Example sentences for: mexican-

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

  • Selena is the life story of the Mexican-American singer who was murdered in 1995 at age 23.

  • Some Mexican-Americans refer to themselves as "Chicanos ," a pejorative term from the 1920s for lower-class Mexican immigrants that was embraced in the late 1960s and early 1970s by Mexican-Americans seeking a new political identity.

  • Knight, 31, is a Mexican-American who grew up in a low-income housing development.

  • Self-reported race/ethnicity was categorized as non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, Mexican-American, or other.

  • The Mexico City election is top of the page left at the Post and (naturally enough, given its large Mexican-American readership) leads at the Los Angeles Times.


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