How to Use Russian in a Sentence

Russian

noun
  • Like Trump, the Russian doesn’t drink and rarely sleeps.
    Peter Bart, Deadline, 2024-12-01
  • Stir it all together for a quick, makeshift White Russian.
    Emily Price, Forbes, 2024-10-01
  • By me getting turned down for the Russian Cream remix, that put a whole other fire in me.
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 2025-05-02
  • The posts are mostly in Russian, but there are also a few in English.
    WIRED, 2023-10-25
  • For the Russian Gorbunov, the venture marks his first trip to the space station.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2024-09-28
  • The Russian Defense Ministry said Ukraine was aware of the plans.
    Siobhán O'Grady, Washington Post, 2024-01-25
  • At the end of the scene, the Russian and the Ukrainian take turns humping each other from behind.
    Simon Shuster, TIME, 2024-01-04
  • Available sources claim that the commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet was among the dead.
    Patrick Smith, NBC News, 2023-09-26
  • Target the remaining ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
    James Stavridis, Twin Cities, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The Russian Defense Ministry claimed 94 drones were downed over six regions.
    Dragana Jovanovic, ABC News, 2025-05-24
  • The Russian Defense Ministry claimed the attack had been thwarted.
    Natasha Frost, New York Times, 2025-01-06
  • 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, 2025-07-21
  • 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, 2024-04-01
  • The Russian Revolution leader had been living in exile for 11 years.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 20 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, 2025-04-28
  • 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, 2025-03-01
  • 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
  • So, in a way, it is based not on the human truth of the character of Vladimir Putin, but on the historical truth of the President of the Russian Federation.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The Madeira House in west Sonoma County, California, offers balconies for stargazing and views of the Russian River.
    Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Borgwardt’s plan unraveled when a Russian-speaking woman contacted deputies in Green Lake County and connected them with Borgwardt, according to the complaint.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Where to stay Base yourself in historic Healdsburg, a small town in the heart of several wine growing regions (such as the Dry Creek and Russian River AVAs).
    Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
  • With notes of apple, gingersnaps and lemon meringue flavor of J Vineyards Cuvée 20 ($40) sparkling wine from Russian River Valley blends deliciously with this spicy dish.
    Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The Barents Sea is part of the Arctic Ocean located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia, where the Russian Northern Fleet frequently operates.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Born in Russia, Khrzhanovsky graduated from the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK).
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Andrey Krivoshapkin, director at the Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, acknowledged the claim will invite scrutiny.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The cyber actors are associated with the Russian Federal Security Service’s (FSB) Center 16 and have taken aim at a vulnerability in certain Cisco devices, according to an agency public service announcement.
    Julia Shapero, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Rescue efforts by several agencies, including the Russian Mountaineering Federation and Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations, have been underway in an attempt to save Nagovitsyna for nearly 13 days, according to The Times and CNN.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The other members of the mission are NASA astronaut Mike Fincke; Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA); and Russian Oleg Platonov, a Roscosmos cosmonaut.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025

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