How to Use Indonesian in a Sentence

Indonesian

noun

• But sulit in Indonesian means difficult, which feels like a great metaphor for the paradox of being trans.
  — Meredith Talusan, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 May 2023
• But the captain, a local Indonesian, was tragically not found.
  — Marylou Costa, Contributor, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
• The floors of the Indonesian Hospital in the city were covered in blood, with bodies wrapped in shrouds laying on the floor in hallways.
  — Daniel Estrin, NPR, 20 Mar. 2025
• Four people were killed, according to the Indonesian Hospital, where the bodies were taken.
  — Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2025
• The move came after heavy fighting and bombardment in northern Gaza, where the Indonesian Hospital is based.
  — NBC News, 24 Nov. 2023
• Guests can request Indonesian for breakfast, Italian for lunch, or Japanese for dinner.
  — Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2024
• The Indonesian Mission to the United Nations would say only that the mission has been in touch with the committee.
  — Dera Menra Sijabat, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
• The source of the strike on the Indonesian Hospital could not be independently verified, because heavy fighting raged around it.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 21 Nov. 2023
• With no windows, the gloomy, gray building looming four stories above the rice fields in a remote village in Indonesian Borneo resembles nothing more than a prison.
  — Muktita Suhartono Nyimas Laula, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
• Kura Kura, meaning 'turtle' in Bahasa Indonesian, refers to the legend that Bali lies on top of a turtle's back.
  — Rana Wehbe Watson, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
• An interpreter in the classroom translated between Indonesian and Mandarin.
  — Shibani Mahtani, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
• The Indonesian Stock Exchange announced earlier that trading will be suspended for the rest of the day only if the market falls over 20%.
  — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
• The Indonesian Hospital, a stately four-story building, was one of the few structures in the vicinity still standing, though it, too, had reportedly been shelled.
  — Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
• Nesi’s prose, translated from Indonesian into English by Lara Norgaard, is succinct and polished, matter-of-fact even.
  — Nate Zipp, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025
• The military has carried out raids on several hospitals, including Al Awda and Indonesian, during the war.
  — Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
• The last time executions took place was July 2016, when an Indonesian and three foreigners were executed.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
• The military said an Israeli intelligence unit had analyzed the picture after it was seized in Gaza in a tunnel near the Indonesian Hospital.
  — Adam Goldman, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
• The report did not identify the pilots, only describing the pilot in command as a 32-year-old Indonesian and the second in command as a 28-year-old Indonesian.
  — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
• Indonesian Ambassador Heri Akhmadi told The Japan Times the ships are a priority for President Prabowo Subianto.
  — Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
• The Israeli military is operating near the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza, from which many doctors and patients have already fled, health officials there said, noting that the sound of gunfire could be heard outside.
  — Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
• The Indonesian Olympic Committee put Nusantara forward for 2032, but the bid did not advance far, perhaps because Nusantara is still under construction.
  — Blythe Lawrence, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
• Last year, Torch received an undisclosed amount of investment from Init 6, the VC firm founded by Indonesian e-commerce Bukalapak’s cofounders Achmad Zaky and Nugroho Herucahyono.
  — Forbes Asia Team, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025