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.
  • Boone is no stranger to the fury and the folklore of this steel-cage match.
    BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2021
  • And then, or so this bit of folklore goes, the hunter is cured of buck fever.
    Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Myths and folklore seem here to help the process of mourning.
    Sheena Scott, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Where does your style—a mix of folklore and pop—come from?
    Jordan Salama, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2022
  • In Asian folklore, a white rabbit is said to live on the moon.
    Marcia Dunn, ajc, 11 Dec. 2022
  • But contrary to folklore, the trio didn’t tell him to quit.
    Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com, 6 Aug. 2020
  • There’s a rule in the world of blockchains so ingrained that some call it folklore.
    Wired, 4 Nov. 2019
  • In many ways, folklore is the Taylor Swift's rawest and chillest piece of work.
    Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 8 Dec. 2020
  • The text of the song came from ancient times and Ukrainian folklore.
    sun-sentinel.com, 4 Mar. 2022
  • There were things in the school library based on Irish folklore.
    Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
  • In a retelling of a legend on the folklore database, the creatures were a bit of a mixed bag.
    James Doubek, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The name refers to the wolpertinger, a winged and horned hare in German folklore that resides in the forests of Bavaria.
    Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2020
  • Per Irish folklore, there was a greedy man named Jack who tried to trick the Devil.
    Martha Sorren, Woman's Day, 27 July 2020
  • 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
  • His melody unfolds with the simple oomph of a folklore.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2019
  • Who knew Taylor Swift was part of the folklore of Bridgerton?
    Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 30 Mar. 2022
  • My least favorite genre of news story is the folklore beat.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 25 July 2023
  • Part of it is the German setting, which is the setting of so much good folklore.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 8 Aug. 2024
  • In the most Taylor Swiftian news ever, a folklore movie could be in the cards.
    Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 14 Sep. 2020
  • The mystery of myth and folklore knit tightly with thrilling moments is a treat to watch.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • What happened there since has become part of the Kupp folklore.
    Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2022
  • The band's main objective was to keep Latin folklore alive.
    Lauren Lee, CNN, 7 Sep. 2020
  • Thiong’o’s book is a blend of folklore and mythology that tells the origin story of the Gikuyu clan.
    Jackie Bischof, Quartz, 30 Mar. 2021
  • In Arabic folklore, a ghoul is an evil spirit that robs graves and feeds on corpses.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 May 2023
  • The scenery spied on cruises on the Rhine and Danube rivers is layered with meaning found in fairy tales and folklore.
    Washington Post, 30 July 2021
  • According to folklore, members of the Salish and Kootenai tribes brought the first of these horses to the park to protect them from theft.
    Anna Staropoli, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2025
  • This isn’t the first time that forest-dwelling creatures inspired by Nordic folklore have become a global pop-culture sensation in the form of collectible hairy figurines that are grotesque and cute at the same time.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 June 2025

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