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

Ethnic Group in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: ethnic
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 21
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 27.8 words

Words in this phrase

ethnic group

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • ethnic can mean: Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins. Frequent word
  • group can mean: A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another. Very common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

a clear ethnic group with their 1× a particular ethnic group and indeed 1× a separate ethnic group soon after 1× both the ethnic group and the 1× by any ethnic group 1× each ethnic group preserves its 1× much an ethnic group but a 1× nation or ethnic group is represented 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

although acceptable in 1× although the pashtuns 1× and most americans 1× each ethnic group 1× each nation or 1× ethnically the biggest 1×

Common sentence endings:

a growing minority 1× an ethnic group 1× and its resources 1× and so forth 1× any ethnic group 1× by ethnic macedonians 1×

Context words

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

people 5× groups 4× citation 3× language 3× culture 3× population 3× third 3× largest 3× pashtuns 3× resources 2× must 2× either 2×

Related phrases

group equities ethnic groups lie group advisory group terror group terrorist group financial group group inc ethnic cleansing ethnic minorities

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around ethnic:

ethnic groups 20× ethnic cleansing 12× ethnic minorities 12× ethnic armenians 9× ethnic conflict 8×

Just before it in the phrase index:

ethnic conflict ethnic cleansing ethnic armenians ethereum using ethereum eth ethereum blockchain

Just after it in the phrase index:

ethnic groups ethnic minorities ethnic minority europa league european central european championships

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

ethnic groups ethnic cleansing ethnic minorities ethnic minority ethnic armenians ethnic conflict

Same ending:

lie group advisory group terror group terrorist group financial group insurance group

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "ethnic group" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.8 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a clear ethnic group with their, a particular ethnic group and indeed, people, groups and citation stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with group equities, ethnic groups, lie group, ethnic groups, ethnic cleansing and ethnic minorities, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with ethnic group

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

Short example sentences

Each nation or ethnic group is represented in the government through a supposed spokesman for the group. (17 words)

And most Americans also want answers to why the smallest ethnic group has the highest incarceration rates. (17 words)

Each ethnic group preserves its own culture and many institutions, including political parties, tend to follow ethnic lines. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

And very often, it is not so much an ethnic group, but a loose coalition that cuts across ethnic groups, that seizes the state and, by the same fact, seizes the nation, its land and its resources”. (37 words)

In English and some other languages, the word nationality is sometimes used to refer to an ethnic group (a group of people who share a common ethnic identity, language, culture, descent, history, and so forth). (35 words)

For example, ethnic conflict might be a non-violent struggle for resources divided among ethnic groups. citation However, the subject of the confrontation must be either directly or symbolically linked with an ethnic group. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

For example, ethnic conflict might be a non-violent struggle for resources divided among ethnic groups. citation However, the subject of the confrontation must be either directly or symbolically linked with an ethnic group.

In English and some other languages, the word nationality is sometimes used to refer to an ethnic group (a group of people who share a common ethnic identity, language, culture, descent, history, and so forth).

With a change of demographics after 2006, it was accepted that since no single ethnic group now commanded an absolute majority, efforts to attract cross-over ethnic votes intensified.

Rather they argue either the incompatibility of different racial/ethnic groups and/or that the specific racial/ethnic group which they claim to represent has been, allegedly, aggrieved over the years.

He must stop promoting the superiority, suzerignty and sovereignty of his ethnic group over and above the other more than 350 ethnic groups in Nigeria.

In most cities like Bahir Dar, Nazareth, Shasheme, Gimma in most cities ethnic polices are in charge of policing, even if the population is diverse and is not dominated by any ethnic group.

Iran maintains close ties with the Shi’ite Hazaras, Afghanistan’s third-largest ethnic group, and strongmen of other ethnic minorities.

And very often, it is not so much an ethnic group, but a loose coalition that cuts across ethnic groups, that seizes the state and, by the same fact, seizes the nation, its land and its resources”.

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PPP Commissioners have raised concerns over the Commission’s hiring practises being skewered towards a particular ethnic group and indeed, have lodged a formal complaint with the Ethnic Relations Commission.

Although acceptable in the past, current use of this name in reference to both the ethnic group and the language can be considered pejorative and offensive by ethnic Macedonians.

Although the Pashtuns nowadays constitute a clear ethnic group with their own language and culture, there is no evidence whatsoever that all modern Pashtuns share the same ethnic origin.

Each ethnic group preserves its own culture and many institutions, including political parties, tend to follow ethnic lines.

People According to various independent sources, Tajiks (Persian-speaking people) are the major ethnic group in the city, while ethnic Uzbeks form a growing minority.

Pashtuns (Pakhtuns) make up the second largest group and Sindhi are the third-largest ethnic group. citation citation Saraikis (a transitional group between Punjabis and Sindhis ) make up 10.53% of the total population.

These fighters were part of a self-defence group that had been protecting the local Zandé community from abuses by a powerful ex-Séléka faction, composed mainly of members of the Fulani ethnic group.

Foremost leader of the Ijaw ethnic group, Chief Edwin Clark has called on the Federal Government to end neglect of the group.

Each nation or ethnic group is represented in the government through a supposed spokesman for the group.

Ethnically, the biggest group in Gabon are the Fang people with over 500,000 people, or about a third of Gabon's population, belonging to this ethnic group.

The last group of 20 individuals (including a few pure-bloods) were evacuated to Hokkaido in 1941, where they vanished as a separate ethnic group soon after.

And most Americans also want answers to why the smallest ethnic group has the highest incarceration rates.

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