How to Use national in a Sentence

national

1 of 2 adjective

• The game was shown on national television.
• She won the national championship last year.
• Doing well in the Olympics is a matter of national pride.
• His test scores were higher than the national average.
• Baseball is called America's national pastime.
• Kids wear club shirts more than national-team shirts.
  — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 11 June 2026
• Late-night talk shows have been part of the national routine for decades.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
• There was national pride, medals and funding at stake.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
• Both of the books were national best sellers.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
• Moffitt had been a part of three national title teams.
  — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
• The national media picked it up.
  — Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
• That year, the cheer team climbed through the ranks and captured the national title.
  — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
• But sadly, the no-muss, no-fuss era of a single must-have national rail pass is over.
  — Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
• Will Elko set national-title goals in spring?
  — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
• The ones with national title hopes.
  — Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
• They were supposed to take the next steps at their clubs and that would translate to the national team.
  — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
• The United States national team need him on a roll.
  — Phil Hay, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
• Many of my own national colleagues are here now, reporting on the city.
  — Meg Anderson, NPR, 27 Jan. 2026
• A couple months from now, a dozen teams will vie for the national championship.
  — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
• Kōnane was once a national pastime, played by peasants and rulers alike.
  — Matt Negrin, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
• Here is who 61 national experts are picking to win the game.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2025
• Here is who 55 national experts are picking to win the game.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
• Here is who 66 national experts are picking to win the game.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
• Here is who 68 national experts are picking to win the game.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
• But the Longhorns still can’t make headway in the national rankings.
  — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026
• Call or text the national lifeline at 988.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2025
• Call or text the national lifeline at 988.
  — Diana Paulsen, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
• This could be a national championship team.
  — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
• Each sees the city as a key part of their national and religious identity.
  — Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
• The team last won a national title in 1986.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026

national

2 of 2 noun

• She's a Mexican national now working in the United States.
• All three are British nationals.
  — ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
• The boy charged is a British national who cannot be named for legal reasons.
  — Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
• Portuguese nationals are also among the death toll.
  — Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
• One in eight 2025 births were to foreign nationals.
  — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026
• There have been other tributes to the victims of the crash during this year’s nationals.
  — Dave Skretta, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2026
• There have been other tributes to the victims of the crash during this year’s nationals.
  — Dave Skretta, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2026
• Viano aims to land a coach by the time summer nationals in Oregon start at the end of June.
  — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 28 May 2026
• This marks the second time the family is heading to nationals.
  — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
• The couple were Dutch nationals.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2026
• One person was killed and more than 30 were injured — all of them foreign nationals.
  — Richard Hall, Time, 1 Mar. 2026
• But the person was a Guatemalan national, so would need a work visa to get to the US.
  — Bloomberg, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
• Australia has also confirmed that one of its nationals was injured.
  — Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 2 Jan. 2026
• The three people who have died are a Dutch couple and a German national.
  — Camille Behnke, NBC news, 7 May 2026
• Layne, however, won’t be able to participate in the prep nationals due to his age.
  — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
• Most of the passengers were British nationals.
  — ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
• Italy and France confirmed some of their nationals remain missing.
  — Emma Bussey , Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 2 Jan. 2026
• The state spelling bee was a solid training ground for Nikhil’s first time heading to the nationals.
  — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
• Most of the ones known to have targeted the Cincinnati area were made up of Chilean nationals.
  — Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 25 Aug. 2025
• Lebanon's health ministry said the person killed in the strike was a Syrian national.
  — Nbc News, NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
• Both Haitian and Syrian nationals are on travel and visa bans.
  — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
• The men are Cuban nationals living in the United States.
  — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
• His wife later fell ill and also died, while a German national died on the ship on May 2.
  — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 4 May 2026
• Chkhikvishvili, a Georgian national, appeared in green prison garb and fought back tears as his sentence was handed down.
  — Chloe Atkins, NBC news, 13 May 2026
• Three of those infected have died, the first of whom was a Dutch national, who died on April 11.
  — Callum Sutherland, Time, 6 May 2026
• One passenger was a French national.
  — Makini Brice, USA Today, 13 May 2026
• The news agency described the people as foreign nationals.
  — Nbc News, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026
• Finding dual nationals across the world to play for Indonesia will be a focus.
  — Ali Rampling, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
• Citizenship should be earned, not a birthright as to foreign nationals’ children.
  — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
• For decades, the book has informed the art of Cuban nationals and the Cuban diaspora.
  — Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2025