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

Mexican American in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: mexican
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25.6 words

Words in this phrase

mexican american

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • mexican can mean: A Mexica; an Aztec. Frequent word
  • american can mean: A citizen or national of the United States of America. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 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 gay mexican american wrestler 1× a successful mexican american studies program 1× after the mexican american war and 1× as a mexican american who calls 1× association of mexican american chambers of 1× austin s mexican american history and 1× by the mexican american legal defense 1× decks was mexican american dj deorro 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

an example is 1× as a mexican 1× as a result 1× behind the decks 1× both the school 1× carne guisada is 1×

Common sentence endings:

a new anthem 1× about transnational migration 1× american studies program 1× and education fund 1× city baton corps 1× contributions he said 1×

Context words

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

texas 4× sun 3× new 3× chicano 2× arizona 2× rights 2× successful 2× studies 2× latino 2× association 2× city 2× commerce 2×

Related phrases

american banking american horror latin american american express american flag african american american history native american asian american mexican grill

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around mexican:

mexican grill 13× chipotle mexican 11× mexican food 10× mexican national 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

metropolitan university metropolitan region metropolitan police metropolitan opera metropolitan museum metropolitan division

Just after it in the phrase index:

mexican food mexican grill mexican national mexico city miami beach miami cbsmiami

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

mexican grill mexican food mexican national

Same ending:

latin american african american native american asian american japanese american pan american

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "mexican american" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a gay mexican american wrestler, a successful mexican american studies program, texas, sun and new stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with american banking, american horror, latin american, mexican grill, chipotle mexican and mexican food, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with mexican american

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

Short example sentences

Behind the decks was Mexican American DJ Deorro, who gave the song the electronic treatment. (15 words)

As a Mexican American who calls himself a Chicano, I have an opinion on the Israeli/Palenstian War. (18 words)

Both the school and the city-owned park are important symbols of Austin’s Mexican American history and culture. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

But no other Mexican musical act touches the binational, multigenerational gestalt at the heart of the Mexican American experience, according to Adrian Félix, an ethnic studies professor at UC Riverside who writes about transnational migration. (35 words)

Some of this proposed legislation posed threats to HUB programs, Samuel Guzman, chair of the board of Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce, said during the Texas lawmaking session in 2019. (33 words)

Mexican American comedian Cristela Alonzo made sitcom history nearly 10 years ago when she created, produced, wrote and starred in ABC's — a breakthrough achievement for Latinas in prime-time network TV. (32 words)

Example sentences (20)

While some Mexican Americans may embrace the term Chicano, others prefer to identify themselves as: * Mexican American; American of Mexican descent.

In 2017, A federal judge in Arizona has ruled that the state violated the constitutional rights of Mexican American students by eliminating a successful Mexican American studies program.

But no other Mexican musical act touches the binational, multigenerational gestalt at the heart of the Mexican American experience, according to Adrian Félix, an ethnic studies professor at UC Riverside who writes about transnational migration.

Carne guisada is certainly a strong tradition in the Mexican cuisine of Texas, and a core dish at the table of Mexican American families in Houston.

Japanese American wartime allies are Californian—lawyers Ernest Besig, Wayne Collins, and Hugh Macbeth, or Ralph Lazo, the Mexican American teenager who went to Manzanar to live with his friends.

Parade entries came from a broad spectrum of Pueblo Latino organizations including Brown Berets, La Gente, Mexican American Development Association, American G.I. Forum and the Pride City Baton Corps.

An example is a pin marking a successful 1960s grape boycott led by Mexican American and Filipino American laborers, who chose to band together.

Dolores Sanchez ran Eastern Group Publications, which operated the Eastside Sun, the Mexican American Sun, the Commerce Comet, the Bell Gardens Sun and more.

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Gael García Bernal helps bring to life the remarkable and lesser known story of Saúl Armendáriz, who reached new heights in the ’80s and ’90s as a gay Mexican American wrestler.

In her legal effort to lift the school district’s ban on her stole, Villasano was represented by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund.

Mexican American comedian Cristela Alonzo made sitcom history nearly 10 years ago when she created, produced, wrote and starred in ABC's — a breakthrough achievement for Latinas in prime-time network TV.

Some of this proposed legislation posed threats to HUB programs, Samuel Guzman, chair of the board of Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce, said during the Texas lawmaking session in 2019.

As a Mexican American who calls himself a Chicano, I have an opinion on the Israeli/Palenstian War.

As a result of this and for many other reasons, a movement is now under way to create a permanent Texas Mexican American Museum.

Behind the decks was Mexican American DJ Deorro, who gave the song the electronic treatment.

Both the school and the city-owned park are important symbols of Austin’s Mexican American history and culture.

In our case, it would be not only recognizing the contributions of Austin’s historic Mexican American community, but additionally, celebrating those contributions,” he said.

I think that fragmentation is interesting — the push and pull between who won that territory after the Mexican American War and who lost it.

Many Mexican American and Latino activists and elected officials in California, Arizona and Nevada have come of age and entered politics through immigrant-rights movements.

Mexican American teen Ivan Cornejo delivers a new sad sierreño song that his fans could soon turn into a new anthem.

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