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Voluntaries is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Voluntaries in a sentence

Voluntaries meaning

plural of voluntary

Using Voluntaries

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of voluntary
  • In the example corpus, voluntaries often appears in combinations such as: organ voluntaries.

Context around Voluntaries

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

organ 2×

Often after:

songs 1× meditations 1×

Sentence patterns with Voluntaries

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

e g voluntaries meditations etc 1× pieces organ voluntaries and partsongs 1× pieces organ voluntaries songs anthems 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

august manns conducted 1× his early compositions 1× this book was 1×

Common sentence endings:

supplement congregational repertoire 1× symphony from 1892 1× voluntaries and partsongs 1×

Words around Voluntaries

Just before it in the word index:

volumizing 8 volumising 3 voluminously 2 voluminous 107 volumetric 45 volumes 1.501

Just after it in the word index:

voluntarily 610 voluntariness 7 voluntarism 5 voluntaristic 2 voluntary 1.298 voluntas 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 5 aacr 5 aacsb 5 aadar 5 aadk 5 aadvantage 5

Corpus analysis for Voluntaries

  • In this selection, "voluntaries" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, organ, songs and meditations stand out and add context to how "voluntaries" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include e g voluntaries meditations etc and pieces organ voluntaries and partsongs. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "voluntaries" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with voluntaries

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

His early compositions included piano pieces, organ voluntaries, songs, anthems and a symphony (from 1892). (15 words)

August Manns conducted Elgar's orchestral version of Salut d'amour and the Suite in D at the Crystal Palace, and two publishers accepted some of Elgar's violin pieces, organ voluntaries, and partsongs. (34 words)

This book was produced with the aim of providing extra music for non-congregational music items within services (e.g. voluntaries, meditations, etc) but has been adopted by congregations worldwide and is now used to supplement congregational repertoire. (38 words)

Longer example sentences

This book was produced with the aim of providing extra music for non-congregational music items within services (e.g. voluntaries, meditations, etc) but has been adopted by congregations worldwide and is now used to supplement congregational repertoire. (38 words)

August Manns conducted Elgar's orchestral version of Salut d'amour and the Suite in D at the Crystal Palace, and two publishers accepted some of Elgar's violin pieces, organ voluntaries, and partsongs. (34 words)

His early compositions included piano pieces, organ voluntaries, songs, anthems and a symphony (from 1892). (15 words)

Example sentences (3)

August Manns conducted Elgar's orchestral version of Salut d'amour and the Suite in D at the Crystal Palace, and two publishers accepted some of Elgar's violin pieces, organ voluntaries, and partsongs.

His early compositions included piano pieces, organ voluntaries, songs, anthems and a symphony (from 1892).

This book was produced with the aim of providing extra music for non-congregational music items within services (e.g. voluntaries, meditations, etc) but has been adopted by congregations worldwide and is now used to supplement congregational repertoire.

Common combinations with voluntaries

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "voluntaries" in a sentence?
An example: "August Manns conducted Elgar's orchestral version of Salut d'amour and the Suite in D at the Crystal Palace, and two publishers accepted some of Elgar's violin pieces, organ voluntaries, and partsongs." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "voluntaries" from authentic English texts.
What does "voluntaries" mean?
Voluntaries means: plural of voluntary
How many example sentences with "voluntaries" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "voluntaries", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.