How to Use tribesman in a Sentence

tribesman

noun
  • The tribesman who had shot that arrow jumped for joy upon hitting his mark.
    — Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
  • En-mei’s replies, the first interview with a Jarawa tribesman.
    — Alex Perry, Outside Online, 24 July 2019
  • The liner notes described one track as a funeral song to mourn the passing of a tribesman.
    — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2021
  • And so perhaps Obama is in fact a Luo tribesman by this logic of blood.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2012
  • Surrounded by a game-rich countryside, the boy learned to hunt from an old Kikuyu tribesman.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2018
  • And lined along the ridge of the river, there were thousands of African tribesmen each holding a shield and a spear.
    — Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 May 2023
  • Six of the tribesmen and two of the attackers were killed, while the rest of the assailants fled, according to the young man.
    — Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Giles attached a transcript of En-mei’s replies, the first interview with a Jarawa tribesman.
    — Alex Perry, Outside Online, 24 July 2019
  • The four women found in the most recent discovery are believed to have served as guardians of camp while the tribesmen were out on the warpath.
    — Fox News, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Soon the canoes overtook Coetzee, and a tribesman lassoed him from six feet away with a nylon rope.
    — Grayson Schaffer, Outside Online, 7 Feb. 2011
  • The truffle hunters huddled on the ground as the tribesmen opened fire on the attackers in a gunfight that lasted for about an hour.
    — Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2023
  • His goatee was dyed an uncanny shade of orange, that of a Dinka tribesman’s hair or maybe a punk’s mohawk.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Before killing Elliot and his friends, the Huaorani exchanged gifts with them, and one tribesman even took a ride in their plane.
    — Alex Perry, Outside Online, 24 July 2019
  • Arab tribesmen, meanwhile, are viewed with suspicion by both Turkmens and Kurds.
    — Nabih Bulos, latimes.com, 11 Mar. 2018
  • The Kani tribesmen detect their presence by looking for air bubbles coming out of the hollows.
    — National Geographic, 7 Apr. 2017
  • In the movie’s most visceral sequence, the tribesmen close in on the home of the Kittredge family.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024
  • That, in turn, left him fixated on the idea of going to Borneo and living like a native Penan tribesman.
    — Erik Spanberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The Bari had been fighting a losing war with Venezuelan ranchers, who paid a bounty for every dead tribesman.
    — Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2020
  • The officials and the tribesmen spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to talk to reporters.
    — Ahmed Al-Haj, The Seattle Times, 23 May 2017
  • The militants were poised to attack a band of local tribesmen when their movements likely startled the wild pigs, which overwhelmed them.
    — Editors, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2017
  • Two versions of his request, recounted by tribesmen, differ slightly in the details.
    — Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The tribesmen also fear the wrath of the militants, who frequently kill alleged informants.
    — Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2017
  • The local gentry would marshal the peasants, laborers and tribesmen into polls that would choose each Parliament.
    — Reuel Marc Gerecht and, WSJ, 11 June 2018
  • Muhaxheri found a tribesman who, under coercion, admitted to killing two Albanians with a grenade launcher.
    — The Economist, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Tribal custom does not oblige tribesmen to follow the leadership of local sheiks as members in a political party are obliged to follow the party line.
    — Charles Schmitz, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2015
  • The officials spoke on condition of anonymity under regulations; the tribesmen decline to give their names, fearing reprisals.
    — Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2017
  • It was scouted by 10 local Bedouin tribesmen, and gives visitors the chance to not only hike through the area, but also do some scrambling and rock climbing.
    — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Many of the displaced live in camps, while others are staying with relatives, fellow tribesmen, and strangers, while others yet have been relocated to other Iraqi cities.
    — Igor Kossov, The Atlantic, 10 July 2017
  • One of the film’s protagonists is a young tribesman named Joseph Madang, who eventually became one of Bob and Robin’s closest friends.
    — Sean Flynn, Smithsonian, 23 Feb. 2018
  • The dismissal of Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi, a popular army commander, brought many of his southern tribesmen out in protest.
    — The Economist, 10 Oct. 2019

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