How to Use native land in a Sentence

native land

noun
  • Unlike in his native land, Samten is able to practice his culture freely in the U.S.
    Carolyn Hagler, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 June 2023
  • For the Cliffords, using the prairie sage that grows in their native land of South Dakota is part of their daily life.
    Naydeline Mejia, Women's Health, 22 Mar. 2023
  • In the basement of her home in Woodstock, Sushmita Mitra schools young girls in the dances of her native land.
    Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2023
  • The most recent, the hoary bat, is the only remaining native land mammal in Hawaii.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2023
  • As to what Downey is ascribing to his native land, Murphy can do nothing but laugh.
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • This mess of sweetness is now known as kaiserschmarrn, a specialty dish that can sometimes be had as a main course in its native land.
    Zoe Li, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Yup, Dracula’s onboard, sleeping during the day in a coffin filled with dirt from his native land.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Why do feral Mexican parrots thrive in L.A. but struggle to survive in their native land?
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Celebrating the reggae icon's birthday in our native land was a special treat for this superfan.
    Essence, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Once in a new environment, surrounded by novel hosts, a pathogen that caused little or no harm in its native land could quickly spiral out of control.
    Jennifer Latner, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
  • In their native land, coffee trees typically grow in the understory of tropical forests.
    Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Many first-generation Taiwanese Americans have felt stronger connections to their native land in recent years as China has threatened the island.
    Amy Qin, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Jewish people offer a voice as a people who have both returned to independence in their native land and have maintained a very strong diasporic community.
    Scott Meltzer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Phnom Penh is more than 14 hours by plane from Long Beach, yet Cambodian expatriates in and around this city still feel threatened by their native land’s repressive government — and determined to push for change.
    Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The lavish sensuous details bespeak Goldberg’s love for his native land, which is as profound as his contempt for its corrupt political system.
    Wendy Smith, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
  • So at the table of Indigenous peoples who have been conquered and oppressed in their land, the Jewish people offer a voice as a people who have both returned to independence in their native land and have maintained a very strong diasporic community.
    Scott Meltzer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The debate touches on sensitive issues of deference to elders and religion, the vestiges of colonialism and the influence of American political battles on native land.
    Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
  • He was eventually imprisoned for making terroristic bomb threats in his native land, where he had also been committed to mental institutions.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2023

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