Example sentences for: folksy

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

  • Despite the show's folksy pretensions, Clinton is said to still come across as a political beast, promoting funding for the arts and physical education.

  • A USAT "Cover Story" gets the dirt on Jerry Baker, a self-styled "master gardener" whose folksy radio shows, how-to books, and PBS specials recommend dousing plants with mixtures that include chewing tobacco, mouthwash, and bourbon.

  • It is not strictly standard French before a common noun in the vocative case, but seems borrowed from the folksy language of camaraderie, the slang of street, barracks, and campus.

  • The animation soft, the music folksy, we are introduced to the "Quilted Northern Quilters," a group of women creating handmade paper.

  • The NYT says Yeltsin made his stunning announcement in a "surprisingly folksy and conciliatory speech," while WP says the speech was made by a "stiff-looking" Yeltsin, and the LAT says he was "grim."


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