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Spirituals is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Spirituals in a sentence

Related words

Spirituals | Spiritual | Spiritually

Spirituals meaning

plural of spiritual

Using Spirituals

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of spiritual
  • In the example corpus, spirituals often appears in combinations such as: negro spirituals, spirituals and, of spirituals.

Context around Spirituals

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

american 4× negro 3× songs 2× clear 1× collecting 1× blues 1× recording 1× singing 1×

Often after:

became 1× close 1× brings 1× lullabies 1× gospels 1× came 1×

Sentence patterns with Spirituals

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

african american spirituals and songs 1× african american spirituals are a 1× african american spirituals gospels jazz 1× african american spirituals whose title 1× and collecting spirituals brings his 1× blues and spirituals and cappadocia 1× concert singing spirituals with her 1× counterpart of spirituals 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

african american spirituals 1× american developments african 1× at his funeral 1× blues most likely 1× but death of 1× by taking a 1×

Common sentence endings:

14 years old 1× all these genres 1× and street cries 1× black gospel style 1× book of jeremiah 1× counterpart of spirituals 1×

Words around Spirituals

Just before it in the word index:

spiritually 197 spiritualized 2 spirituality 305 spiritualities 3 spiritualists 11 spiritualist 20

Just after it in the word index:

spiritus 10 spiro 28 spirocysts 2 spirometer 4 spiros 4 spirou 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

abdulkadir 36 abed 36 abhay 36 abimbola 36 abiotic 36 abkhazia 36

Corpus analysis for Spirituals

  • In this selection, "spirituals" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, american, negro, songs, became, close and brings stand out and add context to how "spirituals" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include african american spirituals and songs and african american spirituals are a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "spirituals" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with spirituals

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

African-American spirituals are a valuable part of American history. (10 words)

Martha also performed at that concert, singing spirituals with her husband. (11 words)

His redemption from the body and soul is then applied to the Spirituals. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

Characteristically, Belafonte refused to exploit the calypso craze and instead turned his attention to the wider spectrum of folk and world music including chain gang songs, blues, spirituals, lullabies, African, Greek and even Yiddish material. (35 words)

If you look at the history of pop, hip-hop, R&B, soul, gospel, blues and then negro spirituals which came from Africa it’s the foundation of all these genres. (31 words)

There will be live music featuring a historical review of African American Spirituals, Gospels, Jazz, Blues and Freedom Marching songs, accompanied with a lecture of its history by Dr. R. Calhoun. (31 words)

Example sentences (20)

In the 19th and 20th century, African American spirituals and songs about Christmas, based in their tradition of spirituals, became more widely known.

But Death of Classical’s other regular New York City venue, where he will appear with “Songs & Spirituals” on October 3 and 4, is something different.

For Moran and Fischer, their starting point was clear: spirituals, close to both of their hearts.

Thompson, who has spent years studying and collecting spirituals, brings his deep knowledge and passion to this production.

At his funeral, a cousin sang one of Withers’ favorite African-American spirituals, whose title comes from the Old Testament’s Book of Jeremiah.

Blues most likely developed through group authorship in the Mississippi Delta drawing on folk songs, work songs, spirituals and street cries.

Characteristically, Belafonte refused to exploit the calypso craze and instead turned his attention to the wider spectrum of folk and world music including chain gang songs, blues, spirituals, lullabies, African, Greek and even Yiddish material.

African-American spirituals are a valuable part of American history.

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Gwendolyn will be performing pieces by Moses Hogan, who did quite a number of arrangements of negro spirituals.

If you look at the history of pop, hip-hop, R&B, soul, gospel, blues and then negro spirituals which came from Africa it’s the foundation of all these genres.

There will be live music featuring a historical review of African American Spirituals, Gospels, Jazz, Blues and Freedom Marching songs, accompanied with a lecture of its history by Dr. R. Calhoun.

Her first recording — “Spirituals” — came out on a local label in 1956 when she was just 14 years old.

It will center on works from the choir’s repertoire, which ranges from choral masterworks to inspirational music from around the world to American folk hymns and spirituals.

Yarrow’s singing is rooted the traditional American folk music, blues and spirituals, and Cappadocia is a cellist known for his cross-cultural collaborations.

American developments African-Americans developed a rich hymnody from spirituals during times of slavery to the modern, lively black gospel style.

By taking a material body, the Son becomes the Savior and facilitates this entrance into the pleroma by making it possible for the Spirituals to receive his spiritual body.

His redemption from the body and soul is then applied to the Spirituals.

Humphrey, Mark A. In Nothing but the Blues. p. 110. Before the blues gained its formal definition in terms of chord progressions, it was defined as the secular counterpart of spirituals.

It was released on the extended play Negro Spirituals No. 3 ( HMV 7EGN 39).

Martha also performed at that concert, singing spirituals with her husband.

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Common combinations with spirituals

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "spirituals" in a sentence?
An example: "In the 19th and 20th century, African American spirituals and songs about Christmas, based in their tradition of spirituals, became more widely known." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "spirituals" from authentic English texts.
What does "spirituals" mean?
Spirituals means: plural of spiritual
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