countrymen

Example Sentences

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Bale blossomed into an otherworldly talent who went on to achieve feats beyond any of his countrymen, the personification of Wales' golden generation.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

How Tereza’s exile helps her countrymen isn’t quite clear, but I suspect it starts with giving someone younger her house and her job.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

While a nation isn’t merely an idea, it needs stories to hold its countrymen together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

On TV, at town halls and universities, the bespectacled officer, with close-cropped gray hair and an almost professorial demeanor, lays out the stakes for his countrymen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Clemenceau, with the wholehearted support of his countrymen, was determined to make sure that Germany would never again be powerful enough to threaten the peace of Europe.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman