Example sentences for: tutsis

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

  • The war is between the country's two main tribes--the Hutus and the Tutsis . In 1994, when Rwanda's Tutsi minority seized power, 1.5 million Hutu refugees fled across the border to Zaire.

  • A piece says the United Nations knew that Rwandan Hutus were preparing to slaughter Tutsis three months before the 1994 massacre.

  • Also, a creepy explanation for the Rwanda genocide: "Judgment Day" asserts that Rwandans are incredibly law-abiding, so when the government ordered them to kill Tutsis, they obeyed without a second thought.

  • These refugees included members of the Hutu militias that had led the murder of 1 million Rwandan Tutsis.

  • To avenge these attacks, Paul Kagame, vice president and defense minister of Rwanda, arranged for the combat training of 2,000 Banyamulenge, Tutsis indigenous to Eastern Zaire.


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