How do you use Turncoat in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like deserter or apostate, plus the exact meaning.
Turncoat meaning
A traitor; one who turns against a previous affiliation or allegiance.
Using Turncoat
- The main meaning on this page is: A traitor; one who turns against a previous affiliation or allegiance.
- Useful related words include: deserter, apostate, renegade, recreant.
- In the example corpus, turncoat often appears in combinations such as: as turncoat.
Context around Turncoat
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Turncoat
- In this selection, "turncoat" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mercenary, friend, woodward and currently stand out and add context to how "turncoat" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a mercenary turncoat a sellout and as a turncoat. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "turncoat" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with turncoat
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Was anyone surprise when Daniel Kaluuya’s character was revealed as a turncoat? (13 words)
Described as a turncoat, Woodward is a former Labour MP who began his political career on the Tory benches. (19 words)
They’re going to be looking for retribution on Brad and Chad, but they’re also going to be looking for the turncoat within the alliance. (26 words)
The reporting also described him as a “turncoat” and an “informant” against other touts, which led to him being told to stay silent by members of a WhatsApp group containing around 350 others who traded tickets on unregulated markets. (39 words)
Tom says he’ll run as a Democrat, even though he’s shunned as a turncoat by the party for allying with Republicans in 2013 to take control of the state Senate and leading a Majority Coalition Caucus. (38 words)
Instead, George kept publicly quiet while in private endorsing the carnage set down by his boss who would eventually reveal himself to be a turncoat friend and master who would shuffled George off to prison. (35 words)
Was anyone surprise when Daniel Kaluuya’s character was revealed as a turncoat? (13 words)
Example sentences (8)
The reporting also described him as a “turncoat” and an “informant” against other touts, which led to him being told to stay silent by members of a WhatsApp group containing around 350 others who traded tickets on unregulated markets.
Instead, George kept publicly quiet while in private endorsing the carnage set down by his boss who would eventually reveal himself to be a turncoat friend and master who would shuffled George off to prison.
Described as a turncoat, Woodward is a former Labour MP who began his political career on the Tory benches.
In fact, the arrow head of the plot is a turncoat currently serving in the PDP government and who is popular for constituting a nuisance in the mass media at any given opportunity.” it said.
The popular narrative pushed by the mainstream media is that Flynn is a mercenary turncoat, a sellout who decided to cash in by offering his considerable intelligence services to the highest bidder.
They’re going to be looking for retribution on Brad and Chad, but they’re also going to be looking for the turncoat within the alliance.
Tom says he’ll run as a Democrat, even though he’s shunned as a turncoat by the party for allying with Republicans in 2013 to take control of the state Senate and leading a Majority Coalition Caucus.
Was anyone surprise when Daniel Kaluuya’s character was revealed as a turncoat?
Common combinations with turncoat
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- as turncoat 4×