Example Sentences

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I felt for the brazilian fans because the germans were merciless but Brazil were awful and Luiz was a disaster as captain .

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2014

They used the svastika from germans, egyptians or japaneses?

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2010

Marguerite Harrison's background was that of a Baltimore d�butante, wealthy shipowner's daughter, entirely contented with the hunts, the Monday "germans," the church parades and Junior Cotillions that characterized pre-War Baltimore society.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bachelors' germans were organized among others by Robert F. Stockton, Hamilton Fish, Jr., John Davis, and Hamilton Perkins; while soon thereafter Seaton Munroe became one of its officers.

From As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century by Gouverneur, Marian

The old-fashioned Spanish dance was a great favourite at that time, when germans were unknown.

From A Little Girl of Long Ago by Douglas, Amanda Minnie