On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Yorubas. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Yorubas meaning
plural of Yoruba
Using Yorubas
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of Yoruba
- In the example corpus, yorubas often appears in combinations such as: the yorubas, yorubas and, yorubas are.
Context around Yorubas
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Yorubas
- In this selection, "yorubas" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, predominantly, hosts and contest stand out and add context to how "yorubas" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include allow the yorubas contest for and and not yorubas. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "yorubas" sits close to words such as abhiyan, ajibola and ajinkya, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with yorubas
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
According to him, Yorubas are not dunces. (7 words)
It sowed the seed of friction which thankfully did not germinate between the Igbos and the Yorubas. (17 words)
By putting Nigeria’s economy and security entirely in Yoruba hands, Tinubu is saying the Yorubas are a superior race. (20 words)
According to the elder statesman whose comment came in reaction to the visit of Tinubu to Buhari, he said the APC national leader is only fighting for his personal interest and not for the masses or Yorubas. (37 words)
He also said that apart from relating well with their hosts, Yorubas both in the South-South / South East regions would also remain peaceful and support the government of the states to achieve their set objectives. (36 words)
The CP said he had met with some ethnic groups’ leaders, including the Igbos, Hausas and Yorubas after the presidential election, adding that suggestions and observations from the meetings would be used for other elections. (35 words)
If the Yorubas had produced about 43 lawyers before the East could produce one, where then did the rain start beating the Yoruba nation? (24 words)
Example sentences (20)
Yorubas are kind hearted and welcoming just like America and other developed countries unlike the real racists, they will never allow the Yorubas contest for any office in their area.
He commended the Ooni for his peace moves across the country and for helping to resolve a brewing crisis between Ijaws and Yorubas in Delta State.
Already, the noise in town is that too many appointments are in the hands of the Yorubas and that it is because the president is of Southwest extraction.
By putting Nigeria’s economy and security entirely in Yoruba hands, Tinubu is saying the Yorubas are a superior race.
He, however, urged Nigerians, especially the Yorubas, to be patient with Tinubu, praying to gods to grant the President all he needed to turn around the nation.
If the Yorubas had produced about 43 lawyers before the East could produce one, where then did the rain start beating the Yoruba nation?
It is worth recalling that Sunnberger, in a one-minute 50-second viral audio clip, vowed to poison the Yorubas and the Binis based in Canada.
The people of Kogi West Senatorial District; which comprises of the Gbede, Yagba, Owe, Bunu, Ebira-Koto, Oworo, and other tribes, are predominantly Yorubas, as history rightly definds.
Agbaje said that part of the ploy used against him during the last election was that he played a divisive politics by pitching the Yorubas against other tribes, adding that he never did.
It sowed the seed of friction which thankfully did not germinate between the Igbos and the Yorubas.
According to the elder statesman whose comment came in reaction to the visit of Tinubu to Buhari, he said the APC national leader is only fighting for his personal interest and not for the masses or Yorubas.
Afenifere, a Pan-Yoruba group led by Sen. Ayo Fasanmi, has called on Yorubas to vote massively for President Muhammadu Buhari and APC in the forthcoming elections.
Born out of the need to showcase the rich cultural heritage of the Yorubas to the world, Ile-Ife Heritage Marathon is in its second edition this year.
It is another scheme to waste blood of innocent Biafrans because the security agents may not attack the yorubas and Hausas that are involved.
Needless to say I stand by every word that I wrote in my article titled “We Are Sons And Daughters of Oduduwa And Not Yorubas”.
The CP said he had met with some ethnic groups’ leaders, including the Igbos, Hausas and Yorubas after the presidential election, adding that suggestions and observations from the meetings would be used for other elections.
The Yorubas are educated set of people yet they are the first to use selfishness to cause an unrest in the young Nigeria.
According to him, Yorubas are not dunces.
All you cyber cockroaches trying to drive a schism between we YORUBAS along religion, Eledumare ko ni gba fun yin.
He also said that apart from relating well with their hosts, Yorubas both in the South-South / South East regions would also remain peaceful and support the government of the states to achieve their set objectives.
Common combinations with yorubas
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the yorubas 15×
- yorubas and 7×
- yorubas are 4×
- yorubas to 4×
- and yorubas 2×