How to Use American in a Sentence

American

adjective
  • So will there still be American films this year?
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
  • We were used to this at stages, but not the American players.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2026
  • But since then, American culture turned its back on the trades.
    — Jake Angelo, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Yet even this three-act work bows, at its center, to American zest.
    — Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026
  • An American flag waves in the background.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
  • His game also works well on North American ice.
    — Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • And their flag is very similar to an American flag.
    — Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 11 June 2026
  • More than 300 American cities have it.
    — Harry Bubbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The problem, as Cukor saw it, was not that American forces lacked facts.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
  • And a red card against an American soccer star sparks debate.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 3 July 2026
  • At least six American service members have been killed so far.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • No one appears to keep track of how many such sleights of hand are cropping up in American homes.
    — Jane Margolies, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Now, oil from that country will help lower American gas prices.
    — Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
  • He was stretched out on the couch, which was draped in a large blanket patterned like the American flag.
    — Michael Corkery, New York Times, 29 July 2023
  • No, this is an assault on, on American values.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Trump also asked if any of the crew had anything to say to the American people.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Tough guys with a soft side have long held a firm grip on the American imagination.
    — Naveen Kumar, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Grab a good pair of jeans during the Good American summer sale.
    — Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 25 June 2026
  • American food, mostly meat, a little fish, but good salads.
    — Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 4 June 2026
  • Gas prices may not be coming down as quickly as American drivers would like.
    — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The arc of American voting history has been with stops and starts.
    — Sam Jacobs, Time, 9 Aug. 2023
  • But that doesn't change the way that anybody should be treated under American law.
    — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Amex and Chase have jockeyed for years to be the preferred card for the American elite.
    — Ryan Baker, CNBC, 3 July 2026
  • As of Tuesday, six American troops have been killed in combat.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • At what point did gumbo become American?
    — Ashley Rose Young, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 June 2026
  • Oh was the first, in 2019), and the first Asian American man to do so.
    — Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Then came lethal bombings of American targets in Lebanon.
    — Elan Journo, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Or maybe also like an American ideal of pulling up yourself by your bootstraps.
    — Hazlitt, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Children sat on steps draped in American flags, holding photos of children killed in the war.
    — ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Neon is already coming in with a glut of titles, and there’s a shortage of American films on the slate.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 7 May 2026

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