Example sentences for: reparations

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

  • The Dutch demanded reparations for this act; the southern rajas refused.

  • Suppose, for the sake of argument, that in 1950 it becomes foreseeable that Daimler-Benz will eventually make reparations.

  • Although Germany and German corporations have paid reparations in the past in connection with the Nazis' murder of Jews and others, the coverage states that the latest sum is their first significant settlement on behalf of laborers.

  • McLaren maintains that because Texas was illegally annexed, Texans are not U.S. citizens, have no obligation to obey federal laws, and are owed war reparations by the federal government.

  • 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.


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