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.
—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.
—Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
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Myths and folklore seem here to help the process of mourning.
—Sheena Scott, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
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Weather folklore is fun, but is there any truth to them?
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
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Don’t expect any snow to fall, folklore says.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
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There’s a rule in the world of blockchains so ingrained that some call it folklore.
—Wired, 4 Nov. 2019
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In Asian folklore, a white rabbit is said to live on the moon.
—Marcia Dunn, ajc, 11 Dec. 2022
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There were things in the school library based on Irish folklore.
—Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
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But he's lived long enough to see this folklore get created about him.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
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The vampire of folklore does not turn into bats.
—Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
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The text of the song came from ancient times and Ukrainian folklore.
—sun-sentinel.com, 4 Mar. 2022
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What happened there since has become part of the Kupp folklore.
—Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2022
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Some are her doing, others mere folklore.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026
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The mystery of myth and folklore knit tightly with thrilling moments is a treat to watch.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Glossier holiday deals are the stuff of folklore; and with good reason.
—Laura Sutherland, CNN Underscored, 29 Nov. 2020
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In folklore and custom, this month’s full moon is known as the strawberry moon.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
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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
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In Arabic folklore, a ghoul is an evil spirit that robs graves and feeds on corpses.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 May 2023
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The term is part of city folklore, culture and history.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026
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In many ways, folklore is the Taylor Swift's rawest and chillest piece of work.
—Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 8 Dec. 2020
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The folklore is old and persistent.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026
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Judge is a blockbuster batter, the kind who builds folklore, evokes spirits and looms over eras.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
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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.
—Erika Owen, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2023
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Pop folklore is full of legendary over-the-top ceremonies.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
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The answer is, of course, more nuanced than folklore suggests.
—Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
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Some American folklore holds that a robin in your yard is a symbol of good luck.
—Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
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Part of it is the German setting, which is the setting of so much good folklore.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 8 Aug. 2024
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In African folklore, too, the pain of loss and the past is forever woven.
—Elizabeth Agyemang, Time, 10 Nov. 2022
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