Example sentences for: timorese

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

  • The WP's Keith Richburg quotes diplomats and military analysts as saying that thousands of East Timorese members of Indonesian forces have deserted their units and joined the militias, and even cites some unconfirmed reports of soldiers firing on soldiers.

  • In the East Timorese U.N. compound, civilians cowered in fear of the next paramilitary onslaught.

  • In Italy, La Repubblica of Rome ran a front-page commentary by Noam Chomsky blaming the United States for the fate of the East Timorese because of its failure to withdraw support from its "Indonesian client" or to tell it that its game was up.

  • Bahasa Indonesia, the nation's official tongue, is the language of business in both Timors, but most Timorese continue to speak traditional dialects.

  • The gloomy spin: Most Timorese don't have homes to go back to.


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