How to Use Tamil in a Sentence

Tamil

noun
  • Nor the first time that Tamil Nadu seemed like the best launchpad for it.
    — Alex Travelli, New York Times, 2024-02-02
  • There are cash prizes for winners and international chess events have been held in Tamil Nadu.
    — Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 2024-12-17
  • His family has been prominent in Tamil Nadu for hundreds of years.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2025-01-02
  • Chandran, who is of British Tamil heritage, will play the boys’ mother Amma.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 2024-07-02
  • So far, the new species has been found at three sites roughly 40 miles apart in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the study said.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2024-07-10
  • Monsoon’s menu runs a geographical gamut from Kashmir (at least) in the north to Tamil and Goa in the south.
    — Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 2025-07-16
  • War 2 will be released in Hindi, Tamil & Telugu across India.
    — Sara Merican, Deadline, 2025-05-20
  • Friends with roots in Tamil Nadu in South India often make pooriyal, a stir-fry of fresh amaranth leaves, chilies, and coconut.
    — Michael Shaikh june 25, Literary Hub, 2025-06-25
  • Coolie is an Indian blockbuster that's currently breaking records for Tamil-language films at the box office.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The company’s three co-founders, who hail from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, were looking for easy ways to get a taste of home.
    — Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 2024-06-25
  • Plus, the movie was released in Hindi, English, Tamil, and Telugu, to reach a wider audience.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 2022-03-07
  • In the first incident, fishermen in Tamil Nadu, India, pulled a 30-foot oarfish from the water.
    — Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 2025-06-06
  • Google is reportedly partnering with Foxconn to make its Pixel phones in Tamil Nadu.
    — Beth Greenfield, Fortune Asia, 2024-07-02
  • Dammers was born in 1955 in Tamil Nadu, where his father, Horace, served as a chaplain at a missionary school.
    — Ian Penman, Harper's Magazine, 2025-02-19
  • Chennai, the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu, is one of India's largest cities and a major cultural and economic hub.
    — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2025-02-16
  • The feature is playing in theaters in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu languages.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 2025-07-14
  • His wife, an eye doctor with an office below the barbershop, is Tamil Indian, like Harris’s mother.
    — Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 2024-07-30
  • Wind power has long been a part of Tamil Nadu’s energy production, and more recently, solar power has become more of a priority.
    — Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 2024-08-08
  • The dishes at the restaurant specializing in the cuisine of the Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu have flavors that run deep.
    — Matthew Odam, Austin American-Statesman, 2024-10-25
  • As a young actor of Eelam Tamil descent who's always been interested in the industry, Tharan has long yearned to see more women who look like her on the screen.
    — Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 2023-06-08
  • In the southern state of Tamil Nadu, for example, temperatures are already soaring at 104°F.
    — Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 2024-04-10
  • Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast is building a $2 billion plant in Tamil Nadu.
    — Spriha Srivastava, CNBC, 2025-06-12
  • In Tamil Nadu, it’s stirred into water with sandalwood for the Mangala Snanam, a pre-wedding ritual bath meant to purify and bless.
    — Sara Hussain, Vogue, 2025-05-22
  • The factory, located in the port city of Thoothukudi in the state of Tamil Nadu, will make 50,000 electric vehicles each year.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Photo by Tamil Selvam/Shutterstock Mexico’s big cities and beach resorts tend to get the lion’s share of travelers’ attention.
    — Meagan Drillinger, AFAR Media, 2025-03-28
  • India is an extremely patriarchal casteist society, but in Tamil Nadu, in the south, it’s got exactly the same fertility rate as England and Wales.
    — Noel King, Vox, 2025-03-23
  • Many of the travelers were migrant workers, en route to Chennai, an urban metropolis in the southernmost Indian state of Tamil Nadu, officials said.
    — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 2023-06-05
  • These distinctly unique renditions are born from a rich history that dates back to the 1600s, when Tamil Nadu migrants arrived in Malaya and assimilated with the local Malay community.
    — Cheryl Tiu, Forbes, 2025-03-10
  • The Hindi film Maa, the Hindi web series Saare Jahan Se Accha and the Tamil film Maareesan have ranked high on the list for the week ending August 24.
    — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The Sri Lankan government’s elimination of the secessionist Tamil Tigers as a military force in 2009 is often cited as an example of the successful use of force against a terrorist group.
    — Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Affairs, 2023-11-16

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