How to Use tribespeople in a Sentence

tribespeople

plural noun

• Here in Jordan, the Bedouin—nomadic Arab tribespeople—have roamed the sands for centuries.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 July 2022
• Few of his tribespeople believe that that accounts for all the money.
  — Sean Flynn, Smithsonian, 23 Feb. 2018
• In the same year, photos emerged of tribespeople living deep in the rainforest of the western Brazilian state of Acre.
  — James Rogers, Fox News, 24 Aug. 2018
• As is often the case, the lizard may be new to science but the local tribespeople – the Agta and Ilongot – have known about it for centuries.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2010
• Some tribespeople are often found to be in cahoots with drug smugglers and cartels to stash or traffic drugs.
  — CBS News, 29 Jan. 2018
• Dug is a cipher of a hero who’s constantly upstaged by his fellow tribespeople, who in turn get upstaged by a sentient warthog named Hognob.
  — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 21 Feb. 2018
• Germany apologised on May 28 for its role in the slaughter of Herero and Nama tribespeople and officially described the massacre as genocide for the first time.
  — Reuters, CNN, 22 Sep. 2021
• Decades ago, there were more options for Indigenous tribespeople.
  — Sheikh Saaliq, ajc, 23 Nov. 2022
• This storm felled hundreds of thousands of trees, destroyed numerous houses, sank ships and killed scores of people, including eight Wampanaog tribespeople drowned by the 14-foot storm surge.
  — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2020
• When Hindu groups showed up, some tribespeople sacrificed cows, a holy animal for Hindus.
  — Sheikh Saaliq, ajc, 23 Nov. 2022
• Midthunder’s Naru enlivens the female-empowerment plot, in which her character is mocked by her fellow tribespeople for wanting to do something other than cook.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2022
• There’s more palpable empathy, chased by a jolt of shock and revulsion, when the film zeroes in on local tribespeople maintaining their everyday routine amid the tumult.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 9 Aug. 2022
• Their families, proud Sunni tribespeople, appealed for justice, then called for reform of the regime, and finally demanded its removal.
  — Charles Glass, Harper's magazine, 10 Feb. 2019
• By contrast, Germany last year apologized to Namibia for its role in the slaughter of Herero and Nama tribespeople more than a century ago, officially described it as genocide for the first time and agreed to fund projects worth over a billion euros.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 9 June 2022
• There are Andean peaks and Amazonian jungles, gaucho prairies and colonial towns, indigenous tribespeople and a wild Pacific coast.
  — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2019
• Finally, to determine what this approach to resting might mean for legs and muscles, the scientists asked several tribespeople to sit, walk and squat while wearing sensors that chart muscular contractions.
  — Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2020
• So do children, or remote tribespeople, instinctively understand that two parallel lines never cross?
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2011

Last Updated: 3 Dec 2024