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Definition of American

Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians.
Of or pertaining to the United States.
A native of America; -- originally applied to the aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United States.
the English language as used in the United States
a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country
a native or inhabitant of the United States
of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas
of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture

How to use american in a sentence. American pronunciation.

We Americans think a lot of ourselves.

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Her mother was an American.

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My grandmother was an American Quaker.

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I had never seen such wild, free, magnificent horsemanship outside of a circus as these picturesquely-clad Mexicans, Californians and Mexicanized Americans displayed in Carson streets every day.

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Why, you turnip, if you had laid low and kept dark, there's chances to buy an American horse for mighty little more than you paid for that bloody old foreign relic.

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A few orthodox Americans straggled in from California, but no love was lost between the two classes of colonists.

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The hired girl of one of the American families was Irish, and a Catholic; yet it was noted with surprise that she was the only person outside of the Mormon ring who could get favors from the Mormons.

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Californians began to flock in, and the American element was soon in the majority.

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Once we made twenty-five miles in a day, and once we made forty miles (through the Great American Desert), and ten miles beyond-fifty in all -in twenty-three hours, without halting to eat, drink or rest.

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When we Americans swell with pride over our industrial prosperity, we might profitably reflect for a moment on the comparative value of America's and Russia's contributions to literature and music.

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Russian literature and American literature are twins.

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In the early years of the nineteenth century, American literature sounds like a child learning to talk, and then aping its elders; Russian literature is the voice of a giant, waking from a long sleep, and becoming articulate.

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Nothing excites the envy of an American travelling in Europe more sharply than to hear Russian men and women speaking European languages fluently and idiomatically.

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Here is where a Russian understands the American or the French point of view, much better than an American or a Frenchman understands the Russian's.

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We Americans are skinful of prejudices.

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So, while the Russian character is marked by an extreme sensitiveness to mental impressions, it is without the rawness and immaturity of the American.

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The typical American has some strong qualities that seem in the typical Russian conspicuously absent; but his very practical energy, his pride and self-satisfaction, stand in the way of his receptive power.

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Now a conspicuous trait of the Russian is his humility; and his humility enables him to see clearly what is going on, where an American would instantly interfere, and attempt to change the course of events.

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For, however inspiring a full-blooded American may be, the most distinguishing feature of his character is surely not Humility.

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To an Englishman or an American, perhaps the most striking trait in the Russian character is his lack of practical force-the paralysis of his power of will.

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Examples of American

We want every land to do as we do; and we want to make 'em do it.

But it isn't any use going on these special missions.

She didn't know your name-Miss Hylda Maryon, I mean.

He handed over the unaddressed envelope.

She always spoke like that.

In Egypt I shall remember, as I should remember.

American in a sentence

The word "american" in a example sentences. Learn the definition of american and how to use it in a sentence.

Definition of American

How to use american in a sentence. American pronunciation.

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