Example sentences for: falstaff

How can you use “falstaff” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It's possible George means that his generation's drug of choice was alcohol (presumably not "sack," Sir John Falstaff's favorite beverage).

  • But what does he mean when he says he's "from the Falstaff generation"?

  • Falstaff teaches Hal how to be a quick-witter punster and a master of play; he also teaches him a commoner's skepticism of power and its pretensions.

  • If Clinton exists in Shakespeare, it might be as an amalgamation of the bad qualities of Falstaff and Henry V. He has Falstaff's appetites for food and fornication (without his humor or ironic wisdom).

  • In short, Hal learns from Falstaff a street savvy that will make him enormously popular later in life.


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