Example sentences for: reparations

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

  • In 1992 it began reparations to 50,000 East German Jews.

  • Poland has also formally apologized for the slaughter of Jews, and Italy and Finland have paid reparations, but other nations have been less forthcoming . François Mitterand consistently claimed France owed no apologies, though in 1995 Jacques Chirac recognized French responsibility in deporting Jews.

  • U.N. resolutions require that sanctions remain in place until Iraq destroys its capacity for creating chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons . Last December, the United Nations eased up on the sanctions, allowing Iraq to sell $2-billion worth of oil every six months on the condition that the profits go toward food for Iraq's people and war reparations to Kuwait.

  • Switzerland has recently offered words of conciliation and established a reparations fund, but many Jews feel it has yet to make full amends for its role as banker to the Nazi party.

  • On the other hand, the lopsided quality of single halves has caused a few reparations.


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