tribe

Example Sentences

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Humans’ trusting nature makes sense for social creatures who must cooperate with members of their own tribe to survive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

We became a small tribe bound by the sound of a ping-pong ball.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

“I got advice from women in their 30s and advice from women in their 70s. A tribe of women carried me through this change in my life.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

For Momin, a member of the Garo tribe - one of the indigenous communities of Meghalaya, a largely tribal state - acting had never been an ambition, or even a distant curiosity.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Parker Kingfisher and I were on the same side of the debate that a tribe had the right to authorize the use of their name, like with copyright protections.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith