Wondering how to use Serbs in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Serbs meaning
plural of Serb
Using Serbs
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of Serb
- In the example corpus, serbs often appears in combinations such as: the serbs, serbs and, of serbs.
Context around Serbs
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Serbs
- In this selection, "serbs" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ethnic, armed, bosniaks, rejected, rioted and barricaded stand out and add context to how "serbs" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include against bosniaks serbs have preserved and all the serbs. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "serbs" sits close to words such as aamir, abysmal and alderman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with serbs
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Belgrade should unite all the Serbs. (6 words)
How many Serbs died from UCK anyway? (7 words)
On December 10th barricades were erected across the north of Kosovo, where most inhabitants are ethnic Serbs. (17 words)
Local Serbs, who still receive subsidies and benefits from Belgrade, vow not to take part in any election until the implementation of a decade-old, EU-mediated accord to set up an association of semi-autonomous Serb municipalities. (38 words)
The clashes erupted after ethnic Albanian mayors took office in the north, with the backing of Kosovo special police units, following local elections in which turnout was just 3.5 per cent due to a boycott by Serbs. (38 words)
The two Serbs had only clashed once before that in Belgrade last year but there were signs then that Djere was a danger, with the contest needing three sets and two tie-breaks before Djokovic claim the win. (38 words)
How many Serbs died from UCK anyway? (7 words)
Example sentences (20)
The result is that they are now siding with Serbs against Bosniaks, Serbs have preserved their ethnically cleansed territory and don’t care about anything else, while Bosniaks want centralisation of the country.
Apart from being the national flag, it is also used officially in Republika Srpska (by Bosnian Serbs) and as the official ethnic flag of Croatian Serbs.
Hitler initially attempted to be conciliatory to the Serbs who held animosity to the agreement, saying that he "understood the feelings" of those Serbs who opposed the alliance.
The Greek King, seeing that the units he fought were from the Serbian front, tried to convince the Serbs to renew their attack, as the front ahead of them was now thinner, but the Serbs rejected it.
Belgrade should unite all the Serbs.
He consistently encouraged ethnic Serbs in Kosovo to defy the central government as he called on them to boycott the elections and not abide the authorities in Pristina.
Kosovo attempts to exercise sovereignty over its whole territory; Belgrade responds by stoking unrest using the ethnic Serbs in the north as its proxies.
Kurti took the podium on the third day of a heated debate over the situation in northern Kosovo, where Serbs rioted after an April election in which ethnic Albanians swept most of the mayoral races.
Local Serbs, who still receive subsidies and benefits from Belgrade, vow not to take part in any election until the implementation of a decade-old, EU-mediated accord to set up an association of semi-autonomous Serb municipalities.
On December 10th barricades were erected across the north of Kosovo, where most inhabitants are ethnic Serbs.
One report alleged ethnic Serbs from neighboring Bosnia gathered to vote at a sports hall in Belgrade that wasn’t an official polling station.
Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo flared anew over the weekend when some 30 heavily armed Serbs barricaded themselves in an Orthodox monastery in northern Kosovo, setting off with police that left one officer and three attackers dead.
Tensions between the two countries have been high since last Sunday when Kosovo police fought around 30 heavily armed Serbs who stormed the Kosovo village of Banjska and barricaded themselves in a Serbian Orthodox monastery.
The clashes erupted after ethnic Albanian mayors took office in the north, with the backing of Kosovo special police units, following local elections in which turnout was just 3.5 per cent due to a boycott by Serbs.
The two Serbs had only clashed once before that in Belgrade last year but there were signs then that Djere was a danger, with the contest needing three sets and two tie-breaks before Djokovic claim the win.
At the same time, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that Kosovo police officers killed three Serbs and seriously wounded two.
That put pressure on Serbia’s ability to continue financing a parallel health, education, and social security systems for Kosovo Serbs.
The Serbs, who held Denmark to a scoreless draw when the two met at the group stage of Euro 2024 in June, struggled to create any chances to trouble goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel as the hosts cruised to victory.
How many Serbs died from UCK anyway?
In its closing statement at Mladic’s trial, the prosecution said that he had “a criminal intention to remove Bosniaks and Croats from the territories claimed by Serbs”.
Common combinations with serbs
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the serbs 25×
- serbs and 19×
- of serbs 13×
- serbs who 10×
- ethnic serbs 9×
- serbs croats 9×
- bosnian serbs 7×
- and serbs 7×
- serbs in 5×
- among serbs 4×