How to Use folklore in a Sentence

folklore

noun
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  • He can't tell the difference between fact and folklore.
  • The coyote appears in a great deal of Native American folklore.
  • Part of it is the German setting, which is the setting of so much good folklore.
    — Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 8 Aug. 2024
  • From myth and folklore, vampires became a fixture of culture.
    — Roy Schwartz, CNN, 2 Apr. 2022
  • Angelyne, on the other hand, is a figure of hyperlocal folklore.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 May 2022
  • Vampires can be found outside of Europe as well, though like all folklore there are countless variations, so what counts as a vampire is difficult to pin down.
    — Roy Schwartz, CNN, 2 Apr. 2022
  • The spiral was the basis of the designer’s no-waste patterns; the garments may have been intricately constructed but there was both a feeling of folklore and dress up.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2024
  • It is currently being adapted into a full-length feature that blends elements of horror, dance and Caribbean folklore.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Due to Hector's consistent timing, the folklore continues that airline pilots and boat captains have been known to use it as a navigational guide.
    — Allison Chinchar, CNN, 2 Apr. 2022
  • Interestingly, the unluckiness of the number 13 has similar origins to the names of the days of the week—in Norse folklore.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 12 May 2022
  • Lump holds a bachelor’s degree in folklore and mythology from Harvard University.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 5 May 2022
  • In Asian folklore, a white rabbit is said to live on the moon.
    — Marcia Dunn, ajc, 11 Dec. 2022
  • There were things in the school library based on Irish folklore.
    — Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
  • In African folklore, too, the pain of loss and the past is forever woven.
    — Elizabeth Agyemang, Time, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Our folklore and our stories have made predators the bad guys: the big, bad wolf; the big, bad bear.
    — Amy Joyce, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
  • My least favorite genre of news story is the folklore beat.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 25 July 2023
  • In Arabic folklore, a ghoul is an evil spirit that robs graves and feeds on corpses.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 May 2023
  • For the sake of folklore and everything fun, there are a few other ideas on how this area came to be.
    — Erika Owen, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The fluttering fairies of folklore seem to be free from the storybooks at last—fairycore home decor is here to stay.
    — Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Taylor won her third Album of the Year award for folklore, and Joe won his first Grammy.
    — Women's Health, 10 Apr. 2023
  • That tragedy, though, exists behind a haze of folklore.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2023
  • In folklore and custom, this month’s full moon is known as the strawberry moon.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
  • 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.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 May 2022
  • The Mass got its name from folklore, which says the rooster crowed at midnight only on the night Jesus was born.
    — Gina Rich, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The book is broken into seasons, then by months and told through the lens of stories, using folklore.
    — Jean Chen Smith, The Enquirer, 4 Jan. 2023
  • It’s not stitched through with postcard folklore or local rhythms.
    — Vulture, 21 Nov. 2022
  • In Roman folklore, salamanders are fabled to be able to walk through fire and come out alive.
    — Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2023
  • British folklore also links April Fool's Day to the 13th century.
    — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Mar. 2024
  • In 2020, Cottagecore saw a whole new light as Taylor Swift's folklore album took over the music charts.
    — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 11 Jan. 2023
  • When the Lemonade artist showed the folklore artist love at her premiere, Swift thanked her in a thoughtful post on Instagram.
    — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023

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