How to Use Amazonian in a Sentence

Amazonian

adjective

• Rodrigues, a social worker for the Amazonian city of Igarapé-Miri, was here only to check in.
  — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
• Palacio de Samaniego puts you in the heart of Rioja (albeit with Indonesian and Amazonian art on the walls—why not?).
  — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 11 Apr. 2023
• Like most Amazonian cities, the town depends on federal tax transfers just to pay its bills.
  — Mac Margolis, NPR, 12 May 2024
• About three quarters of the Amazonian population live in towns and cities.
  — Rachel Nolan, The New York Review of Books, 1 Feb. 2024
• White bellbirds fill the Amazonian soundscape with a clatter of strange, clanging sounds.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2023
• In some places, like an Amazonian rainforest, trees might block almost all sunlight from hitting the earth.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2023
• The majority came from the Pacific coast, the Amazonian lowlands, Ecuador and Chile.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 July 2023
• Its slanted exterior walls snake out onto the sidewalk like the buttress roots of an Amazonian tree rendered in the white plaster of a Baroque church.
  — Michael Snyder Ana Topoleanu, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
• Many Amazonian people, men much more than women, adorn themselves with paint.
  — Andrew Weil, Harper's Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
• Its Amazonian period began some 2.9 billion years ago and extends to the present.
  — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 11 May 2023
• The researchers found that 93% of those from the Amazonian region would need a dose lower than the standard one, whereas only 69% of those from the Andean region of Peru would need a dose reduction.
  — Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 13 Aug. 2024
• Amazon Music doesn’t seem to be ditching any of its songs quite yet—or banning password sharing—but clearly the Amazonian overlords want to squeeze a little more out of the platform.
  — Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2023
• His Balmain army, a cast of luminous Amazonian women, sent shockwaves down the runway.
  — Killian Wright-Jackson, Essence, 1 Dec. 2023
• The river near Leticia is dotted with giant Amazonian water lily pads that span up to 10 feet in diameter.
  — Natalie Meade, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2023
• The collection was intended for an Amazonian woman who is courageous, confident, and very much in control of her life.
  — Stephanie Sporn, Vogue, 4 May 2024
• In recent years, lidar has been a vital tool for discovering traces of ancient Amazonian cities.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024
• However, over a third of the sample had some Amazonian genetic background.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 July 2023
• The children survived for 40 days in the deep Amazonian rainforest using their Indigenous knowledge of the jungle and the daring national effort to rescue them.
  — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 9 May 2024
• Although these regions are next to each other, their geography and climate vary—the Andean region is arid, for instance, whereas the Amazonian area is more fertile.
  — Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 13 Aug. 2024
• The Amazonian white clay helps clear pores and impurities, while the aloe barbadensis helps soothe any existing redness or inflammation skin.
  — Erika Reals, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
• In the past, researchers identified Amazonian earthworks by using high-resolution satellite data, but that could only work in areas where trees had been cleared.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Oct. 2023
• Over the years, several directors including Guillermo del Toro have tried to reboot the black-and-white monster movie about a group of scientists who encounter a prehistoric monster in the Amazonian waters, but none have gotten off the ground.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024
• This discovery of this new treefrog highlights how many parts of the Amazonian region are still poorly explored and studied from a biodiversity perspective.
  — Scott Travers, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
• The small Amazonian community of Tapurucuara, for instance, is about 20 kilometers (15 miles) from Mitú.
  — Stefano Pozzebon, CNN, 30 May 2023
• Along with its oil-absorbing properties à la Amazonian clay, this mask is spiked with ingredients like oatmeal and aloe to soothe irritation and moisturize your skin.
  — Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 26 Nov. 2023
• Like the remote Amazonian territory of Vale do Javari, the cafe’s aesthetics and operation were largely unchanged.
  — Linze Rice, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023
• What distinguishes an energy drink from other soft drinks is its high level of caffeine, along with additives like taurine (an amino acid), B-12 (a vitamin) and guarana extract (from an Amazonian fruit).
  — Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 8 June 2024
• Cockatoos and Amazonian parrots are some of the longest-living pet parrots, able to live to age 60 or older with the proper care, according to veterinarians and zoologists.
  — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
• As its name suggests, this formula is enhanced with Amazonian clay to help draw out impurities and offer a mattifying finish.
  — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
• Silva, the daughter of an Amazonian rubber tapper, is a bespectacled woman with an ethereal presence who has spent decades leading efforts to safeguard Brazil’s wilderness.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024