Example sentences for: ethiopia

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

  • South Africa's Johannesburg Star, commenting in an editorial on President Nelson Mandela's appeal to African leaders this week to rid their continent of tyranny, was just as pessimistic: "A man-made famine in Sudan, the current border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, and ongoing difficulties in bringing peace to Rwanda are among outrages that suggest the end of tyranny in Africa is a long way off."

  • The attempted assassination in Ethiopia of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in June 1995 appears to have been a tipping point.

  • This mountainous area produced several explorers who would help form the Portuguese empire: From Covilhã came Pêro de Covilhã, who explored India and Ethiopia in the late 15th century, and born in Belmonte was Pedro Álvares Cabral, who discovered Brazil in 1500.

  • The NYT points out that it's not clear whether the US has any direct evidence that bin Laden ordered the embassy attacks, though there is evidence, apparently, that bin Laden is connected to violence in Ethiopia.

  • He said executions in Saudi Arabia have increased threefold this year: "At least 91 people--including three women--have been publicly beheaded in 1999, including foreign nationals from Pakistan, Nigeria, Afghanistan, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Syria, Jordan, Chad, Ethiopia and Yemen.


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