Example Sentences

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Israel Attar, a 50-year-old Jerusalemite, rubbed his reddened eyes after burying his 23-year-old nephew, an army lieutenant who was killed in the first hours of the Hamas assault.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2023

I dreamed that a plane landed in a cemetery in Texas and hordes of Jerusalemite children in little suits disembarked and were shown how people die in other countries.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 6, 2016

"I never go to the Wailing Wall to pray," admits one young secular Jerusalemite.

From Time Magazine Archive

PALESTINIANS: This group, more a coalition than a team, calls Jerusalemite Faisal al-Husseini the "head of the delegation," though Dr. Haidar Abdul- Shafi is the group's formal leader.

From Time Magazine Archive

From his writings it may be inferred that he belonged to a well-known Jerusalemite family.

From The Makers and Teachers of Judaism by Kent, Charles Foster