Example sentences for: statehood

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

  • In 1993 and 1998, support was evenly divided between commonwealth status and pursuit of statehood.

  • The WP and USAT both report that Clinton's visit to the Gaza Strip--the first ever by an American president--gives a powerful boost to hopes of eventual Palestinian statehood.

  • The first leader of the Magyars, Prince Arpád, founded a dynasty that lasted more than three centuries and introduced statehood to the new land.

  • When the issue of a Puerto Rican statehood referendum was debated in Congress a couple of years ago, someone wrote to the Washington Post warning that statehood for Puerto Rico would mean creating "our very own Quebec" unless the Commonwealth adopted an official English policy.

  • Barak rejects all these conditions, except perhaps statehood.


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