Examples of Korean in a Sentence
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Born in Jinju, South Korea, in 1934, Bae grew up under Japan’s occupation of Korea and then the Korean War.
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
In this 1950s melodrama, Korean War vet Lee (Will Poulter) wants to move from Kansas to California to begin a new life with wife Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and brother Julius (Jacob Elordi).
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Analysts say Xi was likely watching warily as Putin and Kim forged a new alliance that could complicate East Asia’s fragile security balance, draw more US focus to the region, and undercut Beijing’s efforts to manage stability on the Korean Peninsula.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Lee’s mother was Korean born in Japan, shortly after the Kanto earthquake and the massacre of Koreans in Nagasaki.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
In this 1950s melodrama, Korean War vet Lee (Will Poulter) wants to move from Kansas to California to begin a new life with wife Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and brother Julius (Jacob Elordi).
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Analysts say Xi was likely watching warily as Putin and Kim forged a new alliance that could complicate East Asia’s fragile security balance, draw more US focus to the region, and undercut Beijing’s efforts to manage stability on the Korean Peninsula.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Lee’s mother was Korean born in Japan, shortly after the Kanto earthquake and the massacre of Koreans in Nagasaki.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Korean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Korean. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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Korean
noun
Ko·re·an
kə-ˈrē-ən 
1
: a person born or living in Korea
2
: the language of the Korean people
Korean
adjective
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