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Yellowface is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Yellowface in a sentence

Yellowface meaning

A style of theatrical makeup in which a white actor yellows their face in order to portray an East Asian.

Using Yellowface

  • The main meaning on this page is: A style of theatrical makeup in which a white actor yellows their face in order to portray an East Asian.
  • In the example corpus, yellowface often appears in combinations such as: in yellowface.

Context around Yellowface

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 18.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

wore 1× incident 1×

Often after:

disguise 1× whereby 1×

Sentence patterns with Yellowface

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

connery in yellowface disguise 1× descent in yellowface to play 1× particular incident yellowface was used 1× successor to yellowface whereby hollywood 1× who wore yellowface and wrote 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

hollywood turned instead 1× in this particular 1× indeed the excitement 1× meanwhile the japan 1×

Common sentence endings:

caricature chinese culture 1× characters as white 1× in the diaspora 1× in yellowface disguise 1× play asian roles 1×

Words around Yellowface

Just before it in the word index:

yellower 2 yellowed 11 yellowcard 5 yellowcake 4 yellowbrick 2 yellowbird 2

Just after it in the word index:

yellowfin 10 yellowhammer 24 yellowhead 17 yellowhill 2 yellowing 17 yellowish 97

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Yellowface

  • In this selection, "yellowface" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, wore, incident, disguise and whereby stand out and add context to how "yellowface" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include connery in yellowface disguise and descent in yellowface to play. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "yellowface" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with yellowface

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

In this particular incident, yellowface was used to caricature Chinese culture. (11 words)

Meanwhile, the Japan-set You Only Live Twice includes Connery in yellowface disguise. (13 words)

Hollywood turned instead to actors of European descent, in “yellowface,” to play Asian roles. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

What’s more, the purported Asian-American poet was actually a white man named John Smith who wore yellowface and wrote about made-up experiences living in the diaspora. (29 words)

Indeed, the excitement around only makes sense in light of the pop-cultural debate over “whitewashing”—a successor to “yellowface,” whereby Hollywood rewrites nonwhite characters as white. (27 words)

Hollywood turned instead to actors of European descent, in “yellowface,” to play Asian roles. (14 words)

Example sentences (5)

Hollywood turned instead to actors of European descent, in “yellowface,” to play Asian roles.

What’s more, the purported Asian-American poet was actually a white man named John Smith who wore yellowface and wrote about made-up experiences living in the diaspora.

Meanwhile, the Japan-set You Only Live Twice includes Connery in yellowface disguise.

In this particular incident, yellowface was used to caricature Chinese culture.

Indeed, the excitement around only makes sense in light of the pop-cultural debate over “whitewashing”—a successor to “yellowface,” whereby Hollywood rewrites nonwhite characters as white.

Common combinations with yellowface

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • in yellowface 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "yellowface" in a sentence?
An example: "Hollywood turned instead to actors of European descent, in “yellowface,” to play Asian roles." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "yellowface" from authentic English texts.
What does "yellowface" mean?
Yellowface means: A style of theatrical makeup in which a white actor yellows their face in order to portray an East Asian.
How many example sentences with "yellowface" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "yellowface", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.