How to Use Hispanic in a Sentence

Hispanic

adjective

• At the time the victim was described to be a woman between 35 and 55 years old, and Hispanic or white.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2023
• Police describe the teens as both Hispanic and around 18 years old.
  — Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 24 June 2023
• White Democrats were more likely than Black and Hispanic Democrats to support the movement.
  — Emma G. Fitzsimmons, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2024
• The shop manager, who declined to give his name, told us that 90% of the clientele are Hispanic and many are tourists that come based on word of mouth.
  — Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• The first girl was raised among a family of eight in a poor, largely Hispanic town in Texas and became pregnant in high school.
  — Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 29 Feb. 2024
• The Hispanic homeownership rate of 51.1% was also a record high for that group.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 20 Feb. 2024
• White folks are about three times more likely to inherit than their Black, Hispanic or Asian friends.
  — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
• The same percentage of Hispanic mothers said this as well.
  — Tayla Mahmud, Fortune, 30 June 2023
• The union’s members are nearly all Hispanic and foreign-born, according to the union.
  — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2024
• One reason for the slight unemployment rate increase since the start of the year could be an uptick in the number of Black and Hispanic workers who want but can’t find work.
  — Byruth Umoh, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2024
• Among the 23 percent who had heard the term, 65 percent said it should not be used to describe the Hispanic or Latino population.
  — Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2023
• According to the release, the male suspect was a 52-year-old Hispanic man, and the female was a 45-year-old Filipina female.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
• The 4th Congressional District is one of two districts in the state drawn to elect a Hispanic candidate to Congress.
  — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2023
• The unemployment rate also fell to 3.6% from 3.7%, though jobless rates for Black and Hispanic workers rose sharply.
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 9 July 2023
• And in both years, young voters were also slightly more likely to be Black, Hispanic or Asian than the general electorate.
  — Monica Potts, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2023
• The study states Hispanic adults face obstacles in health care access, with 15% being uninsured.
  — Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 18 Apr. 2024
• Torres made history as the first openly gay Black and Hispanic member of Congress in 2021.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Apr. 2024
• This is powered by the fact that the Hispanic population is large, and the fastest growing demographic.
  — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2023
• Still, Texas is now more than 40% Hispanic, and its strong economy has brought in many new residents from more liberal states.
  — Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
• Another key improvement was for the city to place Hispanic bilingual inspectors in the area.
  — María Ramos Pacheco, Dallas News, 7 July 2023
• Police have described the suspect as a man with a dark complexion who is possibly Hispanic.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2023
• Among the classic cat-feeding types in the Valley, Raff and Kroh mentioned an elderly Hispanic man and a solitary woman with kibble in her shopping cart.
  — Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
• The departures are undoing some recent success that schools have had in bringing on more Black and Hispanic teachers.
  — Marc Levy, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2023
• Sixty-four percent of Black children, 45% percent of Hispanic children and 40% of White children have no or low swimming ability, the study found.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 22 July 2023
• The bank has 18 branches in Jacksonville but none in the city’s majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods, which account for nearly 20 percent of the bank’s service area.
  — David Nakamura, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
• The poll showed that 17 percent of white voters and 27 percent of Hispanic voters sympathized more with Palestinians.
  — Clyde McGrady, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
• The rate at which Black parents reported this treatment was about 10% higher than parents who are White, Hispanic or who identify as part of other racial groups, the survey found.
  — Justin Gamble, CNN, 3 Aug. 2023
• Pueblo del Sol serves a student population that is about 90% Hispanic, and four out of five students are eligible for free or reduced lunch.
  — Nick Sullivan, The Arizona Republic, 14 Jan. 2024
• These views are also popular among Hispanic Protestants and Latter-day Saints, according to the survey.
  — Lisa Hagen, NPR, 28 Feb. 2024
• This one, like the others, will focus on young voters, black and Hispanic voters, and, via a community college stop, voters without a four-year degree.
  — Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024