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She would soon Germanize her name to Melania Knauss and become an international model.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2016
Any interference with the use of German would be a serious blow to the cause of those who hoped to Germanize the whole empire.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
The common people wish only to Germanize 'Angela' when they call her 'Angel.'
From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Bolanden, Conrad von
The Germans, in their effort to affect certain charming English customs and Germanize them, in the process lose the charm.
From L.P.M. : the end of the Great War by Barney, J. Stewart (John Stewart)
The more concrete and familiar terms are the abstract noun Americanization and the verbs Americanize, Anglicize, Germanize, and the like.
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra
It was Germanized, then Americanized, then buried under her husband’s surname.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2022
There the merchant class would presumably be set to work to build up a transformed, Germanized city.
From Time Magazine Archive
For you, my fellow countrymen, I have Germanized the Sermon on the Mount.
From Time Magazine Archive
The whole area was French from the mid-18th Century until Bismarck seized it in 1871, fell to France again after World War I, and was last week being forcibly Germanized again.
From Time Magazine Archive
The elder people are not Germanized, and it is quite evident that France will not be satisfied until the whole province has been restored.
From A Journey Through France in War Time by Butler, Joseph G. (Joseph Green)
It had been only these few weeks; but already the Germanizing brand of the conqueror was seared deep in the galled flanks of this typically French community.
From Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)
But these painful controversies are not the result of our trade policy: they are incidents of natural friction with Germanizing courts or governments.
From Great Britain's Sea Policy A Reply to an American Critic reprinted from 'The Atlantic Monthly' by Murray, Gilbert
He was suspected of "Germanizing" tendencies, very offensive to high churchmen, especially in philosophy and religion.
From Lectures and Essays by Smith, Goldwin
It rendered forever impossible a return to Germanizing centralism.
From The Governments of Europe by Ogg, Frederic Austin
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