Example sentences for: scandinavians

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

  • The Seattle Scandinavians were ersatz Norsemen, blond socialists who thought the basis of civilization was an upper tax rate of 90 percent, dreary porno movies, and their all-purpose greeting "uff da," which, translated, means, "I've fallen from grace and I can't get up."

  • If Seattle was initially held back by an indigenous people who didn't value individual achievement and the Rules of Acquisition, then the arrival of the Scandinavians in the 1800s only made things worse.

  • Its lively hotels, beach clubs, and myriad discos make Rimini a favorite playground for the sun-seekers (Germans, Scandinavians, and Eastern Europeans arrive in droves) while in off-season months it is considerably more sleepy.

  • The Germans and Scandinavians who settled in western Greater New England reinforced the secular puritan ethos, although they were more likely to be socialists than the Yankees, whose fear of corruption has often made them enemies of big government.

  • Just as Seattle's renaissance is fueled by an influx of aggressive capitalists, its previous stagnation was caused by the sloth and poor economic policies of its other tenants: Indians, Scandinavians, and hippies.


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