Nostra is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Nostra in a sentence
Related words
Nostra meaning
plural of nostrum
Using Nostra
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of nostrum
- In the example corpus, nostra often appears in combinations such as: cosa nostra, nostra and, europa nostra.
Context around Nostra
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nostra
- In this selection, "nostra" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cosa, hispania, terra, mafia, wanted and franco stand out and add context to how "nostra" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include balears sa nostra 1987 strikingly and bar of nostra is a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nostra" sits close to words such as abbe, abeyance and abp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nostra
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The bar of Nostra is a wonderful place to spend some time. (12 words)
Last summer the label released Cosa Nostra: Franco Nero In Three Mafia Tales. (13 words)
Some of these gangs, like Cosa Nostra and Intergang, are major conglomerates of organized crime who've long outgrown their roots. (21 words)
Salvatore ‘Toto’ Riina, 87. The Mafia “boss of bosses” who was serving 26 life sentences as the mastermind of a bloody strategy to assassinate both rivals and Italian prosecutors and law enforcement trying to bring down Cosa Nostra. (38 words)
The Calabrian mafia, known as the ‘Ndrangheta, has emerged as the most ruthless and deadly organised crime syndicate in today following successful campaigns to curtail the influence of the Cosa Nostra in Sicily and the Camorra in Naples. (38 words)
Cosa Nostra and the Camorra from the city of Naples are Italy’s best known mafia groups, but the ‘Ndrangheta based in the southern region of Calabria is the nation’s biggest organized crime group. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Messina Denaro, the convicted head of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra Mafia, was captured by police in January after three decades on the run.
Nostra will complete up to 375 town houses - 169 of which haven't been started yet - as well as offer ongoing employment to 16 Porter Davis staff.
The fearsome Cosa Nostra wanted to use her successful health clinic business in the Sicilian town of Castelvetrano – the heartland of his empire – to launder and raise funds for families of jailed mobsters.
Cosa Nostra and the Camorra from the city of Naples are Italy’s best known mafia groups, but the ‘Ndrangheta based in the southern region of Calabria is the nation’s biggest organized crime group.
Last summer the label released Cosa Nostra: Franco Nero In Three Mafia Tales.
These judges were leading the fight against La Cosa Nostra, responsible for attacks, extortion, drug trafficking, and money laundering during the 1990s in Italy.
It doesn’t exactly make one Nostra-fucking-damus to predict budget problems in the wake of a global recession/depression/pandemic.
Earlier this month, Bocanegra and his partners teamed up with the conservation group Hispania Nostra to launch a crowdfunding appeal to raise the €50,000 needed to repair the roof.
Some of these gangs, like Cosa Nostra and Intergang, are major conglomerates of organized crime who've long outgrown their roots.
Salvatore ‘Toto’ Riina, 87. The Mafia “boss of bosses” who was serving 26 life sentences as the mastermind of a bloody strategy to assassinate both rivals and Italian prosecutors and law enforcement trying to bring down Cosa Nostra.
The bar of Nostra is a wonderful place to spend some time.
The Calabrian mafia, known as the ‘Ndrangheta, has emerged as the most ruthless and deadly organised crime syndicate in today following successful campaigns to curtail the influence of the Cosa Nostra in Sicily and the Camorra in Naples.
The cupola held a secret meeting in Palermo in May, the first gathering of mob families for 25 years, at which it reportedly decided to formally anoint Mineo as the head of Cosa Nostra.
The owner of Terra Nostra, Efren Ormaza, told the board he closed the restaurant those three days, thereby selling no beer in addition to selling no alcohol.
Cosa Nostra had achieved nothing. citation Dell'Utri's lawyer, Enrico Trantino, dismissed Giuffrè's allegations as an "anthology of hearsay".
Dante, poised between the mountain of purgatory and the city of Florence, displays the incipit Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita in a detail of Domenico di Michelino's painting, Florence, 1465.
He named "The Lost Kitten" as the series' episode with the best story content, and the double episode "The Intoccabile" as having the worst, noting its "hackneyed look into the Cosa Nostra".
Palma de Mallorca: Caixa de Balears Sa Nostra 1987 strikingly illustrated with action photos by Charles Camberoque citation which demonstrate hunt behaviour and typical hunt terrain.
Post-Conciliar developments Nostra aetate was one of Vatican II's three declarations, the other documents consisting of nine decrees and four constitutions.
The alleged contacts, according to Cancemi, were to lead to legislation favourable to Cosa Nostra, in particular the harsh 41-bis prison regime.
Common combinations with nostra
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- cosa nostra 18×
- nostra and 3×
- europa nostra 3×
- nostra had 2×
- nostra to 2×
- nostra in 2×
- nostra prize 2×