How do you use Vaudevillian in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like performer, plus the exact meaning.
Vaudevillian meaning
Someone who performs in vaudeville.
Synonyms of Vaudevillian
Using Vaudevillian
- The main meaning on this page is: Someone who performs in vaudeville.
- Useful related words include: performer, performing artist.
- In the example corpus, vaudevillian often appears in combinations such as: as vaudevillian.
Context around Vaudevillian
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Vaudevillian
- In this selection, "vaudevillian" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, former, velma, flair and farce stand out and add context to how "vaudevillian" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a former vaudevillian of the and as a vaudevillian. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "vaudevillian" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with vaudevillian
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Squinting, his lips curled, Trump loosened a vaudevillian’s fury. (10 words)
A vaudeville performer is often referred to as a "vaudevillian". (10 words)
Though not credited often, vaudevillian techniques can commonly be witnessed on television and in movies. (15 words)
Phantom Circus brings back the art of circus with a vaudevillian flair and a touch of burlesque, with help from a professional cast of saucy jugglers, belly dancers, aerial dancers, contortionists, stilt-walkers and acrobats. (35 words)
Her father was an electrician at MGM Studios, and her mother was a former vaudevillian of the Denishawn dance troupe, as well as a dance teacher. (26 words)
Based on the Broadway musical from the 1970s, stars Renée Zellweger as housewife Roxie Hart and Catherine Zeta-Jones as vaudevillian Velma Kelly. (23 words)
Example sentences (8)
Based on the Broadway musical from the 1970s, stars Renée Zellweger as housewife Roxie Hart and Catherine Zeta-Jones as vaudevillian Velma Kelly.
Phantom Circus brings back the art of circus with a vaudevillian flair and a touch of burlesque, with help from a professional cast of saucy jugglers, belly dancers, aerial dancers, contortionists, stilt-walkers and acrobats.
Squinting, his lips curled, Trump loosened a vaudevillian’s fury.
What’s delightful is how all this tricksiness is embedded in the cosily familiar conventions of vaudevillian farce.
A vaudeville performer is often referred to as a "vaudevillian".
Her father was an electrician at MGM Studios, and her mother was a former vaudevillian of the Denishawn dance troupe, as well as a dance teacher.
Marx reputedly claimed that he was "hopelessly average" as a vaudevillian, but this was typically Marx, wisecracking in his true form.
Though not credited often, vaudevillian techniques can commonly be witnessed on television and in movies.
Common combinations with vaudevillian
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- as vaudevillian 3×