How to Use Russian in a Sentence

Russian

noun
  • By me getting turned down for the Russian Cream remix, that put a whole other fire in me.
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 2 May 2025
  • The posts are mostly in Russian, but there are also a few in English.
    WIRED, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Bonzi threatened to walk off the court at one point and called for the Russian to be disqualified.
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
  • For the Russian Gorbunov, the venture marks his first trip to the space station.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2024
  • The videos are all in Russian but come with Chinese translations.
    Yong Xiong, Todd Symons, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The Russian Defense Ministry said Ukraine was aware of the plans.
    Siobhán O'Grady, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
  • At the end of the scene, the Russian and the Ukrainian take turns humping each other from behind.
    Simon Shuster, TIME, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Newsweek has reached out to the Russian Defense Ministry for comment via email.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
  • The idea for Black Russian Label was planted in de'Shay mind.
    Kayla Jackson, AZCentral.com, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Available sources claim that the commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet was among the dead.
    Patrick Smith, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The Russian Defense Ministry claimed 94 drones were downed over six regions.
    Dragana Jovanovic, ABC News, 24 May 2025
  • The Russian Defense Ministry claimed the attack had been thwarted.
    Natasha Frost, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • After Russian tanks stormed the border and missiles rained down on much of Ukraine in what Russian Pres.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Alcaraz won the fourth set in much the same manner after breaking Medvedev at 3-3 when the Russian sent a backhand long.
    Ava Wallace, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
  • Lenin pushed to secure the Black Sea region during the Russian Civil War.
    Galip Dalay, Time, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The bans on the Russian language and Russian Orthodox Church must be lifted.
    John Seiler, Oc Register, 21 July 2025
  • Lockshin’s producers distanced themselves from him — but that was not enough to keep them in the good graces of the Russian Cinema Fund.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The Russian Revolution leader had been living in exile for 11 years.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The tablet menu has options for Ukrainian, English, and Russian—and staff say the majority of clientele speak the latter.
    TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The Russian Empire would relocate ethnic Russians to the peninsula for work.
    Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • French artist born in the former Russian Empire, known for his sculptures, paintings, and lithographs in the Cubist style, at Givenchy.
    Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Though a sighting of the stunning Russian is as common as seeing an albino alligator in the wild, paparazzi did by chance catch her walking her kids to school earlier this month.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The 44-year-old native Russian was seen walking her adorable brood (dad is Enrique Iglesias) across the street, toting their water bottles.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Then, in 1903, news broke of a shocking massacre in the town of Kishinev, in the southwestern reaches of the Russian Empire.
    Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The appeal was met with support from a number of countries, including China and the Russian Federation.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The star speaker was Alexander Dugin, a scholar and a prominent proponent of the war who has been called the prophet of the new Russian Empire.
    James Verini, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2025
  • This eventually led to the full annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire in 1783.
    Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The Russian launched a tirade at the chair umpire after a photographer stepped onto the court surface before repeatedly hitting his racket against his bench at the match’s conclusion.
    Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The Russian Empire would also crush revolts organized by the Crimean Tatars, which saw Russia gain control over the peninsula.
    Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • On Thursday, the tennis star was signing autographs and greeting fans following his second-round victory over Russian Karen Khachanov.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025

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