How to Use tribe in a Sentence

tribe

noun
  • The job is not to contact the tribes but to protect them.
    Jack Nicas, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
  • How did Danny convince the rest of the tribe to get rid of her?
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • By the end of the decade, every tribe would win the right to casino gambling.
    Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The fee is assessed after the tribe pays the state about $20 million.
    Cary Spivak, Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The book picks up the mythology of the Dogon tribe of Mali in West Africa.
    Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Many refugees from Myanmar are part of the Chin tribes, which share ethnic roots with the Kukis.
    Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • This year, the tribe plans to have five new solar projects active by May.
    Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2024
  • If that is not possible, the child should be placed with a member of their tribe.
    Susan Young, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
  • Bad Bear, a member of the Crow tribe, got in foul trouble in the first half and managed just 11 points and six rebounds.
    Joseph D’hippolito, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2024
  • In other words, there was a tribe waiting to be that was natively hostile to the ideas that were in the book.
    Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 9 Oct. 2023
  • With minutes to spare before the other tribes arrived, Hunter found the idol in the sand near wooden steps.
    Brian Anthony Hernandez, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
  • As Orange makes clear, the family’s, and tribe’s, source of strength is still their heritage.
    Joan Gaylord, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The tribe is planning to reintroduce beavers next spring; their dams will help keep more water in the meadows near the groves.
    WIRED, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The Native American tribe has lived along the river for thousands of years.
    Patrick Whittle, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • In pre-independent India, the tribe began to sell snakes to the British, who wanted their skins.
    Kamala Thiagarajan, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The track operators don’t want to cede to the tribes this new and substantial betting market.
    Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2024
  • At only 20 years of age, Patrick is already the patriarch of the family and a respected and heard voice with their tribe.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 30 June 2023
  • There are costs associated with repatriation, of course, for the tribes as well as the state.
    John O’Connor and Melissa Perez Winder, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Meanwhile, the security cordon remains, with the tribe on the outside.
    Peter S. Goodman Jes Aznar, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2023
  • In the last weeks of 1969, delegations from tribes across the country journeyed to the island, curious to see what this new nation looked like.
    Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The tribe tore down the buildings on the sites shortly before the Democratic National Convention in 2020.
    Daniel Bice, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
  • There’s also so much heritage from all the Native tribes of Oklahoma that just permeates through the soil.
    Kate Nelson, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2023
  • That led some homeowners and legislators to ask why the tribe was asking for so much money.
    Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2024
  • This affirming energy coming from your tribe has empowered you to step up and take the throne.
    Essence Lifestyle, Essence, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The tribe goes back to camp with two major liabilities — Emily and Brandon — still in tow.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
  • However, when Palisades Tahoe adopted its new name two years ago, members of the tribe spoke in support of the decision.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The agreement, known as a compact, gave the tribe control over sports betting in Florida and allowed its casinos to offer roulette and craps.
    Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Wild rice was once found in abundance along the shores of Lake Michigan and the state's indigenous tribes are working to conserve and maintain what is left of Michigan's wild rice fields.
    Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Most of the money would go to states, local governments and Native American tribes.
    David Goldman, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The crusty old leader of the Amazon River’s hidden macaw tribe isn’t exactly impressed with his son-in-law, or his son-in-law’s fanny pack.
    Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024

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