How to use medley in a sentence
19 example sentences · noun, verb
Medley means combat, fighting; a battle. Example: “They played a medley of favorite folk songs as an encore.”
Examples of medley by meaning
nounA collection or mixture of miscellaneous things.
- a fruit medley
nounA collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece.
- They played a medley of favorite folk songs as an encore.
More sentences with medley
- Each will jesuitize for himself I suppose, and these will a beautiful medley.1912, Orlo Williams, Lamb's Friend the Census-taker: Life and Letters of John Rickman. From the entry jesuitize
- As we chopstuck our way through dizzying medley of dishes, Mariko told me she was back working at the university.2001, Josie Dew, The Sun In My Eyes: Two-Wheeling East, London: Time Warner, page 256. From the entry chopstuck
- When I tasted it before bottling, it had a medley of sugar, woodiness and typically Chardonnay vegetably taste.1980 March 16, Roger Morris, “California catches ‘the noble (but rewarding) rot’”, in Sunday News Journal, volume 6, number 11…. From the entry vegetably
- What a strange medley of superferocity and inexplicable gentleness!1916, The Saturday Evening Post, Volume 189, G. Graham, page 14. From the entry superferocity
- The badge itself is a remarkable medley of objects, and another good example of the debased heraldry of Tudor days.1912, Edward Earle Dorling, Leopards of England, and Other Papers on Heraldry, page 54. From the entry debased
- Above all, in the medley of Aryans, Mongols and aborigines, which it created, it unconsciously led the way to some of the hideous Vamacharas.1993, Venkateswarier Subramaniam, Buddhist-Hindu Interactions: From Śakyamuni to Śankarācarya, page 73. From the entry vamachara
- Singing their holiday concert from memory, the group sounded confident and expressive in pieces ranging from a medley of Barry Manilow songs to renaissance motets.1987 December 27, Frank K. Owen, “It's True What They Say About Choir Boys”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 24, page 7. From the entry motet
- And in all of this medley of extemporania, Nixon could count on the faithful support of the minority leader of the House, Mr.1984, Sidney Zion, Read All about It, Berkley Publishing Group, →ISBN. From the entry extemporania
- Vegetable soong was a medley of mostly fresh ingredients (frozen peas were the exception) served in a lettuce wrapper - agreeable but rather underseasoned.1983 May 22, Patricia Brooks, “Dining out; good but inconsistent Chinese”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times…. From the entry soong
- That grand wild sound of bop floated from beer parlors; it mixed medleys with every kind of cowboy and boogie-woogie in the American night.1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, chapter 13, in On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC. From the entry bop
- He did not know that what he was experiencing then, that unreal, undesirous medley of ecstasy and peace, would be unrecapturable forever.1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Love in the Night. From the entry undesirous
- "We were doing IM (individual medley) in warm-up and I was on her feet and I was like I'm an IMer, can I go ahead of you?2021 August 11, Joe Randleman, “Magnificent Meghan: Donald ready to defend state swimming titles for Ames High”, in Ames Tribune. From the entry im
- But The Hamilton Mixtape—an exuberant, taste-scrambling medley that swings between grinworthy and cringeworthy—also underlines how much of Hamilton’s novelty came from Miranda himself being influenced by pop culture.2016 December 1, Spencer Kornhaber, “The Hamilton Mixtape, a Love Letter to a Love Story”, in The Atlantic. From the entry grinworthy
- Breadcrumbs play second fiddle to a medley of almonds, Brazils, chestnuts, pine nuts and pistachios which, although tangy with lemon juice and garlic, is outrageously dense.2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian. From the entry tangy
- April brings the main course: a medley of asparagus tips, shiitake mushrooms, and the featured ingredient, an unlikely hybrid of life-giving wholesomeness and bio-industrial hubris known as Quorn.2006 October 20, Julian Dibbell, “The Ultra-Extreme Calorie Restriction Diet Test”, in New York Magazine. From the entry Quorn
- Outstanding selections include a knuckle-busting medley ("Chilly Winds-Old Joe Clark-Salt River- Johnny Bring the Jug Around the Hill") played in the bright, aggressive downpick clawhammer style of Wade Ward.2003, The Old-time Herald: A Magazine Dedicated to Old-time Music, page 226. From the entry downpick
- Absence of artifice: A fragrant medley of garden roses, including vintage varieties, is accented brightly by anemones, French calla lilies, and a surprising purple wax bean.1995, Teleflora Incorporated (publisher), Flowers &., volume 16, page 46. From the entry purple wax bean
Meaning of medley
- noun Combat, fighting; a battle.
- noun A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things.
- noun A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece.
Questions about medley in a sentence
- How do you use medley in a sentence?
- Medley is used as a noun and verb. For example: “They played a medley of favorite folk songs as an encore.”
- What is a short sentence with medley?
- “a fruit medley”
- What does medley mean?
- Medley means combat, fighting; a battle.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: medley (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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