How to Use Russian in a Sentence

Russian

noun

• The Russian Defense Ministry said Ukraine was aware of the plans.
  — Siobhán O'Grady, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
• Available sources claim that the commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet was among the dead.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2023
• At the end of the scene, the Russian and the Ukrainian take turns humping each other from behind.
  — Simon Shuster, TIME, 4 Jan. 2024
• The idea for Black Russian Label was planted in de'Shay mind.
  — Kayla Jackson, AZCentral.com, 17 Mar. 2024
• The posts are mostly in Russian, but there are also a few in English.
  — WIRED, 25 Oct. 2023
• Lockshin’s producers distanced themselves from him — but that was not enough to keep them in the good graces of the Russian Cinema Fund.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 1 Apr. 2024
• The tablet menu has options for Ukrainian, English, and Russian—and staff say the majority of clientele speak the latter.
  — TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
• French artist born in the former Russian Empire, known for his sculptures, paintings, and lithographs in the Cubist style, at Givenchy.
  — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2023
• As the Russian War in Ukraine approaches the 2-year mark, for Ukraine's 40 plus million citizens, there appears to be very little to be hopeful about.
  — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
• In this corner of Norway’s far north, just five miles from the border with Russia, road signs give directions in Norwegian and Russian.
  — Melissa Eddy Patrick Junker, New York Times, 10 July 2023
• Likewise, Roscosmos benefits from this arrangement to ensure there's always a Russian on the space station, even in the event of a problem with Soyuz.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 5 Jan. 2024
• The Russian Defense Ministry said that drone attacks in other regions were thwarted.
  — Marc Santora, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
• The house of worship was expropriated and given to a Russian Ministry.
  — Peter Pomerantsev, TIME, 20 Apr. 2024
• Likewise, the loss of a single tank is hardly comparable to that of a warship—such as the Russian Navy's flagship Moskva, which was sunk in the spring of 2022—or the recent capture of Avdiivka.
  — Peter Suciu, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
• This type of cross was once prohibited in the Russian Empire, which at various points included parts of modern-day Poland.
  — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2024
• Parents are racing to enroll their kindergarteners in Russian Math.
  — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 25 July 2023
• Killing the tsar also killed Narodnaya Volya, but the regime was unable to reform, and 30 years later the Russian Revolution overthrew it.
  — Audrey Kurth Cronin, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2023
• It was dubbed into Ukrainian rather than Russian, and linguists have highlighted how well its American slang was rendered.
  — Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• Indeed, the Russian tried to bring the game to Djokovic, challenging him at the net, but Djokovic responded with sometimes perfect strokes, ultimately taking the tiebreaker and set, and setting himself up for the straight-sets win.
  — Claire Cardona, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2023
• The Russian Olympic Committee is not boycotting the Paris games and has voiced support for athletes wishing to compete as neutral individuals.
  — Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
• The Russian River enriches the soil with the nutrients needed to support both wildlife and agriculture, with the prevailing fog influence being perfect for the growing of Pinot Noir.
  — Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024
• In one incident in the early days of the war, Ukrainian authorities and witnesses alleged Russian used the munitions in an attack on a train station that killed 50 people.
  — Júlia Ledur, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
• Moscow and a representative for the Russian Embassy in Washington didn’t respond to a request for comment.
  — Louise Radnofsky, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2023
• Though the plays were performed in Russian, a language Strasberg didn’t understand, the subtle artistry of the actors — so different from the operatic histrionics typical of the time — seemed to reach out from the stage and offer a lifeline.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• That strike killed at least 21 people, according to the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations.
  — Yulia Drozd, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2024
• Though Oscar voters rarely reward young men, this kid’s a total find, like a Russian Timothée Chalamet.
  — Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 29 May 2024
• The goal has been to thwart any possible attempt by Ukraine to export its produce unilaterally across waters dominated by the Russian Navy.
  — Anushka Patil, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2023
• The Russian Defense Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
  — Henry Austin, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2023
• To be successful meant knowing Russian, and Moscow offered much bigger salaries for entertainers.
  — Lydia Tomkiw, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Dec. 2023
• Sinbad also offers customer support in English and Russian.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 12 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024