How to Use nationality in a Sentence

nationality

noun
  • The country is home to five nationalities and seven languages.
  • He has held French nationality for the past 20 years.
  • She's American, but her parents are of Japanese nationality.
  • The university has students of over 50 nationalities.
  • But now, many nationalities can get a one-month visa-free stay.
    — Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Meyers said his client's nationality may have played a role in his arrest this week.
    — Nicole Chavez, CNN, 14 Dec. 2019
  • There is no mention of nationality in the lette.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Many Muslims fear that they could be stripped of their nationality.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Dec. 2019
  • Fry and his colleagues came from all backgrounds, nationalities, and faiths—some had been refugees.
    — Town & Country, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The nationality of the top women’s players has been in the news for the wrong reasons.
    — SI.com, 24 July 2019
  • But the nationalities of the people arriving have changed, and many no longer have any place to go.
    — Colleen Long, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2023
  • But the report did not mention the nationality or race of the children.
    — Joe Penney, The New York Review of Books, 8 Sep. 2020
  • The person did not share the nationalities of those injured.
    — Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • If this film is not a mainland Chinese film, what is its nationality?
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The nationality of the residents changes as new spots on the globe implode.
    — Detroit Free Press, 29 Sep. 2022
  • As of Thursday that person's cause of death and nationality were not known.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The name and nationality of the victim were not revealed by Viking.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week, 4 Dec. 2022
  • The word Spanish refers to both a language and a nationality.
    — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 17 Sep. 2020
  • The identity of the man and his nationality were not released.
    — Andrea Lopez-Villafaña, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2020
  • The city doesn’t collect data on the nationality of those who are involved in crashes.
    — Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 20 Sep. 2024
  • There was confusion over the nationality of the other child who was not from France.
    — John Leicester, Anchorage Daily News, 8 June 2023
  • The now 42-year-old was not prepared for the nationalities nestled there.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
  • Flag-jacking Americans sew the maple leaf flag on their bags and lie about their nationality.
    — Vivian Song, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Different nationalities and ethnic groups lived and shopped side by side.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The range of nationalities has expanded, and there are many more Africans than before.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026
  • There are people of more than 20 nationalities aboard.
    — Iain Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
  • The nationality of the third was not specified.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Police have yet to confirm the genders, nationalities and ages of the victims.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
  • The thousands of names in the Aladdin files were sorted by nationality.
    — The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The cause of the fire or the victims’ nationalities have not been released by the authorities.
    — Gerardo Lemos, CNN, 28 Mar. 2023

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