Sentence examples for to compatriots from inspiring English sources
noun
Somebody from one's own country.
Haitians abroad -- like dozens of other nationalities -- remit money to compatriots back home.
The Magyar minority is bigger in Romania, but the authorities there are in no position to complain about the citizenship law: they issue passports plentifully to compatriots in Moldova.
"One frequent act of sadism," he writes, apropos of the treatment meted out by Algerians to compatriots who had served the French (the Harkis), "was to burn the victim alive, feeding the cooked flesh to dogs".
And though she draws comparison to compatriots, such as William Trevor, her stories are not in-your-face Irish; Ireland is merely where many of the tales happen to take place.Sharp, slashing, and funny, these fine women writers challenge the nursery-school notion that girls are made of everything nice.
In an effort to keep those voices alive, Professor Kaufman has helped start a project, the Endangered Language Alliance, to identify and record dying languages, many of which have no written alphabet, and encourage native speakers to teach them to compatriots.
At this point, the critic offers reasons why a person has special obligations to compatriots, which are missed by the strict cosmopolitan.
Mr. Aral, now 84, drank the tea on television to persuade compatriots to follow his example.
The Australian Open was one that got away, though, with Williams losing to compatriot Sloane Stephens in the quarter-finals.
Walker qualified for the Open for the first time in 10 attempts, finishing second to compatriot James Morrison.
Italian Pennetta lost 6-4 6-3 to compatriot Camila Giorgi, while Hantuchova was beaten 6-4 7-6 (7-1) by American Jamie Lee Hampton.
The Devizes judoka, 28, collected silver after losing to compatriot Owen Livesey in the -81kg final on Friday.
