How to Use ethnic in a Sentence

ethnic

adjective

• The U.S. has a wide variety of ethnic groups made up of immigrants or their descendants.
• The Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world without a state.
  — Ramzy Mardini and Morgan L. Kaplan, Twin Cities, 4 Nov. 2019
• There are people of all ethnic backgrounds in Spain, of course, and many of them are White.
  — Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2020
• So rather than a bass drum or a kick drum, there were the more ethnic drums: doumbeks and riqs and things like that.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2020
• There are more than 80 ethnic groups, and as many languages.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 Mar. 2021
• The increase occurred across all racial and ethnic groups.
  — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 8 June 2018
• The new college is open to students of all racial and ethnic backgrounds.
  — Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 19 Feb. 2024
• Case rates have been rising across racial and ethnic groups.
  — Bymike Stobbe, Fortune Well, 8 Nov. 2023
• Broad agreement that a lot needs to be done to ensure equal rights across racial and ethnic lines.
  — Jennifer Agiesta, CNN, 9 Nov. 2021
• The declines were spread across racial and ethnic groups and among high- and lower-achievers alike.
  — Laura Meckler, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2022
• All but one racial or ethnic group has now surpassed the 80% threshold.
  — oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2022
• The thing is, there were not a lot of ethnic heroes on television back then.
  — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 14 Dec. 2023
• The decline in cancer death rates held true for both men and women of all racial and ethnic groups.
  — Erin Schumaker, ABC News, 8 July 2021
• There will be a wide array of ethnic food for purchase.
  — Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2023
• There also will be music, dance and lots of ethnic food.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2021
• The researchers didn’t hear ethnic slurs or overt insults.
  — Douglas Starr, Science | AAAS, 26 Mar. 2020
• Look for mango nectar in the juice aisle or ethnic aisle of most grocery stores.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2023
• In every racial and ethnic group there are trashy people.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 11 Jan. 2018
• Almost a quarter of Texas home sales in the last year were to ethnic minorities.
  — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 20 Aug. 2020
• There are over 50 ethnic groups from over 40 countries.
  — Shirley Ju, Variety, 29 May 2022
• With more than 80 ethnic groups, the country has always been a melting pot.
  — Samuel Gebre, Bloomberg.com, 24 Sep. 2020
• In the late-stage trial, the vaccine was effective across racial and ethnic groups, as well as ages.
  — Peter Loftus, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2020
• Is this worse than the ethnic, racial, and other divisions that Schlesinger takes up?
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Aug. 2020
• His parents host parties with just the right touch of ethnic flavor.
  — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 16 June 2023
• Suu Kyi has previously called on all armed ethnic groups to sign the cease-fire.
  — Fox News, 11 July 2018
• The raids have taken place amid tensions between some of the region’s ethnic groups.
  — Simon Marks, Bloomberg.com, 13 Oct. 2020
• Soul, rock, jazz, poetry and a multi-ethnic vibe all flow out of her.
  — John Adamian, courant.com, 26 July 2019
• It was supposed to be a defining moment for the world's largest stateless ethnic group.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2017
• And there are still many thousands of children of all racial and ethnic backgrounds who are back in classrooms.
  — Eliza Shapiro, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2020
• The fashion world has a long way to go in terms of its racial and ethnic inclusivity.
  — Treva Lindsey, Cosmopolitan, 5 May 2017

Last Updated: 9 May 2024