Example Sentences

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One Louisianian ran groceries and ice from a supermarket in Lafayette to an elderly Catholic nun in New Orleans, some 2½ hours away in ideal conditions.

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2021

"We are far ahead of where I thought we would be at this point," Chaisson, a fifth-generation Louisianian, told Fox News Wednesday.

From Fox News • Sep. 1, 2021

The money that gets taxed is mostly what economists call excess returns and what a Louisianian might call lagniappe — profits in excess of what is necessary to motivate investment.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2021

Every Louisianian waiting for the Legislature to reform the state’s unfair, unstable, convoluted tax system has felt like Rep. Barry Ivey: frustrated, disappointed, fed up.

From Washington Times • Jun. 7, 2017

No; if they were Américains--but a Louisianian--is a Louisianian; touch him not; when you touch him you touch all Louisiana!

From The Grandissimes by Cable, George Washington