Example Sentences

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To avoid scrutiny from the Chinese authorities, he planned to naturalise as a Japanese citizen.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2023

The number of Syrians who naturalise is expected to also rise in 2022.

From Reuters • Jun. 10, 2022

Should England naturalise top young foreign players from the big Premier League clubs?

From The Guardian • Jul. 3, 2010

That was all right so long as we did not naturalise him, a course which neither he nor we thought of our adopting.

From Among Famous Books by Kelman, John

Theocritus's vivid delineation of country scenes must have been full of charm to the Romans, and Virgil did well to try to naturalise it.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas