folklifes

variants or folklives
plural of folklife

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • Beans are often associated with South America, the Dutch have popularized the instant coffee brands Americans have become most familiar with and café culture centers on Italian espresso traditions.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Unlike Vegas, the Phoenix franchise has been rooted in place since the WNBA’s inception, so there’s been more space for traditions to bloom.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Rojas moves from Colombian history to mythologies, from family stories to her own life.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Drawing inspiration from Norse and other mythologies, the trees of Middle-earth in the Lord of the Rings series are sacred beings, whose treatment stands as a moral litmus test.
    Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • October football is almost here, with the first week of byes, another Sunday morning game from the British Isles, both conferences having a single undefeated leader, four teams winless and a lot of lingering questions about myths versus realities as we near the middle third of the season.
    Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Combining rigorous research and captivating narration, Kateryna Zarembo debunks common myths about the region, such as its long-standing gravitation towards Russia and its rejection of everything Ukrainian.
    Nelly Klos September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Students learn about everything from food and traditions to dance and folktales from around Latin America.
    Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Her mother, an enslaved woman whose name is lost to history, had been a storyteller, too, regaling the girl with folktales on the Maryland plantation where she was born in the mid-nineteenth century.
    April White, JSTOR Daily, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Folklifes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folklifes. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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