tribe

Example Sentences

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“It makes me feel betrayed. It makes the tribe feel betrayed,” said Gary Mulcahy, government liaison for the tribe.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Throughout that time, Ashaal’s tribe had mobilized, organizing protests with hundreds of people in Aden’s main square, and coordinating with other tribes to close roads into Aden.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

They’d been together going on two decades when Semple lost herself, miserable in an overcast city without a tribe of her own.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

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

Thanks to the Cognitive Revolution, Homo sapiens acquired the ability to say, ‘The lion is the guardian spirit of our tribe.’

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari