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How to use borderland in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Borderland means land near a border; marches. Example: “Ibarra is known for creating narratives about Latino families living in borderland communities, the MacArthur website said.”

Examples of borderland by meaning

nounLand near a border; marches.

  • Ibarra is known for creating narratives about Latino families living in borderland communities, the MacArthur website said.2021 September 28, Amir Vera, “An anti-racist author, a documentary filmmaker and a computational virologist are among the 2021 MacArthur...

nounAn intermediate state, category, etc.

  • But she did not look as if she were dying; she looked as if she might go on existing in this borderland between life and death for ever.1937, Virginia Woolf, The Years, New York: Harcourt, Brace, page 21
  • the subject lies in the misty borderlands of advancing knowledge1955, Rachel Carson, chapter 2, in The Edge of the Sea, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 36

More sentences with borderland

  • They have several varieties of Flammkuchen (German pizza—a flatbread dish from the French borderlands).2018, Rick Steves, Rick Steves Germany 2018, →ISBN. From the entry German pizza
  • It deals with the borderland between biology and the study of the Earth.1977, “Science and Learning”, in Poland: A Handbook, Warsaw, Poland: Interpress Publishers, →OCLC, page 369. From the entry sozology
  • They also complained of growing efforts to forcibly Estonianize the Russian minority, especially those living in the borderlands.2012, David J. Smith, John Hiden, Ethnic Diversity and the Nation State: National Cultural Autonomy Revisited, Routledge, →ISBN, page 103. From the entry Estonianize
  • The Muji cluster is a newly defined series of Burmic languages affiliated with Phula and spoken in the Sino-Victnam borderlands.2007, Philip N. Jenner, Mon-Khmer Studies - Volume 37, page 179. From the entry Burmic
  • The Nhasangs themselves are from Ngaba, which is in the Amdo region of northeastern Tibetan, a cultural borderland where Tibetan and Sichuan traditions meet.2022 November 8, Pete Wells, “Restaurant Review: Why Does This Tibetan Kitchen Also Cook Sichuan Food?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN…. From the entry decree
  • He had not quite decided whether to be a physicist or a chemist; probably he would have chosen the trans-Uranian borderland between the two.1949, John Gunther, “Foreword”, in Death Be Not Proud: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC; Harper Perennial Modern…. From the entry uranian
  • The exercise is complicated by the fact that populations in borderland areas are often mixed within a single county, although segregation might still remain very distinct.2008 [2002], Andrew M. Fischer, “44. Dalai and his followers claim that 7.5 million Han have been emigrated to Tibet, and that Tibetans…. From the entry Haidong

Meaning of borderland

  1. noun Land near a border; marches.
  2. noun An intermediate state, category, etc.

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Questions about borderland in a sentence

How do you use borderland in a sentence?
Borderland is used as a noun. For example: “Ibarra is known for creating narratives about Latino families living in borderland communities, the MacArthur website said.”
What is a short sentence with borderland?
“the subject lies in the misty borderlands of advancing knowledge”
What does borderland mean?
Borderland means land near a border; marches.

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