How to Use Malay in a Sentence

Malay

noun

• At the time, the indigenous hill tribes, the Bidayuh, suffered at the hands of the local Malay elites, who ruled the countryside.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
• The tropical island country is off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia.
  — Bryan West, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
• The track is the lead single for his upcoming record slated for later this year, and produced by Malay with co-writing and guitar by John Mayer.
  — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2023
• True to its name, H. maxi is also on the larger end of the new species of soft-furred hedgehogs at 5.5 inches and can be found in mountainous regions on the Malay Peninsula and in Sumatra.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Dec. 2023
• The Malay elites had received their authority to rule from the Brunei Sultanate, given their inroads in the region and control over the waterways.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
• All were founded by talents from the Cape Malay community, a South African ethnic group with a huge impact on the city's cultural life.
  — Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Feb. 2024
• Picture a historical novel set on the Malay Peninsula during the 1940s.
  — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
• These regions were held by semi-independent Malay leaders.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Aug. 2023
• Both prisoners wore traditional tunics and trousers to court and sat mostly silently in court listening to the proceedings through Malay translation.
  — Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2024
• The action against Facebook comes just weeks ahead of regional elections in six states that are expected to pit Anwar’s multi-ethnic coalition against a conservative Malay Muslim alliance.
  — Reuters, CNN, 23 June 2023
• The paper is one of three main vernacular newspapers in Singapore, each serving a predominant ethnic group — Chinese, Malay or Indian.
  — Shibani Mahtani, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
• The health data, landscape, and policy incentives have established the multicultural island of Indian, Malay, and Chinese influence as a beacon of health and happiness.
  — Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 29 Aug. 2023
• An alliance of opposition parties, largely representing the majority ethnic Malay community, has accused the government of not doing enough to protect the rights of Muslims.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 22 July 2023

Last Updated: 9 Aug 2024