How to Use Papuan in a Sentence

Papuan

noun

• Those on board were seven indigenous Papuan civilians, including three women.
  — ABC News, 2 July 2026
• Traditional Papuan stone axes were more than utilitarian tools.
  — ABC News, 23 July 2026
• Traditional Papuan stone axes, said the minister, were much more than utilitarian objects.
  — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 23 July 2026
• From giant sequoias to the tree-houses of Papuan tribesmen to an actual chimpanzee nest, Moor makes his way to the tops of trees everywhere, the better to find some perspective.
  — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
• Much later, during the Miocene – roughly 17 to 20 million years ago – osteoderms reappeared in the common ancestors of several Australian and Papuan monitor groups, but in a lighter, looser form.
  — New Atlas, 13 Jan. 2026
• Images from Indonesia's Presidential Secretariat show several polished stone ax heads and ceremonial objects traditionally associated with Papuan societies.
  — ABC News, 23 July 2026