How to Use nation in a Sentence

nation

noun

• It's one of the richest nations in the world.
• The President will speak to the nation tonight.
• The entire nation is celebrating the victory.
• But nation's top pitcher is back. 'Get Bo to the plate.
  — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 31 May 2023
• Six eateries from the European nation made the list – three of them in the top five.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
• At the funeral processions, the coffins of the Afghans were draped in green cloth but bore the flag of no nation.
  — Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2024
• How does women’s health care in the U.S. stack up to other nations?
  — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 15 Aug. 2024
• The change means nations can now apply lower tax rates to some goods.
  — Diana Baptista, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2023
• But there could and should be a resolve to recognize how all of that works against the progress of this nation.
  — Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
• Across both schemes, the delegates are from across the U.K.’s nations and regions.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Aug. 2023
• Prior to the 2023 Women's World Cup, those two had been the only two nations to lead the rankings.
  — Asif Burhan, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
• Of course, the show wasn’t all a reminder of our divided, racist nation.
  — oregonlive, 6 Feb. 2023
• And so, for me, the most important thing is that the people in the film work closely with the Osage nation.
  — Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
• Singapore was the first nation to approve the sale of the meat, poultry and seafood clones just over two years ago.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2023
• The citizens of the richest nation in the world can and should finally put an end to it.
  — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
• The United States is a nation that loves a tomato sandwich.
  — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 15 June 2023
• This event, known at the Baptism of Poland, is considered the birth of the modern Polish nation.
  — Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 17 June 2023
• Shoppers across the nation have been scrambling for months to keep up with soaring egg prices.
  — Amanda Pérez Pintado, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2023
• This is a nation that had a population of about 4.5 million at the time.
  — Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
• The Olympics added a team competition to judo in 2021, and France took home gold over host nation Japan, the birthplace of the sport.
  — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 26 July 2024
• While the Big Dance captivates a nation, football is the focus in Gainesville.
  — Orlando Sentinel Podcasts, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2023
• About 30 percent of the world's nations drive on the left side of the road, known confusingly as right-hand drive, as the driver's seat is on the right side of the car.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 12 May 2023
• The United States has one of the lowest life expectancy rates among wealthy nations.
  — John Wilkerson, STAT, 8 Nov. 2023
• Wanting Ukraine to be whole and free to be a sovereign nation in charge of its own future.
  — CBS News, 8 Feb. 2023
• Republicans want the best for our nation, and so do Democrats.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
• My friendship with Fred Moten spans a nation of Black music.
  — Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• Witherspoon was the victim of a crime that appears to be on the rise across the nation: dognapping.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2023
• The Reeses have also visited schools in Selma and across the nation to teach students about Reese and his work.
  — Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2023
• The diesel-engine workhorse was designed for flat-pack transportation to developing nations and relatively quick assembly on site before getting to work.
  — Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 9 Dec. 2024
• During his first term, Trump’s travel restrictions affected several Muslim-majority nations, Iran and Iraq among them.
  — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024