How to Use Caribbean in a Sentence

Caribbean

adjective
  • The people along the Caribbean coast are known as Costeños.
    Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Just adding a deeper flavor with the smoke and the Caribbean vibe.
    Nate Rau, Axios, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Nicaragua is the first stop for many Caribbean migrants on their treks to the United States.
    Megan Janetsky, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The final stop is Colón at the Caribbean entrance of the Panama Canal.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
  • Pulling up to the red boat slip under a fiery sunset, no one in the boat was looking at the vivid pinks of the Caribbean sky.
    Shannon McMahon, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Maybe there's still some spots open on the nine-month Royal Caribbean world cruise?
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Also for the first time three African teams reached the second round as did one Caribbean side.
    John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Yum Village Afro-Caribbean food and flavors in the form of nachos and tacos.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The hermit of Mount Athos and the millionaire recluse in his Caribbean hideaway are both dropouts.
    Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
  • And Mighty Mystic, a Caribbean artist from Boston who is a legend for me.
    Noah Schaffer, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
  • The blaze erupted around 7 a.m. in the pool area of the property, located in La Romana along the Caribbean coast.
    Evan Rosen, New York Daily News, 8 Aug. 2024
  • There’s plenty to see and do in St. Barts, but these are just a few great places to start when planning your own getaway to the Caribbean island.
    Parker Diakite, Essence, 29 Aug. 2023
  • My kids would know the taste of this Caribbean soft drink, of arroz con habichuelas and pollo guisado.
    Jacqueline Woodson, Bon Appétit, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Norton had a habit of cracking her knuckles and dreamed of one day taking a Caribbean cruise.
    Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2023
  • For more details about Icon of the Seas, visit the Royal Caribbean website.
    Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 27 June 2023
  • The food menu has a mix of cold and hot plates like coconut shrimp ceviche, Caribbean sweet potatoes fries, Jamaican spiced wings and more.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023
  • So for many Haitians, the Kenyan court decision has left it up to the Caribbean country to come up with its own solutions.
    Frances Robles, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Bennett adds that full days of rain are rare in most parts of the Caribbean and consecutive rainy days are even more unheard of.
    Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Only accessible by boat, the white sand and Caribbean waters feel a world away from the city.
    Jessica Poitevien, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 June 2023
  • From the setting to the styles to the sweets, Blair Underwood's Caribbean wedding was picture perfect: see the photos!
    Julie Jordan, Peoplemag, 28 June 2023
  • Growing up in a Black Caribbean household in the ‘80s and ‘90s — his mom is from Jamaica, his dad is from Barbados — smelling good was law.
    Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
  • The aged and unfiltered Caribbean distillate means this isn’t quite a white rum.
    Tony Sachs, Robb Report, 2 June 2023
  • Many of these enslaved people ended up in Britain’s Caribbean colonies, called the West Indies.
    Devoney Looser, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Just off the coast of Cancun's busy Hotel Zone is a sliver of Caribbean island paradise.
    Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2023
  • The lunch and dinner menu features classic dishes with a Caribbean flair.
    Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2024
  • In light of the Bob Marley biopic hitting theaters soon, what are your thoughts on who gets to tell the stories of our Caribbean icons and legends, and how those stories get told?
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 8 Sep. 2023
  • George was cooking callaloo, Caribbean greens, at her father’s house.
    Ava Benny-Morrison, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The Caribbean color scheme of reds, yellows, and black transports Thompson back to Jamaica.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 14 Mar. 2024
  • With Anguilla’s natural healing rocks of limestone and coral stone, the guests of the hotel and spa are meant to be barefoot — with Caribbean nature immersing its guests throughout the entire experience.
    Kanika Talwar, WWD, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The 40th-annual Miami Carnival is back to celebrate Caribbean culture with a three-day event featuring pageantry, music, food and arts and crafts.
    Sommer Brugal, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024

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