How to Use folklore in a Sentence
folklore
noun
- He can't tell the difference between fact and folklore.
- The coyote appears in a great deal of Native American folklore.
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Boone is no stranger to the fury and the folklore of this steel-cage match.
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BostonGlobe.com,
6 Oct. 2021
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And then, or so this bit of folklore goes, the hunter is cured of buck fever.
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Jack O’Connor,
Outdoor Life,
6 Nov. 2024
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Where does your style—a mix of folklore and pop—come from?
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Jordan Salama,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Jan. 2022
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In Asian folklore, a white rabbit is said to live on the moon.
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Marcia Dunn,
ajc,
11 Dec. 2022
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The text of the song came from ancient times and Ukrainian folklore.
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sun-sentinel.com,
4 Mar. 2022
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There were things in the school library based on Irish folklore.
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Amy Sutherland,
BostonGlobe.com,
13 July 2023
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In a retelling of a legend on the folklore database, the creatures were a bit of a mixed bag.
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James Doubek,
NPR,
20 Nov. 2024
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In African folklore, too, the pain of loss and the past is forever woven.
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Elizabeth Agyemang,
Time,
10 Nov. 2022
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Our folklore and our stories have made predators the bad guys: the big, bad wolf; the big, bad bear.
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Amy Joyce,
Washington Post,
28 Nov. 2023
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Who knew Taylor Swift was part of the folklore of Bridgerton?
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Glenn Rowley,
Billboard,
30 Mar. 2022
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My least favorite genre of news story is the folklore beat.
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Timothy Noah,
The New Republic,
25 July 2023
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Part of it is the German setting, which is the setting of so much good folklore.
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Mathew Rodriguez,
Them,
8 Aug. 2024
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What happened there since has become part of the Kupp folklore.
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Brent Schrotenboer,
USA TODAY,
12 Feb. 2022
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In Arabic folklore, a ghoul is an evil spirit that robs graves and feeds on corpses.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes,
6 May 2023
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For the sake of folklore and everything fun, there are a few other ideas on how this area came to be.
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Erika Owen,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2023
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The fluttering fairies of folklore seem to be free from the storybooks at last—fairycore home decor is here to stay.
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Abby Wilson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Dec. 2023
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Swift recorded the new, even sadder version of the song at Long Pond Studios, the site of Swift’s folklore movie.
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Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
17 Nov. 2021
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Taylor won her third Album of the Year award for folklore, and Joe won his first Grammy.
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Women's Health,
10 Apr. 2023
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That tragedy, though, exists behind a haze of folklore.
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Tom Roland,
Billboard,
16 Sep. 2023
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In folklore and custom, this month’s full moon is known as the strawberry moon.
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Martin Weil,
Washington Post,
2 June 2023
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The tale of the late Steve Wiley and the Wagon Wheel — along with 100 years of stories that border on local folklore — will stay in the past.
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Kevin Reynolds,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
12 May 2022
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The Mass got its name from folklore, which says the rooster crowed at midnight only on the night Jesus was born.
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Gina Rich,
Washington Post,
20 Dec. 2022
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For one, the brand is named after Irish, Icelandic, and Scottish folklore.
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Frances Solá-Santiago,
refinery29.com,
25 Oct. 2021
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According to folklore tip number one, the bushier the tail the colder the winter.
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Kirby Adams,
The Courier-Journal,
2 Nov. 2021
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Rhode Island and much of New England appear to crave folklore.
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BostonGlobe.com,
26 Oct. 2021
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The book is broken into seasons, then by months and told through the lens of stories, using folklore.
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Jean Chen Smith,
The Enquirer,
4 Jan. 2023
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It’s not stitched through with postcard folklore or local rhythms.
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Vulture,
21 Nov. 2022
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Wong said the team worked with a Chinese mythology consultant to weave folklore into the modern-day teen show.
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Kimmy Yam,
NBC News,
5 Dec. 2024
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