How to Use Asian in a Sentence

Asian

1 of 2 adjective

• At that moment in time, there was a rise in Asian hate.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 26 Apr. 2024
• This is the area to visit in order to soak in the city's vibrant Asian culture.
  — Harrison Pierce, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2023
• Police described the person as a 20 to 30 year old Asian male with long black hair.
  — Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2024
• The surge in learners is more than part of the trend among younger learners to favor Asian languages.
  — Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• The Pope was bringing the priest back from the margins, and joining his own Asian journey to Teilhard’s.
  — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
• Spread out 1 cup of coarse sweet potato starch (Asian markets, Amazon) on a large plate, and dredge both sides of each chop.
  — Cathy Erway, Men's Health, 6 Sep. 2023
• And being a short Asian woman, some of it is just rebellion.
  — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2024
• The one that everybody knows that is available just about any Asian grocery store is called Lao Gan Ma.
  — Michael Calore, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2023
• The film’s star Michelle Yeoh also made history as the first Asian best actress winner.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024
• Gold prices are flat in early Asian trade as investors are cautious ahead of the key U.S. inflation data this week.
  — WSJ, 10 Jan. 2024
• Lawrence Osborne does a very good, louche take on being an English expat in Asian locales.
  — New York Times, 18 Jan. 2024
• All three are in the process of building at least three plants each, almost all in joint ventures with Asian battery makers, that will be used to power EVs.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 13 Oct. 2023
• The party was a lavish affair filled with Asian cuisine from the caterer Mama’s Night Market.
  — Nicole Sperling Joel Barhamand, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
• Biden gets less support from young, Latino and Asian American voters than from white and Black voters.
  — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
• In White society, Asian men have to prove their masculinity, but in this space (sumo), it is unquestioned.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2023
• Stocks choppy Asian stock markets were choppy on Monday.
  — Laura He, CNN, 26 June 2023
• Think southeast Asian curries and peppers, and South American chilis.
  — Alice Park, Time, 20 July 2023
• The rooms and suites have a slight Asian design influence that is balanced with traditional British touches.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2023
• The love songs helped scientists confirm a hunch that the southeast Asian nation has the world’s largest population of Skywalker gibbons.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Feb. 2024
• And now the Hong Kong authorities are looking west and creating a new fund for Asian and European co-productions.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
• The event, which runs June 27-30, will showcase seven feature films, a new industry section and a female-centric collection of South Asian short films.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 9 May 2024
• While the Fifty Fathoms is a cult product among watch enthusiasts, its stock in trade is rarefied precious metal watches that sell well in Asian markets.
  — Jeremy White, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2023
• Find Cajun, Creole, Asian fare, seafood, barbecue, plus pastries, coffee, espresso, beer, wine and more.
  — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
• There would be about seven White people, two Hispanic people, one Black person, one Asian person and one person who is mixed or some other race.
  — Michael Cadenhead, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024
• Remember, Asian lady beetles are our friends, so do not reach for an insecticide in order to rid your home of this harmless nuisance.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2023
• The majority of American Buddhists are white or Asian; only about 3% of the community is Black.
  — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Jan. 2024
• However, trading may be thin, given that key Asian markets, including Hong Kong and China, are closed.
  — WSJ, 2 Oct. 2023
• In the process of building visibility are films from the most prolific South Asian filmmaking cultures, India and Bangladesh.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Dec. 2023
• Black, Hispanic, and Asian adults are all more likely than White adults to say the word empowering describes the movement extremely or very well, according to Pew.
  — Nicole Chavez, CNN, 14 June 2023
• My Asian siblings have always been good to me… since the very beginning of my career this was a community that has lifted me and always championed me to keep going.
  — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 30 Nov. 2023

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Asian

2 of 2 noun

• There are many Asians living in South America.
• What will the weather be like this weekend for Asian Food Fest?
  — The Enquirer, 26 Apr. 2024
• At a glance, Jia Tan certainly looks East Asian—or is meant to.
  — Andy Greenberg and Matt Burgess, WIRED, 3 Apr. 2024
• The Asian Cup, with its squads drawn from distant and disparate leagues, has that in abundance.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024
• Hate crimes against Asian Americans is one those issues.
  — Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023
• Rates also inched up for Asian, White and Hispanic women.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2024
• Most of the companies that received the letter were small brands founded by Asian Americans.
  — Mae Anderson, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024
• Latinos make up about 50% of the population and Asian Pacific Islanders are the fastest growing racial group.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• The list highlights the 100 most impactful Asian Pacific changemakers in culture and society over the past year.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
• Since falling ill, Mira has suffered nearly constant seizures and inconsolable bouts of crying, said her 33-year-old mother, Asian Davis.
  — Jonel Aleccia, Fortune Well, 8 Dec. 2023
• The practice of brownface—a close cousin of yellowface that involved a white actor darkening their skin through mounds of makeup to cosplay as South Asian—was a routine charade for many white actors.
  — Hazlitt, 6 Sep. 2023
• Having to sit in the same house for almost a year, allowed me and forced me to analyze everything going on in my life ... with all of the ‘Stop Asian Hate’ movements ... that also sparked this newfound awareness of my identity.
  — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 23 Nov. 2021
• The Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling may hurt some Asian Americans and has exposed a rift inside the community.
  — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
• Forty-six percent said Asian Americans experience a great deal (17%) or quite a bit (30%) of discrimination.
  — Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• At a school where cool kids are nerds, nearly everyone has an amazing talent, and the majority of the student body is Asian American, the things that usually make a person stand out can feel not good enough, even commonplace.
  — Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2024
• Today’s great reads Asian Americans go bonkers over Shohei Ohtani for his superhuman baseball prowess — and for shattering stereotypes.
  — Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
• According to the Asian Media Centre, the word Nemawashi translates to 'working around the roots'; this concept relates to when a tree is transplanted to take great care with each root to ensure maximum survivability when the tree is transplanted.
  — Micah Logan, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• Hispanics and Asian Americans have slightly more diverse social circles, with 63 percent and 65 percent of their social networks, respectively, made up of people of the same ethnic background, the study found.
  — Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
• The Asian Development Bank has kept its 2023 economic growth projection for the region steady, as consumption and investment is expected to help offset weakness in exports amid weak global demand.
  — Fabiana Negrin Ochoa, WSJ, 19 July 2023
• Among more than half a million women with endometrial, ovarian, or cervical cancer, the odds of clinical trial enrollment were lower among Asian, Black, and Hispanic women compared to white women.
  — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 8 Dec. 2023
• Ocampo said growing representation of Asian and Pacific Islanders in Hollywood and popular media played an important role in this reckoning.
  — Claire Wang, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2023
• The reporter had questioned Gannett’s diversity efforts involving Asian Americans.
  — Taylor Telford, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2023
• The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, established in 1967, was controlled almost entirely by networks of national ministers, with very little central authority.
  — Joshua Shifrinson, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2023
• An Invisible Constituency: Asian Americans are largely underrepresented in public opinion polls.
  — Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024
• There are many Asians living in South America.
• What will the weather be like this weekend for Asian Food Fest?
  — The Enquirer, 26 Apr. 2024
• At a glance, Jia Tan certainly looks East Asian—or is meant to.
  — Andy Greenberg and Matt Burgess, WIRED, 3 Apr. 2024
• The Asian Cup, with its squads drawn from distant and disparate leagues, has that in abundance.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024
• Hate crimes against Asian Americans is one those issues.
  — Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023
• Rates also inched up for Asian, White and Hispanic women.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024