Example sentences for: countrymen

How can you use “countrymen” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • As a noun, swale rolls off the tongues of countrymen frequently enough, and means a `tract of wet ground,' as in the geological term describing rolling prairies that have swells and swales.

  • Meanwhile, says the paper, Hussein made a statement on Iraqi television that appeared to be bucking up his countrymen to continue the impasse.

  • They were cynics, as most old countrymen are, and neither could be convinced that the war just ending would be the war to end all wars.

  • Following the earl’s death, Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle decided to inspire his fellow countrymen through a national gallery devoted to their heroes.

  • If we should not punish children for the sins of their fathers, then surely we should not punish children for the sins of their fathers' countrymen.


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