How to Use Polynesian in a Sentence

Polynesian

noun
  • The Polynesian is one of the few places guests can get Dole Whip outside of the parks.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Next week, the final all-star game of the 2024 recruiting cycle will take place with the Polynesian Bowl.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The show is written by Hawaiians, and the majority of the cast members are Hawaiian and Polynesian.
    Ben Court, Men's Health, 27 Apr. 2023
  • For now, the Polynesian Villas and Bungalows will remain open as the resort undergoes this facelift.
    Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 2 Sep. 2020
  • They are thought to have been hewn between the 12th and 17th centuries, after Polynesians voyaged to the middle of the earth’s largest ocean in search of new lands, came upon a fertile, unpopulated island, and settled there.
    Mark Johanson, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The expedition also had a secondary aim involving a Polynesian named Mai.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
  • All three hotels on the monorail line offer good views of nightly fireworks but Disney's Polynesian Village Resort's beachfront is an ideal vantage point.
    Carlye Wisel, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Little Polynesian Resort welcomes guests 18 years and older.
    Leena Kim, Town & Country, 25 May 2023
  • History remains silent about what caused ancient Polynesians to stop long-distance voyaging.
    Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2023
  • The entertainment on Wednesday featured Polynesian and Hmong dance performances and music.
    Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
  • Humans arrived in Rapa Nui around the 12th century, probably not long after Polynesians reached the Hawaiian archipelago.
    Daniel Lewis, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024

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