Esperanto

Example Sentences

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But at one point, she thought she might need to supplement her French, Italian and German sources with some Esperanto.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2023

A standing credit line in renminbi is the financial equivalent of fluency in Esperanto.

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2022

Real, but not: “Conlangs,” or constructed languages, have been around for decades—like Klingon, Sindarin, and Esperanto.

From Slate • Oct. 30, 2019

That last tweet originally gave the defense secretary's last name as "Esperanto," sparking no end of humor on social media.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2019

Dad’s theories ranged from Esperanto, which he made us study because he thought it was the answer to half the world’s problems, to immaculate conception, which he said wasn’t supported by available biological evidence.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey