Example sentences for: gypsies

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

  • Interdicted are burly “too often associated with large black men” (large, yes; black, no), fried chicken “often used to refer to the cuisine of black people” (something that customers of Colonel Sanders might well dispute), gyp “because it insults gypsies” (only for those who are aware of the etymological nuances of the language), go Dutch insults “citizens of the Netherlands” (what utter balderdash !), Ugh!

  • The story says that the gypsies are perceived to have "sided with the Serbs during the war and the 10 years of repressive direct rule which preceded it."

  • He includes bureaucrats and peasants, servants and society ladies, factory workers and industrialists, soldiers and gypsies, actors and clerks.

  • It is a very old argot influenced by many languages, including French, English, Italian, Greek, and Hebrew, and was spoken by the gypsies of Spain.

  • Permanent displays show the fast-disappearing world of Hungarian rural life and folklore; these are underpinned by trenchant temporary exhibitions dealing with current issues, such as the lives of Budapest’s gypsies.


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