How to Use tribesman in a Sentence
tribesman
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En-mei’s replies, the first interview with a Jarawa tribesman.
—Alex Perry, Outside Online, 24 July 2019
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And lined along the ridge of the river, there were thousands of African tribesmen each holding a shield and a spear.
—Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 May 2023
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Six of the tribesmen and two of the attackers were killed, while the rest of the assailants fled, according to the young man.
—Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2023
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And so perhaps Obama is in fact a Luo tribesman by this logic of blood.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2012
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The liner notes described one track as a funeral song to mourn the passing of a tribesman.
—Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2021
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Giles attached a transcript of En-mei’s replies, the first interview with a Jarawa tribesman.
—Alex Perry, Outside Online, 24 July 2019
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Before killing Elliot and his friends, the Huaorani exchanged gifts with them, and one tribesman even took a ride in their plane.
—Alex Perry, Outside Online, 24 July 2019
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Surrounded by a game-rich countryside, the boy learned to hunt from an old Kikuyu tribesman.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2018
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The four women found in the most recent discovery are believed to have served as guardians of camp while the tribesmen were out on the warpath.
—Fox News, 9 Jan. 2020
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The truffle hunters huddled on the ground as the tribesmen opened fire on the attackers in a gunfight that lasted for about an hour.
—Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2023
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That, in turn, left him fixated on the idea of going to Borneo and living like a native Penan tribesman.
—Erik Spanberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2018
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Soon the canoes overtook Coetzee, and a tribesman lassoed him from six feet away with a nylon rope.
—Grayson Schaffer, Outside Online, 7 Feb. 2011
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The Bari had been fighting a losing war with Venezuelan ranchers, who paid a bounty for every dead tribesman.
—Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2020
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Trapped in a giant Tridacna clam, his body was brought to the surface by his fellow tribesmen in Palawan, a province of the Philippines, in May 1934.
—Michael Lapointe, The Atlantic, 11 May 2018
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The Kani tribesmen detect their presence by looking for air bubbles coming out of the hollows.
—National Geographic, 7 Apr. 2017
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The officials and the tribesmen spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to talk to reporters.
—Ahmed Al-Haj, The Seattle Times, 23 May 2017
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Arab tribesmen, meanwhile, are viewed with suspicion by both Turkmens and Kurds.
—Nabih Bulos, latimes.com, 11 Mar. 2018
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One of the film’s protagonists is a young tribesman named Joseph Madang, who eventually became one of Bob and Robin’s closest friends.
—Sean Flynn, Smithsonian, 23 Feb. 2018
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The militants were poised to attack a band of local tribesmen when their movements likely startled the wild pigs, which overwhelmed them.
—Editors, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2017
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It was scouted by 10 local Bedouin tribesmen, and gives visitors the chance to not only hike through the area, but also do some scrambling and rock climbing.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 18 Mar. 2023
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Prince Hamzah’s rich Arabic lilt (acquired during a youth living with tribesmen) appeals to the Bedouin and contrasts with the king, who grew up speaking English.
—The Economist, 6 June 2019
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The tribesmen also fear the wrath of the militants, who frequently kill alleged informants.
—Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2017
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The dismissal of Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi, a popular army commander, brought many of his southern tribesmen out in protest.
—The Economist, 10 Oct. 2019
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The local gentry would marshal the peasants, laborers and tribesmen into polls that would choose each Parliament.
—Reuel Marc Gerecht and, WSJ, 11 June 2018
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Like tribesmen laying out a sacrifice to placate King Kong, news outlets continue to make offerings to the Clinton gods.
—T.a. Frank, The Hive, 21 Apr. 2017
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Many of the displaced live in camps, while others are staying with relatives, fellow tribesmen, and strangers, while others yet have been relocated to other Iraqi cities.
—Igor Kossov, The Atlantic, 10 July 2017
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The blow, delivered by a Zuni tribesman, removed him from the first military encounter between Europeans and first peoples in the future United States.
—Josh Jacquot, Car and Driver, 16 June 2017
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In 2006, two fishermen, believed to be drunk on palm wine, accidentally floated toward the island and were killed by tribesmen.
—Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
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Islamabad had described the incident as an attack on a Pakistani border post in the Kurram tribal region, saying it was carried out by Afghan forces and tribesmen.
—Fox News, 19 Apr. 2018
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The officials spoke on condition of anonymity under regulations; the tribesmen decline to give their names, fearing reprisals.
—Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2017
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