How to Use Americanized in a Sentence

Americanized

adjective
  • Nkechi asked him in those early months, in her broad, Americanized diphthongs.
    Krithika Varagur, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • Her Americanized take on Asian pop was embraced throughout Asia, and Lee’s career quickly took off.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
  • Alexander’s roots may be in Europe, but the world traveler is Americanized.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2023
  • Although very Americanized, I was not even born in the United States and moved here as a toddler, following my military dad.
    R29 Team, refinery29.com, 2 June 2022
  • Keep in Mind: This is an Americanized portion as the cup capacity is nearly twice the size of a traditional teacup.
    Deanne Revel, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Jan. 2023
  • With opulent interior design, this is the most Americanized of the restaurants in this column, but the food is my least favorite.
    Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Ikias said, remembering the way her mother persuaded her to keep the child, the girl who would carry an Americanized version of her name, Angelique-Rose.
    Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
  • Aging isn’t a traditional Mexican process so mezcals, at least the non-Americanized ones, never see the inside of a barrel.
    Oj Lima, Bon Appétit, 22 July 2022
  • The options change, but the plate will typically include some type of protein mousse or foie gras that’s not typical on Americanized charcuterie boards.
    Alex Darus, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The guitar company still bears his Americanized name today.
    Fox News, 8 July 2022
  • Over the past few years, television has gotten over its insistence that international programming is just a feeder system for Americanized remakes.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2022
  • Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps is an Americanized belief, one that’s only perpetuated by the survivalist nature of rural communities, says Landrum.
    Amelia Arvesen, Women's Health, 17 May 2023
  • The Israeli media, which had previously celebrated its young, Americanized diplomat, became critical of him.
    Ruth Margalit, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Their Americanized offspring buy supermarket chickens, each encased in a plastic sarcophagus.
    Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Countries of origin increasingly feel like accidents of geography as the world becomes more Americanized, corporatized, and homogenized.
    Theo Miller, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021

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