creole

Example Sentences

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Americans learned that his melting-pot family history included French, Italian, Spanish and mixed-race Louisiana Creole roots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

He has Creole roots through family members from New Orleans.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2025

In San Luis Obispo, Philip Lang, who has operated Bon Temps Creole Café for nearly 30 years, said he increased the price on egg items on his menu right before Christmas.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2025

We started with turtle soup at the classic Creole restaurant Galatoire’s, and ended seven hours later on the curb a few blocks down, sweaty and triumphant in rumpled suits and cocktail dresses.

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2025

“Where did you take this child from?” he asked me in his Spanish Creole.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat