sweepings; refuse.
- Useful related words include: rabble, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail, folk.
Context around Riffraff
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Riffraff
- In this selection, "riffraff" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 32.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dangerous, inching and saving stand out and add context to how "riffraff" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ballast and riffraff saving the and of dangerous riffraff inching their. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "riffraff" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with riffraff
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Over the past few week’s he’s been telling evermore fantastical tales of dangerous riffraff inching their way up to the U.S. border. (25 words)
Guest speaker is author and playwright Leslie Green, whose book, Weeding Out the Riffraff, and a $25 gift card will be among the prizes won by lucky entrants to a free raffle. (32 words)
The greater Bernier’s success, the more he’ll be ridding the Tories of a great deal of ballast and riffraff, saving the party the trouble of carrying out the difficult and delicate work of a good old-fashioned purge. (40 words)
The greater Bernier’s success, the more he’ll be ridding the Tories of a great deal of ballast and riffraff, saving the party the trouble of carrying out the difficult and delicate work of a good old-fashioned purge. (40 words)
Guest speaker is author and playwright Leslie Green, whose book, Weeding Out the Riffraff, and a $25 gift card will be among the prizes won by lucky entrants to a free raffle. (32 words)
Over the past few week’s he’s been telling evermore fantastical tales of dangerous riffraff inching their way up to the U.S. border. (25 words)
Example sentences (3)
Guest speaker is author and playwright Leslie Green, whose book, Weeding Out the Riffraff, and a $25 gift card will be among the prizes won by lucky entrants to a free raffle.
Over the past few week’s he’s been telling evermore fantastical tales of dangerous riffraff inching their way up to the U.S. border.
The greater Bernier’s success, the more he’ll be ridding the Tories of a great deal of ballast and riffraff, saving the party the trouble of carrying out the difficult and delicate work of a good old-fashioned purge.