How to Use countryman in a Sentence

countryman

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  • His legacy lives on in the museums and the hearts of his countrymen.
    — Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 17 June 2023
  • Andrey Rublev, his fellow countryman who is the men's No. 8, would be in the mix, too.
    — Lee Igel, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Think of him rather as the antithesis of countryman Elon Musk.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Chef Robert Irvine tries to help his countryman turn around 15 years of failure.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Berezovsky, one of Russia’s first and best-known oligarchs, bought the chateau in the 1990s, paving the way for an influx of his wealthy countrymen to the area.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
  • Scott Dixon _ is a legend in this sport and a fellow-countryman.
    — John Sturbin, Dallas News, 2 May 2021
  • In choosing to stay in their village, the villagers preserved the lives of their countrymen.
    — 1843, 16 Apr. 2020
  • The movie opens with some visual poetry: the boys of the banlieue off to Paris to watch a soccer match in a crowd of their countrymen.
    — Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 15 Jan. 2020
  • His countryman on the Twins, Kenta Maeda, knows firsthand how far Ohtani can hit it.
    — Phil Miller, Star Tribune, 21 July 2021
  • But Schwartzel spoke highly of his countryman and expects big things from the two-time Sunshine Tour winner.
    — Tim Schmitt, USA TODAY, 11 June 2022
  • Benjamin crossed the line close behind for silver, while countryman Trevor Bassitt surged at the end to take bronze by two hundredths of a second.
    — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022
  • For the past three weeks, Farah and other Sudanese in Cairo have been marshaling resources to help their countrymen.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 5 May 2023
  • Hiring countryman Galtier—the first French trainer in six years—was supposed to.
    — Henry Flynn, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Adani is now the 10th richest man in the world, just ahead of fellow countryman Mukesh Ambani, who is worth $99 billion, according to Bloomberg.
    — Diksha Madhok, CNN, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Guadalupe escaped them for a time by coming to the United States, like millions of her countrymen and women before her.
    — Deborah Bonello, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • At right-back, fellow countryman Ferland Mendy has had a steady season too.
    — Henry Flynn, Forbes, 2 June 2022
  • Among all of their countrymen, the septet is the most successful in many regards, having collected four top 10 hits so far.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Velasco got it back from his countryman, who scored on the half-volley to make the rally seem possible.
    — Jon Arnold, Dallas News, 23 Oct. 2022
  • One new Coyote is a friend of his, center and countryman Johan Larsson.
    — Jose M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2020
  • And though slowed by knee surgery after his remarkable 2008 US Open title win, Woods seemed destined to roar right past his countryman.
    — Rob Hodgetts, CNN, 30 Nov. 2019
  • Japan's Yuma Kagiyama finished second to claim the silver, while his countryman Shoma Uno won bronze.
    — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2022
  • During the pandemic, the United States saw over a million of our fellow countrymen and women die.
    — Taylor Telford, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
  • So when the bones began coming out of the ground, Guatemalans waited expectantly to finally learn the fates of their countrymen and women.
    — Natalie Keyssar, National Geographic, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Neymar is the provider, curling a cross into the goal mouth, where Marquinhos, his Brazilian countryman, gets to it first and heads it past Gulasci in goal.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2020
  • But like his countryman, Alcaraz wants nothing to do with Amazon’s nighttime games.
    — Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 30 May 2022
  • Things were much more casual behind the scenes, where King Felipe of Spain met with his fellow countryman following the win.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
  • Garcia, a friend and countryman of Bauer’s from Cuba who was then an unknown stand-up comedian, had come along.
    — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Forging a life in America, the Wus never lost the desire to help their destitute countrymen.
    — Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Even Ohtani did not want to miss the occasion of his countryman’s first appearance against a major-league opponent.
    — Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Like his countryman Oosthuizen, Grace comfortably missed the cut after a 76 on Thursday.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2022

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