Below you will find example sentences with "american citizen". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

American Citizen in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: citizen
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 24.1 words

Words in this phrase

american citizen

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • american can mean: A citizen or national of the United States of America. Common word
  • citizen can mean: A resident of a city or town, especially one with legally recognized rights or duties. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

as an american citizen 2× an american citizen abducted by 1× as an american citizen from that 1× as an american citizen that he 1× become an american citizen because i 1× charged an american citizen over the 1× day an american citizen was shot 1× engineer an american citizen speaks out 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

amid nigeria s 1× an american citizen 1× colombian authorities have 1× for now he 1× he also admitted 1× he applied for 1×

Common sentence endings:

an american citizen 2× accusations of espionage 1× by the taliban 1× country so much 1× filipino citizenship soon 1× for 10 years 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

country 3× firm 3× family 3× nigeria 2× successful 2× president 2× iranian 2× years 2× citizenship 2× wasn 2× says 2× people 2×

Related phrases

american banking american horror latin american american express american flag african american american history native american asian american american dream

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around citizen:

british citizen 7× canadian citizen 7× senior citizen 7× become citizen 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

american banking american airlines america south america europe america corp amendment rights

Just after it in the phrase index:

american culture american democracy american dream american embassy american express american flag

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

american banking american horror american express american flag american history american dream

Same ending:

british citizen canadian citizen senior citizen become citizen

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "american citizen" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as as an american citizen, an american citizen abducted by, country, firm and family stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with american banking, american horror, latin american, british citizen, canadian citizen and senior citizen, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with american citizen

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

I’m an American citizen, and my family is from Sudan. (11 words)

Colombian authorities have charged an American citizen over the alleged murder of Valentina Trespalacios. (14 words)

He also admitted he wasn’t an American citizen and entered the country illegally. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Mercedes, whose husband Mike spoke to but asked that their last name not be published out of concern for retribution from the Iranian or American governments, is an American citizen of Iranian descent who has lived in the Seattle area for 10 years. (43 words)

Lowe apparently wasn’t satisfied with that response, and proceeded to rattle off all the advantages the successful car dealer enjoys as an American citizen that he presumably wouldn’t enjoy in the proverbial small village. (36 words)

Jordan stressed the importance of the 2024 elections, noting the necessity of a new president "who says we will no longer have a Justice Department that targets ‘We the People,' that targets the American citizen. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

I'm not an American citizen, but I live in this country and eventually want to become an American citizen because I love this country so much.

An American citizen abducted by a group of armed men has been rescued by American forces in Nigeria.

He has shown that he is on the side of the working American citizen, introducing the in American history.

I cannot see a successful American PR firm wildly and stupidly listing the President as an American citizen.

Mercedes, whose husband Mike spoke to but asked that their last name not be published out of concern for retribution from the Iranian or American governments, is an American citizen of Iranian descent who has lived in the Seattle area for 10 years.

He applied for American citizenship after 1877, gained it in 1882, and referred to himself as an American citizen from that point on.

Amid Nigeria's disputed presidential election, Aaron Greenspan, an American citizen and founder of Plainsite, a US-based website, filed emergency motions on Wednesday, October 25, at a United States court.

Colombian authorities have charged an American citizen over the alleged murder of Valentina Trespalacios.

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For now, he said that he is an American citizen but he is planning to re-acquire his Filipino citizenship soon.

He also admitted he wasn’t an American citizen and entered the country illegally.

Her brother, Emad, is an American citizen who has been held in Iran for five years, on what his family says are false accusations of espionage.

I believe it's riskier to invest in businesses owned by Chinese investors as an American citizen.

I’m an American citizen, and my family is from Sudan.

It’s impossible not to feel for him, an American citizen, being turned away at the People’s House, seemingly through no fault of his own.

Jordan stressed the importance of the 2024 elections, noting the necessity of a new president "who says we will no longer have a Justice Department that targets ‘We the People,' that targets the American citizen.

Lowe apparently wasn’t satisfied with that response, and proceeded to rattle off all the advantages the successful car dealer enjoys as an American citizen that he presumably wouldn’t enjoy in the proverbial small village.

Plus, the family of a detained Afghan engineer, an American citizen, speaks out about his unjustified incarceration by the Taliban.

The following day, an American citizen was shot dead by Palestinians as he drove to a wedding in the West Bank.

The Times noted that just a few days before the kidnapping, another American citizen was shot and killed by the Mexican military in Tamaulipas while he and his friends were driving back from a nightclub.

While Intrater is an American citizen, his firm, the investment firm Columbus Nova, has historically had extensive ties to the business interests of his Russian cousin.

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