How to Use tribe in a Sentence

tribe

noun
  • But the way the story goes, Sara fell in love with the chief of the tribe.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The job is not to contact the tribes but to protect them.
    Jack Nicas, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Once the tribes merge, chances are this bit of tea will get back to him.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The land that made up Section 14 was owned by the Agua Caliente tribe.
    Armando Garcia, ABC News, 22 Nov. 2022
  • How did Danny convince the rest of the tribe to get rid of her?
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Why was Ryan so averse to spending more time with the tribe?
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2022
  • By the end of the decade, every tribe would win the right to casino gambling.
    Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The fee is assessed after the tribe pays the state about $20 million.
    Cary Spivak, Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The book picks up the mythology of the Dogon tribe of Mali in West Africa.
    Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 31 Mar. 2023
  • So also on the list is a tribe called Quest, rage against the machine.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 2 Feb. 2023
  • So, Carter had to figure out new ways to make each tribe feel unique.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Many refugees from Myanmar are part of the Chin tribes, which share ethnic roots with the Kukis.
    Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • This year, the tribe plans to have five new solar projects active by May.
    Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The tribe will then seek to set up trusts for those properties, too.
    Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
  • If that is not possible, the child should be placed with a member of their tribe.
    Susan Young, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
  • At least 37 Native tribes and nations have historic ties to the land.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 20 July 2024
  • The tribe has spoken, and once more Ryan Medrano is a winner.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Without a settlement, the tribes would be at the mercy of courts.
    Susan Montoya Bryan, Fortune, 24 May 2024
  • People that might be safe in a full tribe were all of a sudden in danger.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Pocknett, 62, is a member of the tribe best known for feeding the Pilgrims.
    Time, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Salmon heads, fins and tails filled baking trays in the kitchen where Lottie Sam prepped for her tribe’s spring feast.
    oregonlive, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Bad Bear, a member of the Crow tribe, got in foul trouble in the first half and managed just 11 points and six rebounds.
    Joseph D’hippolito, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2024
  • In other words, there was a tribe waiting to be that was natively hostile to the ideas that were in the book.
    Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 9 Oct. 2023
  • For the youngest of the stick-carrying tribe, these Bruins have no doubt inspired.
    Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2023
  • And for decades, leaders of the tribe struggled to secure their water rights.
    Ian Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
  • With minutes to spare before the other tribes arrived, Hunter found the idol in the sand near wooden steps.
    Brian Anthony Hernandez, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The Ojibwe tribes have rice chiefs who determine the best times to harvest.
    Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2024
  • In 1971, the Philippines shocked the world when a primitive stone-age tribe — the Tasaday — was found in the rainforests of Mindanao.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Reed and other members of the Karuk tribe have been able to return to their ancestral fishing traditions and have been catching fall-run salmon.
    Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The Celts, a collection of tribes from central Europe, had one fire festival for each of the four seasons and marked Samhain, which occurred between the fall equinox and the winter solstice, as the most significant.
    Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 31 Oct. 2024

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