Hindus

[ hin-duhs ]

noun

1. Maurice Ger·schon [gur, -sh, uh, n], 1891–1969, U.S. writer, born in Russia.

Example Sentences

In a statement announcing the investigation, police said that those named had “tried to create animosity between Hindus and Muslims,” and “did not make an attempt to establish the truth in the case,” adding that they had spread “false news.”

From Time

The pages regularly shared allegations of violence by Muslims against Hindus—often taken from unconfirmed reports in right-wing news outlets.

From Time

New Delhi’s public parks and parking lots were converted into sites for mass cremations of Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains.

From Vox

A woman called out to him, “Sir, listen to me, Hindus and Muslims are brothers.”

From Time

He explained that he had made many more jokes about his own community than he ever had about Hindus.

From Time

When Christians and Hindus are accused of insulting Islam in Pakistan, the punishment is harsh.

From The Daily Beast

A growing economy is a calming influence—for Hindus as much as for Muslims.

From The Daily Beast

There was a smattering of clean-cut sensation seekers and a few actual Hindus as well.

From The Daily Beast

In response, mobs of Hindus enacted widespread revenge throughout Delhi.

From The Daily Beast

“If today someone stands up and says the exact same things about Jews, Hindus or Buddhists, I would be equally upset,” says Raza.

From The Daily Beast

And yet thousands of Hindus would rather die of thirst than drink water from a Mahomedan household.

From Project Gutenberg

For Hindus and Japanese and Chinamen and what-nots from the southern seas were every-day affairs.

From Project Gutenberg

The cobra was a sacred beast to the Hindus, and a seven-headed one was peculiarly so, seven being a mystic number.

From Project Gutenberg

The cow is taboo to the Hindus, the pig is taboo to the Mohammedans and to the Jews.

From Project Gutenberg

Of striking natural features—self-created objects of veneration, as the Hindus call them—many kinds are found.

From Project Gutenberg