How to Use motherland in a Sentence

motherland

noun

• Plant your feet firmly in the motherland and watch the world.
  — The New York Times, New York Times, 24 July 2017
• The soldiers run through the forest, through the surf, through smoke and flames, ready to die for the motherland.
  — Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2020
• Nana spoke about roasting a pig back in the motherland.
  — Illyanna Maisonet, SFChronicle.com, 23 Oct. 2019
• But the motherland of butter and oak has evolved with a wave of new openings.
  — Paul Brady, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2017
• In some cases, the slackers are the ones who stayed behind to live off the motherland.
  — Ruben Navarrette, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2017
• This is done in the name of protection of the motherland, which the newly marginalized are said to hate.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 21 July 2019
• Tamar Braxton took some time off to visit the motherland and is having the time of her life!
  — Jasmine Grant, Essence, 30 July 2019
• What better place to test-drive them than the motherland of fanny packs, Times Square?
  — Kyle Stiansen, Teen Vogue, 24 July 2017
• As an expat from the UK, I'm used to waking up to a rash of messages from the motherland and beyond.
  — Adam Charlton, CNN, 17 July 2022
• Irish patchwork quilts made their debut in the motherland in the early 1800s.
  — Brenda Yenke, cleveland.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• Such a rupture with the motherland is not done lightly.
  — Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2022
• Take a trip over to the boutique to get a true sense of appreciation for the motherland.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 28 June 2024
• In one sense, the government was not entirely wrong to say the athletes were the good children of the motherland.
  — Perry Link, National Review, 10 Feb. 2022
• For many years, Pinot Noir’s main stomping grounds were in its motherland of Burgundy, France.
  — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 18 Aug. 2022
• And the signs are that an increasing number of them are turning their backs on their motherland and on the Kremlin.
  — Gordon F. Sander, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2023
• Many of them are homages to his motherland, love songs to this Caribbean island.
  — Author: Arelis R. Hernandez, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2018
• But the motherland would be consigned to the chapters of history.
  — Shafi Musaddique, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Nov. 2021
• And the overwhelmed sons of the motherland dug in and emerged triumphant against improbable odds.
  — Brian Straus, SI.com, 1 July 2018
• She’s done nothing except teach children to play the guitar and write and sing songs about her motherland.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2022
• The team was still accused by many online of having failed their motherland.
  — Jane Li, Quartz, 8 Feb. 2022
• Cultural bonds, and the growing wealth of the motherland, are powerful forces to pull them back.
  — The Economist, 17 May 2018
• The Pedophile Plan: rape a child, sign up in the opposition, emigrate, expose the flaws of the motherland and all will be well.
  — Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2016
• The example that struck me most is this long bit about visiting Africa, the joy and pride of visiting the motherland.
  — Joe Fassler, The Atlantic, 31 May 2018
• If the ancient clans of motherland are calling your name, this trip will feel straight out of an epic fantasy film.
  — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 30 Mar. 2023
• Chen, like me, is Taiwanese-American and was born in the Midwest and raised in California where the food of the motherland was hard to come by at the time.
  — Darice Chang, Bon Appétit, 6 Jan. 2022
• My motherland is mercilessly shelled from the land, sea and air.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Mar. 2022
• The motherland and Stalin are the subject of snide jokes that Sergey and his fellow soldiers like to tell one another.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Apr. 2022
• After all, as there is no such thing as a choice of mother tongue, there is no such thing as a choice of motherland, or, for that matter, of a mother.
  — Sigrid Nunez, The New York Review of Books, 11 May 2021
• Imagine turkey and all the fixings in the Pilgrims’ motherland.
  — Donna Bulseco, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2022
• However, once news of their relationship reaches the motherland, Ivan’s parents stop at nothing to end their affair.
  — Jack Dunn, Variety, 8 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024