hail from

Example Sentences

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The political website FiveThirtyEight reported in 2023 that most black members of Congress no longer hail from majority-black districts, “which indicates that Black representatives are winning more on multiracial or majority-white turf.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Run for Something is not affiliated with No Kings, but some of the organization’s endorsed candidates this year hail from the movement.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

Many of the current displaced people hail from Beirut's southern suburbs and have headed further north into the capital in search of shelter and safety.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Both hail from Southern California and are products of the same tennis ecosystem.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Many of our most popular American children’s songs hail from centuries of ballads, hymns, popular and folk music of early New Englanders, Scottish, and English settlers inhabiting Appalachia, and African and European descendants.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin