How to Use Bosnian in a Sentence
Bosnian
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Some of those injured during the Bosnian War were sent to Louisville for medical treatment.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Aug. 2026
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One film screening out of competition will have its Bosnian-Herzegovinian premiere.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 23 July 2026
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The Bosnian took Switzerland to the round of 16 at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
—David Hickey, NBC news, 2 July 2026
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The first thing that strikes visitors is how visible the aftermath of Bosnian War, which ended in 1995, still is.
—Sarah Sekula, USA Today, 26 June 2026
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Yet again, nobody on the field bettered the Bosnian’s 13 defensive contributions, the majority of which came down to his nine clearances.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
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Meanwhile, people and institutions in the Bosnian Federation aligned with Ukraine and the West.
—Adis Maksić, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
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Not to mention Bosnian Pljeskavica, Haitian Griot and other foreign goodies elsewhere in town.
—Andre James, Charlotte Observer, 13 Apr. 2026
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The country consists of the Serb entity and a Bosnian-Croat one, which are joined together by a multi-ethnic central government.
—ABC News, 11 May 2026
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How does the festival continue to honor the history of Sarajevo, the Bosnian War, through its programming?
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
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Their early films were devoted to processing the human impact of the 1992 to 1995 Bosnian War.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
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Tucakovic was born in Boise shortly after his parents escaped the Bosnian War to America in the early 1990s.
—Idaho Statesman, 2 July 2026
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An 88th-minute winner from Haris Tabakovic ensured Gladbach’s survival, after the Bosnian was put through on goal by Rocco Reitz.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 3 May 2026
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The director recalls being selected for the first edition of the event in 1995, when the Bosnian War was still raging, and Sarajevo remained under siege.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026
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Dodik had been sanctioned by the US for flouting the Dayton Peace Agreement, which was painstakingly thrashed out in Ohio in 1995 to end the Bosnian War.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
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Silajdžić campaigned for abolition of the entities – Republika Srpska and the Bosnian Federation – and the creation of a single united Bosnia.
—Adis Maksić, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
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Speaking at a masterclass at the Bosnian Cultural Center on Monday, the prolific Mexican filmmaker, who is presenting his latest feature Dreams at the festival, remarked that this year is his tenth time at the festival.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2025
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Miron Muslic was appointed in the summer following his acrimonious departure from Plymouth Argyle, and the Bosnian has built an incredibly consistent, tough team that, unlike its predecessors, responds well to adversity.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
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Beginning during the Bosnian War in 1995, in the midst of a near four-year siege on Sarajevo, the festival’s manifesto has been to not only position itself as the biggest showcase of Southeast European cinema but to also rejuvenate a city that had been isolated from the rest of the world.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025
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Explore Sarajevo’s layers of history, from the Latin Bridge, where Franz Ferdinand’s assassination ignited World War One, to the Tunnel of Hope, used to transport supplies during the siege on the city in the Bosnian War.
—Catherine Bennett, AFAR Media, 27 Jan. 2026
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More to Explore Another example of such non-state record keeping and memorialization is the Bosnian Book of the Dead, a database listing the names of over 95,000 victims of the 1992–1995 conflict in the former Yugoslavia.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 3 Aug. 2026
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The peace agreed to at Dayton left Bosnia, or Bosnia and Herzegovina as it is known in full, intact as a country but divided into two entities, Republika Srpska – a secessionist entity proclaimed by ethnonationalist Serbs in January 1992 – and the Bosnian Federation.
—Adis Maksić, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
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