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How to use compatriot in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun, adjective

Compatriot means somebody from one's own country. Example: “They took up the cry of their oppressed compatriots.”

Examples of compatriot by meaning

nounSomebody from one's own country.

  • However Russian Pavlyuchenko stunned his compatriots with an unstoppable 25-yard drive into the top corner.2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2025

More sentences with compatriot

  • They took up the cry of their oppressed compatriots.From the entry take up
  • On the streets of Berlin, Ruth and her compatriots vacillated "between hope and despair."2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage. From the entry vacillate
  • This recipe uses Metaxa, the softly caramelly Greek brandy, together with its compatriot, aniseedy ouzo, for a thoroughly Mediterranean experience.2004, Stuart Walton, “Never on Sunday”, in The Bartender’s Guide to Cocktails & Mixed Drinks: A Complete Encyclopedia of Spirits…. From the entry aniseedy
  • One of the black-suited drivers nodded at his compatriots and slowly walked up to one of the men on the firing line.2017, Jesse J[ames] Holland, Black Panther: Who Is the Black Panther?, Marvel Worldwide, Inc., →ISBN. From the entry suited
  • Novel ideas, compatriots, concerning Romanglic development?2015, Dormouse559, “Forum Post - Re. Romanglic File”, in The CBB - Discuss Constructed Languages, Cultures, Worlds, Related Sciences and…. From the entry hodiernally
  • We should give our support to the liberation of the captive nations of the world and deliver our compatriots from their crucible of suffering.1973 July 22 [1973 July 17], Chiang Kai-shek, “President Chiang Kai-shek's message to the mass rally supporting Captive Nations Week”, in…. From the entry crucible
  • Edward ran a pale hand through his perfect golden-bronze hair, then signed on to 4chan.org, the darkest place on the Internet, where all his vampire compatriots spent their time.2009 June 1, Randall Munroe, “Troll Slayer”, in xkcd. From the entry sign on
  • Thus our young man of words turns to an ugly American joke told most often by his black compatriots as he searches for the title of his study.2007, Robert Reid-Pharr, Once You Go Black, page 10. From the entry once you go black, you never go back
  • The Marquess Wellesley tried to draw within the octopodian arms of his co-religionists and compatriots all the Maratha States by forging on them the fetters of the subsidiary alliance.2001, B.D. Basu, Rise of the Christian power in India, →ISBN. From the entry octopodian
  • As a nation we seem to be callously indifferent to the misery of even our own compatriots, kith and kin, and stone-heartedly immune to the woes of others.1974, Ikram Azam, Sons of the Soil: Some Poems, Short Plays, Stories and Articles about War and Peace, Love, Life and Death in Pakistan…. From the entry stone-heartedly

Meaning of compatriot

  1. noun Somebody from one's own country.
  2. adjective Of the same country; especially, being countrymen and having a common sentiment of patriotism.

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Questions about compatriot in a sentence

How do you use compatriot in a sentence?
Compatriot is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “They took up the cry of their oppressed compatriots.”
What is a short sentence with compatriot?
“Novel ideas, compatriots, concerning Romanglic development?”
What does compatriot mean?
Compatriot means somebody from one's own country.

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