How to Use countryman in a Sentence

countryman

noun

• Many of Philip's new countrymen were wary of the match.
  — Chanel Vargas, Town & Country, 4 Dec. 2017
• Neymar's countryman, Dani Alves, set up Mbappe in the fifth minute and Draxler in the 14th.
  — USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2017
• At least that’s what Vladimir Putin wants his countrymen to think.
  — Owen Matthews, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2017
• Over the course of the past few months, the Dutch DJ has crossed paths with a few fellow countrymen in the industry.
  — Billboard Radio China, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2017
• His legacy lives on in the museums and the hearts of his countrymen.
  — Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 17 June 2023
• Andrey Rublev, his fellow countryman who is the men's No. 8, would be in the mix, too.
  — Lee Igel, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
• Then their countrymen are here to cheer them on in the stadium.
  — Joe Juliano, Philly.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• But his act of dissent hit a nerve among his countrymen.
  — Han Zhang, The New Yorker, 11 June 2024
• Think of him rather as the antithesis of countryman Elon Musk.
  — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2022
• Chef Robert Irvine tries to help his countryman turn around 15 years of failure.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2021
• Dora beat countryman Alex Ribeiro in the semifinals despite one of the best rides of the day.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2019
• Berezovsky, one of Russia’s first and best-known oligarchs, bought the chateau in the 1990s, paving the way for an influx of his wealthy countrymen to the area.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
• Scott Dixon _ is a legend in this sport and a fellow-countryman.
  — John Sturbin, Dallas News, 2 May 2021
• Her father, a Basque sheepherder, had settled in the area in 1947 along with many of his countrymen.
  — Elizabeth Zach, sacbee, 24 Mar. 2018
• In choosing to stay in their village, the villagers preserved the lives of their countrymen.
  — 1843, 16 Apr. 2020
• The movie opens with some visual poetry: the boys of the banlieue off to Paris to watch a soccer match in a crowd of their countrymen.
  — Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 15 Jan. 2020
• The second-best Aussie on the team, point guard Emmett Naar from Sydney, fed his countryman all night and chipped in 13 points.
  — Al Saracevic, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Jan. 2018
• The pair have grown closer of late and Mickelson is the first to applaud his countryman's impact on the game.
  — Rob Hodgetts, CNN, 4 Apr. 2018
• But first, a great day for this country and our fellow countrymen.
  — Fox News, 11 May 2018
• Fritz said his body had rested since the five-set match against fellow countryman Tiafoe.
  — Joshua Hoyos, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2024
• Will that moment feel right to those athletes and their countrymen?
  — Chicago Tribune, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 Jan. 2018
• No wonder that many of his countrymen are placing high hopes on the great dragon peering down from the north.
  — The Economist, 22 July 2017
• After the game, in a quiet room in the bowels of the arena, Ginobili will meet with his countrymen for close to an hour.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Apr. 2018
• Ohtani struck out twice and walked against his fellow countryman, the two facing each other for the first time as big-leaguers.
  — Jeff Miller, latimes.com, 27 May 2018
• Both were discovering how to say in words what their countrymen felt in their hearts.
  — Marcus Overton, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 Sep. 2017
• The defenseman considered the best, Boqvist’s countryman Rasmus Dahlin, went to the Sabres with the first pick.
  — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 6 July 2018
• His countryman on the Twins, Kenta Maeda, knows firsthand how far Ohtani can hit it.
  — Phil Miller, Star Tribune, 21 July 2021
• Wise wiped out on his first two runs before sneaking past countryman Alex Ferreira on his third with a score of 97.20.
  — Jake Seiner, chicagotribune.com, 21 Feb. 2018
• Soon after that, his countryman Philippe de Girard came up with a variant on Appert's method—metal tins—and sold the idea to the British.
  — Esther Inglis-Arkell, Ars Technica, 27 Nov. 2017
• His countryman, Asafa Powell, was the previous 100m record holder.
  — Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024