How to Use domestic in a Sentence

domestic

adjective

• The company hopes to attract both foreign and domestic investors.
• The movie came out in March, and made history as the biggest domestic opening for a sports film.
  — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
• At Claud, domestic country ham is served with sunchokes and red-eye mayo.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 2 June 2023
• The restaurant also serves burgers, wings and pizza, as well as a menu of craft and domestic beers, liquor and cocktails.
  — Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2024
• In the early days of lockdown, all suspense was domestic.
  — Lisa Levy, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
• Lavoie notes that firms, in a survey, now cite weak domestic demand as the biggest headwind for sales growth.
  — Wsj Pro, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2024
• When facing problems from bullying to domestic abuse, few know what to do or where to go.
  — Takehiko Kambayashi, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Apr. 2024
• Jonathan Majors will face a trial on domestic abuse charges after a New York judge denied the motion to dismiss the case.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 25 Oct. 2023
• So there was no space for kids or domestic activities — a family wasn’t in the cards.
  — Joanna Calo, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
• Would domestic investments need to spread among all 50 states?
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 16 July 2023
• That being said, unpredictable risks, from the outcome of domestic elections to the impact of foreign wars, could still rear their head.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2024
• The film made its U.S. debut on Dec. 1, topping the domestic box office in its first weekend and earning acclaim from critics and fans alike.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 22 Dec. 2023
• Next week, the Supreme Court will hear the case of a Texan who challenged the seizure of his weapons in 2020 after being placed under a restraining order for domestic abuse.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2023
• Watch him skulk around in scenes of domestic opulence below.
  — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 29 Nov. 2023
• Bob Marley: One Love is thriving for the second week in a row after jamming its way to No. 1 with a domestic intake of $13.5 million.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2024
• Cruise ports will also be jam packed, as domestic cruise bookings are expected to soar 50% compared to last year.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 15 May 2023
• The assets and funds explicitly cannot be transferred to them, the agreement ordered, and will stay in domestic control.
  — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 18 June 2023
• The lack of an effective domestic wealth tax is another.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2023
• The crop is sold for flour on the domestic market and exported in large quantities to Latin America, among other places.
  — Mitch Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
• George — pulled out of domestic bliss and precarious sobriety — seethes in a frilly taupe tuxedo that is, in fact, a mélange of natural silk and polyester.
  — Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Aug. 2023
• Both have had major stadium runs this year, with tours that have taken them to overseas markets as well as domestic shows.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2023
• But the reasons are mostly tied to domestic politics and have less to do with how Israel’s military is waging war in Gaza.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
• The most recent fatal crash of a domestic commercial jetliner was in 2009.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
• The loss is particularly bitter for Rapinoe, who plans to retire at the end of the domestic season in November.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 7 Aug. 2023
• Prior to the split, Dai was president of Alibaba’s core domestic e-commerce.
  — Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 20 Dec. 2023
• There are some last-minute deals on domestic flights, Hopper found, but international fares are their highest in more than five years, with prices to Europe up 50% from a year ago.
  — David Koenig The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 27 May 2023
• For Biden, the deal avoids the headache of another debt ceiling debate this term, while staving off Republican demands for steep cuts to domestic spending.
  — Marianna Sotomayor, Paul Kane, Julian Mark and Meryl Kornfield, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 30 May 2023
• The average number of daily domestic arrivals for August so far is down 45% from last year, according to the same state data.
  — Julia Wick, Jaweed Kaleem, Christopher Reynolds and Emerson Drewes, Los Angeles Times, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2023
• There wasn’t much rehearsal; the idea was not to perform scenes so much as to enact the Hösses’ everyday domestic rituals in something close to real time.
  — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2023
• Court records showed he was also arrested in Las Vegas in 2014 on charges that include domestic battery and stalking.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024