Example sentences for: refugee

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

  • Some critics say the 40-year-old novel, about an adulterous Jewish refugee in New York, illustrates the Yiddish master's wry humor and enchanting storytelling.

  • In a like manner, my friends may suspect I am suffering from some Hungarian Refugee Syndrome, which makes me overly sensitive to perfectly reasonable intrusions by the state.

  • Strictly speaking, then, according to The Economist, would a white refugee from Ian Smith's Rhodesia now living in the U.S. be justified in calling himself an “African-American”?

  • The European press engaged in name-calling Wednesday over the handling of the Kosovar refugee crisis.

  • Newsweek lambastes the president for "diplomatic errors and missed opportunities": Security advisers originally told the administration to offer President Slobodan Milosevic a face-saving compromise; when action became inevitable, they recommended strengthening NATO's military threat; finally, as airstrikes began, they urged planning for the refugee crisis sure to come.


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