How to Use Indian in a Sentence

Indian

noun
  • For decades, the Maldives has been the poster child for Indian Ocean escapism.
    — Chris Schalkx, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The Shasta Indian Nation is settling into its 2,800-acre site that the state returned to them after losing their lands to the dams.
    — Debra Utacia Krol, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But the staff at the Indian Community School were nurturing and respectful while the students learned about their ancestors' heritage.
    — Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The biggest moment of his young career came early in 2024 at the PNB Paribas Open at Indian Wells.
    — Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The king of romantic ballads made a killing buying and selling property in Indian Creek Village, aka Billionaire Bunker.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Two Brits, one American, and an Indian Forestry Official constituted our team (the Coast Guard refused to help).
    — Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The Conversations series, sponsored by Indian Paintbrush, is devoted to cinema and culture.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
  • All five high schools within Indian Prairie School District 204 and Naperville School District 203 ranked within the top 50 in the state.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • People flee the scene of a double shooting during the West Indian Day Parade on September 1 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
    — Robert Birsel gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • After making a tremendous mistake that triggers the French and Indian War, an ambitious 22-year-old George Washington must face his failures and find the courage to become the leader that will forge a nation.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Prabhat Ranjan Mishra Prabhat, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, is a tech and defense journalist.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Ship, meanwhile, will aim to deploy eight dummy versions of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites, relight one of its six Raptor engines in space, and come down in the Indian Ocean about 66 minutes post-launch.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Located in the Appalachian Mountain range, the Indian Mountain ATV Park is a private off-road park with 4,700 acres of land, according to its website.
    — David Chiu, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • That nascent friendship was, however, shattered by the 1962 Sino-Indian War, a brief but brutal conflict that established a legacy of deep mistrust and an unresolved border dispute that remains the relationship’s festering wound.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
  • This put the rocket on a trajectory to soar to a peak altitude of 119 miles (192 kilometers), passing over the Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, and then the Indian Ocean before falling back into the atmosphere.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Its bodies of water include the Indian River Lagoon, Turkey Creek, and just beyond that the Atlantic Ocean; altogether offering dozens of opportunities to explore the magnificent natural beauty of central Florida.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Emphasizing regional specificity The Indian Restaurant Association of America identified hyper-regional flavors as one of its top 2025 Indian restaurant trends as chefs dig into the hundreds of local cuisines that dot the subcontinent.
    — Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The watch is for Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge, Kings Canyon, Sequoia, South End of the Upper Sierra, Kern River Valley, Piute Walker Basin, Tehachapi, Indian Wells Valley, Mojave Desert Slopes and Mojave Desert.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025

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