Sackcloth is an English word with synonyms like garment or fabric. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Sackcloth in a sentence
Sackcloth meaning
- A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
- Garments worn as an act of penance.
Using Sackcloth
- The main meaning on this page is: A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks. | Garments worn as an act of penance.
- Useful related words include: garment, fabric, cloth, material.
Context around Sackcloth
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sackcloth
- In this selection, "sackcloth" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 17.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fasting and prayer stand out and add context to how "sackcloth" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include balloon of sackcloth with three and decrees fasting sackcloth prayer and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sackcloth" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sackcloth
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
No more ashes, no more sackcloth. (6 words)
They constructed a globe-shaped balloon of sackcloth with three thin layers of paper inside. (15 words)
The king of Nineveh puts on sackcloth and sits in ashes, making a proclamation which decrees fasting, sackcloth, prayer, and repentance. (21 words)
We cannot allow our fellow man to be slaughtered in this manner and walk on by, wearing the sackcloth from Iraq and fretting about the unpredictability of modern warfare. (29 words)
The king of Nineveh puts on sackcloth and sits in ashes, making a proclamation which decrees fasting, sackcloth, prayer, and repentance. (21 words)
They constructed a globe-shaped balloon of sackcloth with three thin layers of paper inside. (15 words)
Example sentences (4)
The king of Nineveh puts on sackcloth and sits in ashes, making a proclamation which decrees fasting, sackcloth, prayer, and repentance.
No more ashes, no more sackcloth.
We cannot allow our fellow man to be slaughtered in this manner and walk on by, wearing the sackcloth from Iraq and fretting about the unpredictability of modern warfare.
They constructed a globe-shaped balloon of sackcloth with three thin layers of paper inside.