Explore Turbans through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Turbans meaning
plural of turban
Using Turbans
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of turban
- In the example corpus, turbans often appears in combinations such as: turbans and, the turbans, their turbans.
Context around Turbans
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Turbans
- In this selection, "turbans" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wear, colored, hued, stormed and leptothyra stand out and add context to how "turbans" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are wearing turbans while riding and brightly colored turbans a striking. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "turbans" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with turbans
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He pulled off the turbans of his viziers and yanked their beards. (12 words)
In the war, they fought and died for us, wearing the turbans. (12 words)
His turbans are traditionally hand wrapped and the crowning glory of his brand. (13 words)
After settling the nearby provinces, including a rebellion led by former Yellow Turbans, and internal affairs with the court, Cao Cao turned his attention north to Yuan Shao, who himself had eliminated his northern rival Gongsun Zan that same year. (40 words)
Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains arguably stole the show by appearing in front of an enormous painting of brightly colored turbans — a striking contrast to New Democrat MP Daniel Blaikie, who positioned himself in front of a large white sheet. (39 words)
Kahelelani was the first of the Ni ihau ali i. His name is now used to refer to the Ni ihau kahelelani, the puka shell of the wart turbans (Leptothyra verruca), used to make exquisite Ni ihau shell jewelry. (39 words)
Example sentences (17)
Michael Rubin, my American Enterprise Institute mate also at the event, texted to dare me to ask the black-turbaned Raisi how many turbans he had and whether the blood washed out easily.
Nimarta Kaur, a spokeswoman for the Sikh Coalition, said the organization was not aware of any other Sikh state legislators who wear turbans.
Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains arguably stole the show by appearing in front of an enormous painting of brightly colored turbans — a striking contrast to New Democrat MP Daniel Blaikie, who positioned himself in front of a large white sheet.
The reusable toilet paper comes out of the same factory where political prisoners make The Donald Brand ties, the only ties so long you can use them as turbans or Mummy rags.
But as long as we are here, let’s defend Quebec in the Canadian context,” he said while defending Quebec’s Bill 21, which bans provincial civil servants from wearing religious symbols like turbans and hijabs.
Even as Sikh groups and minority organizations continue to make attempts to educate Americans on Sikhism and the tenets of its faith, Sikhs are often mistakenly targeted because of their turbans.
Aside from his suits, his sartorial signature is his collection of Pantone-hued turbans.
His turbans are traditionally hand wrapped and the crowning glory of his brand.
On Monday night, terrified pupils fled the boarding school night when heavily armed fighters in military fatigues and turbans stormed the town, shouting "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest").
The exemption applies to members of the minority community who are wearing turbans while riding motorcycles.
After settling the nearby provinces, including a rebellion led by former Yellow Turbans, and internal affairs with the court, Cao Cao turned his attention north to Yuan Shao, who himself had eliminated his northern rival Gongsun Zan that same year.
He pulled off the turbans of his viziers and yanked their beards.
In the war, they fought and died for us, wearing the turbans.
Kahelelani was the first of the Ni ihau ali i. His name is now used to refer to the Ni ihau kahelelani, the puka shell of the wart turbans (Leptothyra verruca), used to make exquisite Ni ihau shell jewelry.
The clothes of his servants were supposedly made from the turbans of his victims.
These costumes led to Saks Fifth Avenue developing a line of turbans and jewelry inspired by Carmen Miranda in 1939.
Vlad III Dracula refused and had the Ottoman envoys killed by nailing their turbans to their heads, on the pretext that they had refused to raise their "hats" to him, as they only removed their headgear before Allah.
Common combinations with turbans
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- turbans and 3×
- the turbans 3×
- their turbans 2×
- turbans of 2×