Example sentences for: guatemalan

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

  • The NYT leads with a Guatemalan commission's finding that the U.S. provided money and training that enabled the Guatemalan military to commit "acts of genocide" against Marxist-led Maya Indians during the country's 36-year civil war.

  • Here's the story: Last spring, there was an outbreak of a nasty disease known as cyclosporiasis, which was eventually traced to Guatemalan raspberries.

  • An article recounts the murder of a Guatemalan bishop and human rights activist, committed just after the publication of his damning report on the army's record of political killings.

  • The NYT editorial page is likewise on the mark in its discussion of whether in light of the Guatemalan student rapes, American college excursions should be curtailed, pointing out that such enriching experiences are probably not as rape-risky as fraternity parties.

  • David Horowitz, right-wing firebrand and head of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture, has taken out an ad in six college newspapers excoriating "tenured radicals" for defending the distorted autobiographical writings of Guatemalan Nobel laureate and activist Rigoberta Menchú.


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