How to Use Slavic in a Sentence
Slavic
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Russian and many other Slavic languages got their word for winter, zima, from the same root.
— Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2023 -
Gołabki is like a larger version of dolma, but with a Slavic spin, featuring ground pork.
— Nikki O'Neill, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2023 -
Intertwined with pan-Slavism and the dream of a Slavic empire, these notions fed a new nationalist imperialism.
— Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023 -
One of the most accomplished dystopian authors of her generation, Roth delivers a new twist on the Slavic legend of Baba Jaga, crafting an enchanting world full of monsters, knights, and witches.
— Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2023 -
Dostoyevsky saw Russia’s colonization of neighboring Slavic lands as akin to a brother’s warm embrace and took the Polish fight for independence as a family betrayal.
— Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023 -
Russia’s autocratic president spent the first hour dragging his interlocutor along a languid tour of Russia’s history, beginning at the first East Slavic state in 862 and continuing into the modern era, with many detours along the way.
— Noah Rothman, National Review, 9 Feb. 2024 -
Archaeology was tasked with the promotion of cultural unity among the communist nations, leading to an explosion of studies into Slavic heritage.
— Petar Parvanov, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2023 -
During the first decades of communism, the government emphasized Bulgaria’s Slavic ethnic background to blend its citizens with other nations under Soviet domination.
— Petar Parvanov, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2023 -
Russian and many other Slavic languages got their word for winter, zima, from the same root.
— Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2023 -
Gołabki is like a larger version of dolma, but with a Slavic spin, featuring ground pork.
— Nikki O'Neill, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2023 -
Intertwined with pan-Slavism and the dream of a Slavic empire, these notions fed a new nationalist imperialism.
— Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023 -
One of the most accomplished dystopian authors of her generation, Roth delivers a new twist on the Slavic legend of Baba Jaga, crafting an enchanting world full of monsters, knights, and witches.
— Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2023 -
Dostoyevsky saw Russia’s colonization of neighboring Slavic lands as akin to a brother’s warm embrace and took the Polish fight for independence as a family betrayal.
— Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023 -
Russia’s autocratic president spent the first hour dragging his interlocutor along a languid tour of Russia’s history, beginning at the first East Slavic state in 862 and continuing into the modern era, with many detours along the way.
— Noah Rothman, National Review, 9 Feb. 2024 -
Archaeology was tasked with the promotion of cultural unity among the communist nations, leading to an explosion of studies into Slavic heritage.
— Petar Parvanov, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2023 -
During the first decades of communism, the government emphasized Bulgaria’s Slavic ethnic background to blend its citizens with other nations under Soviet domination.
— Petar Parvanov, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2023
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