How to Use tribal in a Sentence

tribal

1 of 2 adjective

• That means efforts could ramp up to find Risling and Juan and a list of other tribal members who’ve been lost.
  — oregonlive, 25 Mar. 2023
• The Kimbell already owns superb works of African and Oceanic tribal art.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Feb. 2024
• The restaurant also serves beef raised and slaughtered on the Choctaw Nation, and its gift shop will soon sell items made by tribal members.
  — Priya Krishna, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023
• The film centers on the murders of Osage people in the 1920s after oil was discovered on tribal land.
  — Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2023
• Eight tribal nations have yet to reach any agreement over how much water they’re owed in Arizona.
  — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 17 Oct. 2023
• Now, all tribal Covid-data is available in one place, available to all researchers.
  — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 4 Dec. 2023
• Then, as now, tribal elders handed down a death sentence to those visible in the footage, leading to the deaths of at least eight people.
  — Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2023
• Officials say that the owners of the dogs that attacked the boy and his mother were non-tribal members who owned the property where the attack took place.
  — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2023
• There’s something so dangerous about that, and so tribal.
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 9 July 2023
• Many tribal elders see the tent city on the sacred pow-wow grounds as an affront and the harm reduction team’s efforts as enabling.
  — Lev Facher, STAT, 16 Nov. 2023
• An ecstatic tribal dance unfolds around a cutout of Lenin’s head—ancient and modern cults fused.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
• In the 1922 compact, though, tribal nations are mentioned only in passing.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2023
• The plot is based on a series of murders that took place in 1920s Oklahoma after oil was discovered on tribal land.
  — Brooke Lamantia, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Dec. 2022
• Line 5 crosses tribal lands, runs beneath the water and needs major upgrades.
  — Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
• The increase in Potawatomi revenue lags that of other tribal and Las Vegas casinos.
  — Cary Spivak, Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2023
• In Mexico, the standard of proof to claim Yaqui tribal heritage is being born in Río Yaqui, how much tribal ancestry.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2024
• But the tribal nations are getting a lot of attention in part because of new government policies.
  — Elizabeth MacBride, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Tribes across the region contend that the oil pipeline is infringing on tribal sovereignty and treaty rights, and have urged the Biden administration to speak out against the pipeline.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2024
• In 2019 the school hired its first non-Jesuit leader, and many of Red Cloud's administrators are now tribal members who grew up on the reservation.
  — Rowan Moore Gerety, WIRED, 13 July 2023
• But Pasqual notes that tribal communities have shouldered the burden of this work — both the financial cost and the emotional distress.
  — Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, 9 Aug. 2023
• Today, the tribal council is made up of five direct descendants of Mary Ann, Roberta’s daughter, and her siblings.
  — Karthika Gupta, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2023
• The lack of global solutions is moving the world toward tribal solutions.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
• According to the Pashtun tribal tradition, though, women have no such right.
  — Ross McDonnell, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2023
• The county's poor and home to tribal governments that have historically missed out.
  — USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2024
• An example of trying to restore a critter is the reintroduction of bison to tribal lands.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 29 Nov. 2023
• The new rule requires that those items not be displayed without tribal permission or if within the process of repatriation.
  — Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
• That meant tribal members could make the same sort of lucrative development deals being made elsewhere in town.
  — oregonlive, 19 Feb. 2023
• As far as some tribal and environmental activists are concerned, many of those dams never should have been built.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
• Meanwhile, a pair of tribal nations in Washington state filed lawsuits late last year, citing the costs of moving to higher ground as rising sea levels threaten their communities.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
• The plan is being fought in court by environmental groups, tribal leaders and fishing advocates, who argue the tunnel project would harm the delta’s already jeopardized ecosystem.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024

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tribal

2 of 2 noun

• Who wouldn't look good with a tribal across the back, on a shoulder or around the bicep?
  — Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com, 5 June 2020
• Those protests were seen as something somewhere far away by tribals and villagers.
  — S. Gopikrishna Warrier, Quartz India, 20 Jan. 2020
• The episode started with Libby having a pout fest about receiving votes in last week's tribal.
  — Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• Being openly tribal has served Scott Pruitt well so far in his career, earning him the iron-clad support of industry, the far right, and Donald Trump alike.
  — David Roberts, Vox, 7 Apr. 2018
• At tribal, Bradley spoke highly of how great everyone at Naviti has been getting along; that got some eye rolls.
  — Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• Indeed, all the angry tribals are asking is that the government respect its own laws and undertakings.
  — The Economist, 7 June 2018
• Ua, however, offers the first live tribal of the season sparked by Sara, a healthcare consultant in Massachusetts.
  — Joseph Longo, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2021
• Think to yourself: Does the actual name on the costume packaging say 'tribal,' or 'traditional'?
  — Avery Matera, Teen Vogue, 23 Oct. 2017
• His parents were fiercely anti-tribal, Williams recalls, inculcating in him a comfort with standing apart.
  — Carlos Lozada, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019
• The boys can’t really be faulted for not being able to decipher the words of the song—because the movement, and its anthem, is meant to be pan-tribal, to inspire unity among Native nations, most renditions of the song do not translate it into words.
  — Rebecca Bengal, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2019
• Who wouldn’t take an opportunity for immunity, especially after you’ve been gone for two days only to head to your first tribal?
  — Joseph Longo, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2021
• Some tribals are Hindu and others Christian, but many persist in forms of worship that predate both religions—such as erecting large stones to mark undertakings of great significance.
  — The Economist, 7 June 2018
• The result looks like industrial-strength tribal shields composed from a union of consciousness and historical memory.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2019
• The tribals, already orphaned by Peelandi’s absence, were in for more humiliation.
  — K A Shaji, Quartz India, 30 Aug. 2019
• Howard Dickstein, a Sacramento tribal-law attorney who has been closely following the case, noted that continued challenges could delay the casino from opening.
  — Richard Chang, sacbee, 18 July 2017
• The paper laid special emphasis on assessing the requirements of the armed personnel, including air force squadrons, necessary to resist tribal and Afghan aggression.
  — Raghvendra Singh, Quartz India, 9 Aug. 2019
• Ever since the rechristening, Attappadi’s tribals have been protesting through meetings and sloganeering.
  — K A Shaji, Quartz India, 30 Aug. 2019
• Who wouldn't look good with a tribal across the back, on a shoulder or around the bicep?
  — Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com, 5 June 2020
• Those protests were seen as something somewhere far away by tribals and villagers.
  — S. Gopikrishna Warrier, Quartz India, 20 Jan. 2020
• The episode started with Libby having a pout fest about receiving votes in last week's tribal.
  — Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• Being openly tribal has served Scott Pruitt well so far in his career, earning him the iron-clad support of industry, the far right, and Donald Trump alike.
  — David Roberts, Vox, 7 Apr. 2018
• At tribal, Bradley spoke highly of how great everyone at Naviti has been getting along; that got some eye rolls.
  — Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• Indeed, all the angry tribals are asking is that the government respect its own laws and undertakings.
  — The Economist, 7 June 2018
• Ua, however, offers the first live tribal of the season sparked by Sara, a healthcare consultant in Massachusetts.
  — Joseph Longo, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2021
• Think to yourself: Does the actual name on the costume packaging say 'tribal,' or 'traditional'?
  — Avery Matera, Teen Vogue, 23 Oct. 2017
• His parents were fiercely anti-tribal, Williams recalls, inculcating in him a comfort with standing apart.
  — Carlos Lozada, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019
• The boys can’t really be faulted for not being able to decipher the words of the song—because the movement, and its anthem, is meant to be pan-tribal, to inspire unity among Native nations, most renditions of the song do not translate it into words.
  — Rebecca Bengal, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2019
• Who wouldn’t take an opportunity for immunity, especially after you’ve been gone for two days only to head to your first tribal?
  — Joseph Longo, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2021
• Some tribals are Hindu and others Christian, but many persist in forms of worship that predate both religions—such as erecting large stones to mark undertakings of great significance.
  — The Economist, 7 June 2018
• The result looks like industrial-strength tribal shields composed from a union of consciousness and historical memory.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2019

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