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'tribe' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'tribe' with 13 example sentences.


tribe noun

: 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.
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