How to Use European in a Sentence

European

1 of 2 adjective
  • The Eras Tour will resume in May with its European leg.
    Lawrence Yee, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2024
  • The star, 41, took a detour from the European leg of her Renaissance Tour to see the exclusive show.
    Kaitlyn Huamani, Peoplemag, 21 June 2023
  • The European part of The Renaissance earned her $154 million alone.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 8 Aug. 2023
  • And European banks have much more Russian money parked in their vaults.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The set is made in Portugal from European flax linen; it’s stonewashed and has a rustic handmade look.
    Lisa Lombardi, wsj.com, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Andreas Prime Steaks & Seafood is a high-end European steakhouse (minus the jet lag).
    Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • On the flip side, the higher fat content of European butters can lead them to melt more readily.
    Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The celebrity chef is no stranger to the rich traditions of European food — he was trained at the French Culinary Institute.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
  • If people find a need to put us in some kind of a bucket, please put us in the Central/Eastern European bucket of countries.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The aim is to promote the region and put Northern Evia on the Southeast European cinematic map.
    Tara Karajica, Variety, 21 June 2023
  • Another photo of Jeffrey beside an open car trunk looks to be from a four month European camping trip the pair took in 1971.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
  • France, Spain, and Italy are also vying to be the home of what would be Tesla’s second European factory.
    Bynicholas Gordon, Fortune, 21 June 2023
  • Just one year since the streaming service’s launch in the Nordics and six months since its rollout in 20 more European markets, SkyShowtime is on track to have 50% of this year’s box office on the platform.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The roster is filled with former NBA players and players on high-level European teams.
    Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
  • In European cities a person can walk five to 10 minutes to board a train or bus departing every few minutes.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
  • Another European tour stopped about three shows before it was supposed to end.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2023
  • Return to menu Zelensky arrived in Britain on Monday morning — the last stop on his European tour.
    Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
  • Some of their posts have anti-immigration and pro-white European rhetoric.
    Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 26 May 2023
  • President Biden, along with human rights groups and European leaders, blamed Putin’s regime.
    Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
  • There’s no disputing Shell’s stature compared with other British, or even European, stocks.
    Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Damon played a European mercenary who is forced to team up with imperial Chinese forces to fend off an alien threat.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 12 July 2023
  • Later, waiting for the subway, an ad for a European dating site appeared in my Instagram feed.
    Maya Singer, Vogue, 12 July 2023
  • Israel’s government is facing calls for a cease-fire from some of its closest European allies.
    Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Several other European cities have been in their own tussles with foreign visitors over the last few years.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 3 Jan. 2024
  • For Glover, who has three world and European titles on top of her two Olympic gold medals, becoming a mother has altered her outlook on her rowing career.
    George Ramsay, CNN, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The barrage came as European leaders sought new ways to punish Russia for the war and a Chinese envoy sought traction for Beijing’s peace proposal.
    Samya Kullab, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2023
  • After far-right gains in several European countries, most notably in the Netherlands and Italy, Germany may follow suit.
    Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Thanks to an Austrian revival house that had played the film some eight or so years ago, a 35 mm print and a copy of the negative of a longer European version were discovered and a new 4K transfer was created.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
  • The result is the latest in a series of elections that is altering the European political landscape.
    Mike Corder and Raf Casert The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The European yard just unveiled a new all-carbon catamaran that promises greater fuel efficiency and speed than other cats on the high seas.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2023
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European

2 of 2 noun
  • Italy’s rate of femicide is the fifth lowest in the European Union.
    Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Overseas, the European Central Bank raised its key rate to a record high.
    WSJ, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The European Union has a population of around 450 million and one of the world’s biggest economies.
    Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2023
  • But a new study, published by the European Central Bank, has found that those promises often amount to more talk than walk.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Hundreds of firefighters from Greece and across the European Union were deployed along with dozens of aircraft.
    Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The bonus cap was first introduced by the European Union back in 2014 in response to public outcry about the financial crisis.
    Aisha S Gani, Fortune Europe, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Caramel-like malts, a nutty body, herbal spiciness from the European Perle hops – this is the complete, smooth, refreshing package.
    Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023
  • First, the product ships from the European Union, so an additional import tax may exist.
    Heidi Wachter, Treehugger, 8 Aug. 2023
  • In July, the company was hit with a $476 million fine for acquiring Grail before the purchase was vetted by the European Union.
    Gerry Smith, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Last year, France received the go-ahead from the European Commission to abolish domestic flights shorter than 2.5 hours.
    Julia Malleck, Quartz, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The country voted to leave the European Union in 2016 in a debate that focused heavily on immigration levels from elsewhere in the EU.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 4 May 2024
  • The boat remains stranded for 10 days, awaiting a diplomatic solution from the European Union.
    Pablo Sandoval, Variety, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The State Department and the European Commission declined to comment.
    Peter Martin, Time, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Dollar support could crumble, however, if the Fed calls an end to its inflation fight even as the European Central Bank is compelled to keep rates higher for longer.
    Alice Atkins, Fortune, 16 July 2023
  • Since 2020, the European Union and other international donors have contributed to dozens of new projects, from schools and youth sports facilities to roads and sewage treatment plants.
    Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The package aims to overhaul the European Union’s approach to migration and asylum and resolve a long-standing source of tension: some E.U. countries doing more than others.
    Beatriz Ríos, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
  • High inflation and the interest rate hikes needed to curb it are also likely to weigh on growth in coming months, according to the European Commission.
    Olesya Dmitracova, CNN, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The protests in France are also symptomatic of discontent in agricultural heartlands across the European Union.
    Sylvie Corbet The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Beta Cinema has acquired international sales rights to the film, and will launch sales at next week’s European Film Market.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Sanctions will have a long-term impact on the Russian economy, according to the European Commission.
    Tim Lister, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
  • But a recent study, published by the European Central Bank, disputed the effectiveness of those promises.
    Coral Davenport, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Planet Earth tallied a 10th straight month of record monthly temperatures in March, according to the European Union’s climate agency.
    Jamey Keaten, Fortune, 22 Apr. 2024
  • These concerns help explain the shift in attitudes on display in the surveys conducted by the European Council on Foreign Relations.
    Susi Dennison, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The European Union earlier this year launched a 27 million-euro ($30 million) military training mission in Niger.
    Sam Mednick, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2023
  • The European Union requires that monkeys used for research must be at least two generations removed from their wild forebears, and while the U.S. has no such requirement, it’s considered desirable here too.
    Erika Fry, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, has made some concessions over the past few weeks, including shelving plans to halve the use of pesticides and other dangerous substances.
    CiarÁn Giles and Monika Scislowska The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Natural gas deliveries are limited as well, following the abrupt halt in deliveries to the European Union and the explosion of its main gas pipeline.
    Breanne Deppisch, Washington Examiner, 4 Jan. 2024
  • One of the most extensive studies on the link between ejaculation frequency and prostate cancer was published in 2016 in European Urology.
    Yuliya Klochan, Health, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The companies have until Wednesday to provide information about their response to the conflict, the European Union's executive arm said.
    Michael Susin, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Agriculture has played an important role in the European Union since its creation, and the bloc provides farmers with billions of euros in subsidies every year to ensure that cheap food is available to all Europeans.
    Koba Ryckewaert, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023

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