How to Use Tibetan in a Sentence

Tibetan

noun

• Moist air cannot cross to the drier regions of the Tibetan Plateau.
  — Ruby Mellen, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2023
• Two of the pictures showed the Tibetan Mastiff snuggled up on a sofa.
  — Angel Saunders, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
• The day begins promptly at 6am, at which point a staffer rings Tibetan bells outside your door to coax you from sweet slumber.
  — Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
• Many people were still buried under the rubble in the area in the mountainous Tibetan Plateau.
  — Jay Ganglani, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2023
• In the mountainous, desert landscape of the Tibetan Plateau, a small, scaly reptile scurries across the sand.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
• The Tibetan Freedom concert in 1998 was the big debut of the three-piece band in concert.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
• In Tibetan Buddhism, the bardo is the transitional state between death and rebirth.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
• Jetson, a Tibetan Spaniel, is wearing a cooling jacket Sunday morning.
  — The Arizona Republic, 28 July 2024
• Hidden in the rain shadow of the Himalayas, Mustang borders the Tibetan Plateau and has a distinctive, windswept red-desert landscape.
  — Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2023
• Reincarnation is a tenet of Tibetan Buddhism, and tracing lineage of Buddhist leaders is a common practice.
  — Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
• In 2013, a city zoo in the central Henan province angered visitors by trying to pass off a Tibetan Mastiff dog as a lion.
  — Heather Chen, CNN, 1 Aug. 2023
• Today, only 3% of the planet’s population lives at or above such great heights, mainly on the Tibetan Plateau and in the Andes, according to the study.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
• Early residents of the Tibetan Plateau, one of the least hospitable places on earth, survived in large part by consuming large amounts of dairy products, according to a new study that chipped away at ancient teeth.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2023
• Engraved on a stone outside is a left-facing swastika denoting well-being—the sacred symbol of Bon, as opposed to the right-facing swastikas of Tibetan Buddhism.
  — Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2024
• Indo Tibetan Border Police soldiers clear the debris in Uttarakhand state, India.
  — Reuters, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2025
• The modern-day dingo is descended from ancient dogs and wolves from China and the Tibetan Plateau and not to dogs domestic to the Australian continent, researchers behind a new study report.
  — science.org, 12 July 2024
• Beijing faces criticisms for its rule in Tibet, after the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader for most Tibetans, was forced to flee in 1959 when a revolt failed.
  — Didi Tang, Fortune Well, 5 Jan. 2024
• The norms of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition of reincarnation and the Dalai Lama’s stance on his own reincarnation must steer the process of determining any future succession.
  — Lobsang Sangay, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2023
• Other breeds on the list include Tibetan mastiff, spinone Italiano, cavalier king Charles spniel, Chinese crested, and dogue de Bordeaux, among the most popular.
  — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
• The Dalai Lama, the leader of Tibetan Buddhism, ahead of his 90th birthday, stated that he would be reincarnated after his death and that no one can interfere with the succession process.
  — Brittney Melton, NPR, 3 July 2025
• Indo Tibetan Border Police / AP The mudslide cleaved through Dharali village, burying some houses, according to a video update shared by the state chief minister’s office.
  — Reuters, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2025
• Staten Island is also home to the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art and the Chinese Scholar’s Garden, which claims to be one of only two authentic classical outdoor Chinese gardens in the United States.
  — Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2025