How to Use Filipino in a Sentence

Filipino

noun

• The male nurse who helped her in the hospital was Filipino, Rodrigo said, and just happened to have the same name as her grandfather, who had passed away a few months before.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
• Nearly half of those Asian Americans are Filipino, and many of them voted for the first time in the 2020 election.
  — Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Oct. 2024
• In the melee, a Filipino sailor’s thumb got sliced off by a sharp piece of metal.
  — Marites Dañguilan Vitug, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2024
• Those spots range from Italian and Filipino to soul food and seafood.
  — Jennifer Bradley Franklin, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2023
• Manila grounded the navy transport ship on Second Thomas Shoal in 1999 and has manned it with Filipino marines to enforce its claims to the area.
  — Chris Lau, CNN, 22 Oct. 2023
• Read on to learn more about her warm-hearted Filipino restaurant in Mount Pleasant.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• Last year the 37-year-old staged a Filipino holiday market across the street from HiFi to draw crowds to the neighborhood.
  — Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
• The next largest groups of Asian people who responded were Chinese and Filipino.
  — Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 25 Sep. 2024
• Nance, whose mother is Filipino and father Black and Arab, was among the top three contestants of the season that wrapped up last week.
  — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
• In the middle stretch of the event, ena mori, an artist with Filipino and Japanese roots, was joined by keyboardist Tim and drummer Cairo in club asia.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2023
• That means the only way for Filipino Swifties to see Tay in person is to travel to another country.
  — Vulture, 1 Sep. 2023
• At the Public, Ramos, a Tony-winning costume designer, was the only key creative on the team who was a Filipino.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 25 July 2023
• As a 17-year-old Filipino American, I’m expected to be an adult.
  — Jasmine Sessoms, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
• The routine changes weren’t mandates from Filipino coaches.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
• For the Filipino American, the tribute was definitely not a waste of food.
  — Terry Tang, ajc, 22 May 2023
• He was raised in North Carolina, but his mom’s Filipino culture played a huge part in his upbringing.
  — Jasmine Ting, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2023
• The ship's managers and owners said the ship's crew of 20 included one Indian, 15 Filipino and four Vietnamese.
  — Jon Gambrell and Tara Copp, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024
• Saweetie’s mom is Filipino and Chinese, and the former culture has always been an integral part of the rapper’s life.
  — Kara Nesvig, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
• To cook rice the best way — the Filipino way, according to her — fill a rice cooker with water just below the second knuckle of your middle finger.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2023
• Here, Garlock leans into flavors first introduced to him in culinary school by a Filipino friend.
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 4 Sep. 2024
• Cabras, who is Filipino, said she felt represented by one of the agents in particular: Neon, a blue- and yellow-haired duelist from the Philippines.
  — Sarah Parvini, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
• The crew of the ship is made up of 19 people, including 18 Filipino nationals and one Greek national, Reuters reported.
  — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2024
• Besides their food, an appeal of Flippin’ Filipino is they’re not overexposed.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 10 July 2023
• The Filipino inspo continues with the restaurant’s design.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2023
• Only one of the two Filipino boats managed to deliver supplies to Philippine forces, Commodore Tarriela said.
  — Jim Gomez and Siminia Mistreaunu, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2023
• The two had never met, and neither is fluent in Tagalog, the most common language spoken among the Filipino diaspora.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
• The Filipino restaurant scene in Chicago has been growing in density and influence.
  — Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 16 Oct. 2024
• During this time, thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were captured as prisoners of war.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 25 June 2024
• Cleveland Castillo, a newcomer to the story who serves as a mentor figure to Conrad and a love interest to Laurel, is Filipino.
  — Alexandra Schneider, Seventeen, 16 July 2023
• But Cote, a 39-year-old graduate student of Filipino ancestry, never gave up.
  — Agreen, oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 Dec 2024