'tribe' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'tribe' with 13 example sentences.
- tribe noun
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: a social division of (usually preliterate) people
: a federation (as of American Indians)
: (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily
: group of people related by blood or marriage
The squirrel is the guardian spirit of our tribe.
Members of that tribe settled along the river.
He has been the chief of his tribe for 35 years.
Celtic tribes arrived on the island between 600 and 150 BC.
The Zulu tribe in South Africa has its own language.
The tribe wasn't delighted about the advent of the peacemaker.
Some indigenous tribes in Brazil are threatened by loggers.
The Gauls are close to the Germanic tribes.
Ancient Germanic tribes used medicinal herbs in their attempts to cure diseases.
The Sioux tribe asked the government to enforce the treaty.
The king subjected all the tribes to his rule.
I hear some tribes in eastern Africa live on milk products.
The handle of an axe is Death to its own tribe.