How to Use Filipino in a Sentence

Filipino

noun

• Those spots range from Italian and Filipino to soul food and seafood.
  — Jennifer Bradley Franklin, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2023
• Manila grounded the navy transport ship on Second Thomas Shoal in 1999 and has manned it with Filipino marines to enforce its claims to the area.
  — Chris Lau, CNN, 22 Oct. 2023
• Read on to learn more about her warm-hearted Filipino restaurant in Mount Pleasant.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• Last year the 37-year-old staged a Filipino holiday market across the street from HiFi to draw crowds to the neighborhood.
  — Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
• Nance, whose mother is Filipino and father Black and Arab, was among the top three contestants of the season that wrapped up last week.
  — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
• In the middle stretch of the event, ena mori, an artist with Filipino and Japanese roots, was joined by keyboardist Tim and drummer Cairo in club asia.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2023
• That means the only way for Filipino Swifties to see Tay in person is to travel to another country.
  — Vulture, 1 Sep. 2023
• At the Public, Ramos, a Tony-winning costume designer, was the only key creative on the team who was a Filipino.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 25 July 2023
• The routine changes weren’t mandates from Filipino coaches.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
• For the Filipino American, the tribute was definitely not a waste of food.
  — Terry Tang, ajc, 22 May 2023
• He was raised in North Carolina, but his mom’s Filipino culture played a huge part in his upbringing.
  — Jasmine Ting, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2023
• The ship's managers and owners said the ship's crew of 20 included one Indian, 15 Filipino and four Vietnamese.
  — Jon Gambrell and Tara Copp, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024
• Saweetie’s mom is Filipino and Chinese, and the former culture has always been an integral part of the rapper’s life.
  — Kara Nesvig, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
• To cook rice the best way — the Filipino way, according to her — fill a rice cooker with water just below the second knuckle of your middle finger.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2023
• Cabras, who is Filipino, said she felt represented by one of the agents in particular: Neon, a blue- and yellow-haired duelist from the Philippines.
  — Sarah Parvini, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
• The crew of the ship is made up of 19 people, including 18 Filipino nationals and one Greek national, Reuters reported.
  — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2024
• Besides their food, an appeal of Flippin’ Filipino is they’re not overexposed.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 10 July 2023
• The Filipino inspo continues with the restaurant’s design.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2023
• Only one of the two Filipino boats managed to deliver supplies to Philippine forces, Commodore Tarriela said.
  — Jim Gomez and Siminia Mistreaunu, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2023
• The two had never met, and neither is fluent in Tagalog, the most common language spoken among the Filipino diaspora.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
• During this time, thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were captured as prisoners of war.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 25 June 2024
• Cleveland Castillo, a newcomer to the story who serves as a mentor figure to Conrad and a love interest to Laurel, is Filipino.
  — Alexandra Schneider, Seventeen, 16 July 2023
• But Cote, a 39-year-old graduate student of Filipino ancestry, never gave up.
  — Agreen, oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2023
• Most sought-after are workers who speak Spanish, Filipino, Vietnamese or Chinese.
  — The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
• The inspiration behind the vehicle comes from the Filipino jeepneys.
  — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2024
• Produced by Ronald Monteverde, the eight-part thriller centers on a Filipino maid and a Ukrainian detective unraveling a mystery that begins with a dead body in small town and spans halfway across the globe.
  — Ben Croll, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024
• Ocampo, the Filipino employee fired because of his ethnicity, first encountered the brand in the dorms at Stanford, where his roommate plastered ads on their wall that first struck him as white.
  — Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, The New Republic, 14 Aug. 2023
• This will only enhance our understanding and our pride to be Filipino American.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2023
• The news sparked outrage in the Filipino community and led to a months-long boycott of Japanese businesses in the city of Stockton, which was also supported by the Filipino white-collar class.
  — H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 1 July 2024
• Back in May 2021, a Filipino named Evan (his family didn’t want his last name used) was playing in a basketball tournament in Oakland and was attacked during a game on the court by another player.
  — Tony Paige, New York Daily News, 21 July 2024

Last Updated: 10 Sep 2024