How to Use Amish in a Sentence

Amish

adjective
  • For something a bit more casual, head to the Amish barn for hearty breakfast and lunch fare.
    Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The crash is at least the second in which children riding in an Amish buggy died as a result of a crash in the US in the past week.
    Macie Goldfarb, CNN, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Formal education for the Amish ends with the eighth grade.
    Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Our last stop is Worth the Drive, a large Amish bakery literally in the middle of nowhere.
    R29 Team, refinery29.com, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Outside are a guest cabin, Amish pole barn, pool, firepits, and grill station.
    The Week Staff, theweek, 2 July 2024
  • Cruise along at your own pace and opt for stops at Finger Lakes wineries and shops selling Amish quilts.
    Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2024
  • The Amish barn, flanked by garden beds and picnic tables, functions as both a café and a market.
    Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Lancaster is home to the oldest and one of the largest Amish communities in the U.S., dating back to the early 1700s.
    Noreen Kompanik, Boston Herald, 15 June 2025
  • There are records of virus outbreaks and autism in Amish communities.
    Nate Trela, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The Dover sole is sublime, as are the Amish chicken and the pork chop with chanterelle mushrooms—not to mention the delectable duck-fat fries.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
  • That’s Amish country, with corn fields and cow pastures, horses and buggies.
    Steve Appleford, SPIN, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Rachel Yoder returns to the land of her family’s Amish roots, seeking folk medicine and answers.
    Peter Rubin, Longreads, 11 July 2023
  • Fresh Amish turkeys will be available starting the week of Thanksgiving.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 18 Nov. 2020
  • But Pascal buys his produce, some meats and cheeses from local farmers, many of them Amish and Mennonite.
    Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Meanwhile, Manny keeps them in the prison of memory, dragging Ray to Amish country on the next leg of his doing-the-steps sidequest.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Two people and a horse have been killed after a collision between an Amish buggy and a car in Minnesota.
    Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Seven of those in the van were members of an Amish community in Virginia, the Sentinel reported.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The call had come from Mechanicsville, an Amish community that sought outside help only in matters of life or death.
    Amy Brittain, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Cranston was a driver for an Amish man who lived a mile away from Rebekah’s home, PennLive reported, citing court documents.
    Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 13 June 2025
  • Studies of past measles outbreaks in Amish communities indicate this wave of new cases could last many months or a year.
    Alix Martichoux, The Hill, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Its grass-fed, low-heat pasteurization dairy to make its gelato is sourced from Amish farmers who produce the milk for Dolcezza.
    Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • Two introspective Amish girls in gem-tone dresses sat by a window, watching.
    Rachel Yoder, Harper's Magazine, 9 June 2023
  • Many Amish and Mennonite families do not send their children to private or public high schools.
    Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The court found that Amish parents did not have to send their children to school after the eighth grade, which the families argued would violate their religious beliefs.
    Charles J. Russo, The Conversation, 5 June 2025
  • The intrigue: Holmes County in the heart of Amish country is a major outlier, with more than one-third of residents lacking insurance in 2022.
    Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Less extreme are modern day groups like the Amish as well as communes for those that prefer a simpler, pre-industrial lifestyle.
    Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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    al, 29 Oct. 2022
  • The bench and journal mark each of Nature Sacred’s venues, which demand neighborhood involvement and a communal mindset, akin to that of an Amish barn-raising, in the making of a green space.
    Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 8 Nov. 2024
  • The family member who reported the illnesses walked about a half-mile to a telephone booth to call 911, as the family is Amish and does not have a telephone, Fantom said Saturday.
    Jordan D. Brown, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024
  • The woman, who officials have not publicly identified, was a 23-year-old member of the Amish community, police told GoErie.com.
    Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2024

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