Example Sentences

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He and three other young volunteers — a Brit and two Dutchmen — were headed to the Ukrainian capital the next day to try to hook up with a military reserve unit.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2022

“In Amsterdam, housing is dense, and the openness of the beach is very healing,” said Posthumus, who owns two bars in the city, Flying Dutchmen Cocktails and Dutch Courage.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2022

A keen university rower, the 22-year-old Henri Peteri had heard of fellow Dutchmen trying to escape to the UK by fishing boat.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2021

Depero was an innovator on par with the Soviets, Poles and Dutchmen in this collection.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2020

Strangely enough, it was not the Germans or the Japanese that people had most trouble forgiving; it was their fellow Dutchmen who had sided with the enemy.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom