How to Use Amazonian in a Sentence

Amazonian

adjective
  • Many Amazonian people, men much more than women, adorn themselves with paint.
    Andrew Weil, Harper's Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Like most Amazonian cities, the town depends on federal tax transfers just to pay its bills.
    Mac Margolis, NPR, 12 May 2024
  • The remains were found along with a mantle of blue and brown feathers, which are believed to come from an Amazonian bird.
    Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • About three quarters of the Amazonian population live in towns and cities.
    Rachel Nolan, The New York Review of Books, 1 Feb. 2024
  • White bellbirds fill the Amazonian soundscape with a clatter of strange, clanging sounds.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2023
  • In some places, like an Amazonian rainforest, trees might block almost all sunlight from hitting the earth.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2023
  • In recent years, lidar has been a vital tool for discovering traces of ancient Amazonian cities.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Verónica Moscoso tells a story inspired by an Amazonian legend.
    Jake Richardson, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Rodrigues, a social worker for the Amazonian city of Igarapé-Miri, was here only to check in.
    Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
  • However, over a third of the sample had some Amazonian genetic background.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 July 2023
  • Yes, Tom gave an Amazonian tree frog a Japanese name, which explains an awful lot about Tom.
    Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
  • But in the film, Amazonian jungles are portrayed like a playground, and Hope comes dangerously close to seeming like a pet.
    Tomris Laffly, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
  • His Balmain army, a cast of luminous Amazonian women, sent shockwaves down the runway.
    Killian Wright-Jackson, Essence, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The collection was intended for an Amazonian woman who is courageous, confident, and very much in control of her life.
    Stephanie Sporn, Vogue, 4 May 2024
  • Tarte's eyebrow pencil is spiked with Amazonian clay to provide a soft matte finish and minimize oiliness throughout the day.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 26 Oct. 2024
  • For dessert there’s ice cream made with the Amazonian fruit lucuma and crema volteada, a Peruvian flan mixed with pisco and drizzled with chili-wine sauce.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
  • Its slanted exterior walls snake out onto the sidewalk like the buttress roots of an Amazonian tree rendered in the white plaster of a Baroque church.
    Michael Snyder Ana Topoleanu, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Derived from Amazonian tree nuts, the omega-fatty-acid-rich ingredient calms and soothes the scalp while promoting blood circulation.
    Jenny Berg, Allure, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The river near Leticia is dotted with giant Amazonian water lily pads that span up to 10 feet in diameter.
    Natalie Meade, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Their beats continue to resonate far and wide, inspiring a new wave of artists who draw from their pioneering melodies to keep the vibrant tradition of Amazonian cumbia thriving.
    Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Amazon Music doesn’t seem to be ditching any of its songs quite yet—or banning password sharing—but clearly the Amazonian overlords want to squeeze a little more out of the platform.
    Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The majority came from the Pacific coast, the Amazonian lowlands, Ecuador and Chile.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 July 2023
  • Although these regions are next to each other, their geography and climate vary—the Andean region is arid, for instance, whereas the Amazonian area is more fertile.
    Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 13 Aug. 2024
  • After a small plane crashed last year in the remote Amazonian jungle, killing all adults on board, the only survivors were four indigenous children aged between 11 months and 13 years old.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Notes of white and black Breu resin, wild jungle flora, cypress root, and Brazilian vetiver places one straight into the Amazonian forest for a cozy, long-lasting scent sure to warm up any home.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
  • For Silva, who was born and raised to a family of rubber tappers in the remote Amazonian state of Acre, this is the next step on a lifelong journey of Amazon protection.
    Justin Worland, Time, 9 May 2025
  • The children survived for 40 days in the deep Amazonian rainforest using their Indigenous knowledge of the jungle and the daring national effort to rescue them.
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 9 May 2024
  • This sleek Veja sneaker is plenty comfortable for city exploring, with soles made from wild Amazonian rubber and a sustainable lining made from recycled polyester and organic cotton.
    Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2025
  • As consumer demand for ethical alternatives increases, this Amazonian innovation proves that sustainability and style can go hand in hand.
    Cassell Ferere, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The researchers found that 93% of those from the Amazonian region would need a dose lower than the standard one, whereas only 69% of those from the Andean region of Peru would need a dose reduction.
    Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 13 Aug. 2024

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