Example Sentences

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The Tagalogs took possession of the town, and the Visayans lived in fear and trembling.

From A Woman's Impression of the Philippines by Fee, Mary Helen

As a result of this the society gained much credit and power, and undermined the forces which were in existence, especially the native regiments of Tagalogs.

From The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune by St. Clair, Francis

Tagalog: The Tagalogs are a branch of the Malay family which, in former times, dominated from Madagascar to the ends of the Pacific.

From The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune by St. Clair, Francis

Inland the ground rose to the thickly forest-clad slope of a mountain, to which the American officers felt sure the Tagalogs had finally retreated.

From Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos by Kayme, Sargent

“All of the Tagalogs who can procure them, carry these ‘anting-anting.’

From Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos by Kayme, Sargent