How to Use Ethiopian in a Sentence

Ethiopian

adjective
  • But in 1991 Ethiopian soldiers forced the refugees to leave.
    Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2024
  • In 2014, the church building was sold to an Ethiopian church.
    Breanne Kovatch, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
  • The idea’s first major test occurred in the Ethiopian state of Tigray.
    WIRED, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The three of us are at an Ethiopian restaurant in Nakazaki.
    Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The honey berbere chicken bites are all juice and crunch, glowing with the Ethiopian spice blend.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Girma will be the first Ethiopian American to play at a World Cup.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 13 July 2023
  • These include dabo, an Ethiopian honey bread, and messer wot, a red lentil stew.
    Kate Maxwell Lindsey Tramuta Reggie Nadelson Gisela Williams Roxanne Fequiere Siska Lyssens, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • For her labor, the Ethiopian government pays her the equivalent of $90 a month.
    Stephanie Nolen Tiksa Negeri, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The company’s clients are people like Ethiopian farmer Alem Garad.
    Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Today’s breakfast is Ethiopian red lentils, red and racy with berbere, and collard greens, shot through with garlic.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
  • Up in the highlands of the Ethiopian plateau grows a tree with bright red fruit that came to profoundly shape morning rituals for people all over the world.
    Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The majority of victims are believed to be Ethiopian, the report said.
    Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
  • From the aromatic coffee of the Ethiopian highlands to the spicy coconut curries of the Swahili Coast, African cuisines are numerous and diverse — and the world is taking note.
    Alicia Erickson, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The Ethiopian and Ukrainian foreign ministries did not respond to a request for comment.
    Tim Starks and Karen Deyoung, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The few remaining Ethiopian monks took shelter on the property of the Egyptian Coptic Church.
    Hiba Yazbek, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The Ethiopian Jenny is a variation on the Moscow mule, made with banana, vodka, lemon and ginger beer.
    Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 8 May 2023
  • Giant prawns are coated in Ethiopian berbere and served with jicama and rose water.
    Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Be sure to stop by the Ethiopian grocery store behind el Joven, which serves fresh Ethiopian breads, including injera.
    The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Go for fruitier beans, like an Ethiopian roast ($23, Trade Coffee), that will pair nicely with your citrusy tonic.
    Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The current sanctuary, built after fire destroyed the first in 1897, has a stained glass window depicting the baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch.
    Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The Ethiopian government declared a six-month state of emergency in the Amhara region on August 4 after days of clashes.
    Bethlehem Feleke, CNN, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The Ethiopian authorities, chagrined, tried to figure out how Kidane had bribed his way to freedom.
    Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • From the Ethiopian and Turkish to the French and Italian, cultures around the world have perfected their methods of making and consuming this popular drink.
    Jamie Wilson, Glamour, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Without the build quality issues causing malfunctions, the design flaw feature of the plane that forced the nose of the plane down would not have turned on, and the flights would not have crashed, according to the Ethiopian report.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
  • In downtown Overland Park, the Ethiopian restaurant, formerly known as Elsa’s, serves sauteed meat wrapped in flatbread.
    Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Blue Nile Cafe is the oldest Ethiopian restaurant in the city and serves traditional dishes like berbere, mitmita, and Ethiopian butter.
    Ronny Maye, Essence, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Since then, hostilities have calmed and the Ethiopian government is working to reconcile the restive region.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
  • The Fano militia had fought alongside Ethiopian military forces in a two-year conflict in the neighboring Tigray region, which ended with a peace deal last November.
    Cara Anna, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Tewodros said in the Ethiopian and Eritrean communities the topic of mental illness is often shrouded in taboo and stigma.
    Helena Oliviero, ajc, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Already, orders for Ethiopian grown coffee have fallen.
    Aniruddha Ghosal, Fortune Asia, 25 Mar. 2024

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