How to Use Austro-Hungarian in a Sentence

Austro-Hungarian

adjective
  • Meanwhile, Austro-Hungarian troops failed badly in their attack on Serbia and then against Russia.
    — Terry W. Hartle, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In another timeline, Habsburg would have been the heir-apparent to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
    — Luke Smith, New York Times, 6 May 2026
  • Initially built for Austro-Hungarian officers in the 1920s, the hotel was later state-owned by former Yugoslavia, and led a brief life as a dance hall.
    — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2026
  • The East-meets-West atmosphere here is a delightful mix of Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian architecture.
    — Sarah Sekula, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • One of the more interesting and eccentric unifiers was the half Japanese Austro-Hungarian Count Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The cupcake-frosted Neoclassical villas and grand hotels, decorated with swoopy Art Nouveau curlicues, are artifacts of the Belle Époque, left behind like parade floats by the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
    — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
  • After a stint in the Austro-Hungarian Army during the First World War, Hayek chose to pursue an academic career, eventually making his way to the faculty of the London School of Economics.
    — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
  • After just three weeks fighting in Serbia in August, Austro-Hungarian troops had recorded over 100,000 men killed and about 220,000 wounded; 100,000 more were captured.
    — Terry W. Hartle, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2025

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