How to Use Croatian in a Sentence

Croatian

noun
  • But the Croatian’s two big stops were the difference between a point and nothing.
    — Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 15 Mar. 2026
  • My wife — with my assistance — bakes about a dozen loaves of the Croatian holiday bread povitica.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Hvar, a slender Croatian island adrift in the Adriatic, is one such place.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2025
  • The winery is in a village about thirty-five kilometres south of the town, almost on the Croatian border.
    — David Szalay, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2024
  • But did Tosa — the Croatian who won tens of thousands from the Ritz and other casinos — even commit a crime?
    — Longreads, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Even at a club able to sign just about any roadrunner on the transfer market, the Croatian remains the gold standard for his club and country in this facet.
    — Henry Flynn, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Most telling, though, is one of the ad’s opening shots, which follows a fan wearing a Croatian jersey under a German one.
    — Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 14 June 2024
  • Croatian Goran Çorlak, who has held his breath for 23 minutes, visualizes a black dot on a white wall.
    — Sean Williams, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Still translating—not just between Croatian and English, but between worlds.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
  • That doesn’t mean, however, that this isn’t the ideal vessel for relaxed cruising of the Croatian islands from its base in Split.
    — Chrissie McClatchie, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 June 2023
  • The Croatian makes a similar underlapping run in the left half-space to receive the ball for City’s second goal (cued up in this link).
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 28 May 2025
  • Stepancic, who describes herself as half-Black and half-Croatian, welcomed a multi-racial baby girl last year with her wife via sperm donor.
    — Shanelle Kaul, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The broker had made much of the potential for extra income, and for a while Martha had rented it to a Croatian couple who were grad students in design.
    — Nell Freudenberger, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024
  • Here, 53 rooms, suites, and villas include interiors cloaked in Croatian oak and terra-cotta.
    — Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2025
  • What the tours do not include are any Holocaust memorials devoted just to Jews murdered by the Croatian fascists.
    — Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 5 May 2025
  • Limited to 150 units, the Croatian company has struggled to find buyers.
    — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 9 June 2024
  • Modrić and Vázquez both extended their existing deals last summer, and it is suspected that the Croatian could move on before next season.
    — Sam Leveridge, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The city of Split has long been a tourist magnet, famous for the churches and flagstones of its picturesque Old Town, and for the beauty of the rocky, sparkling Croatian coastline.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Its origins trace back to 17th-century France, when Croatian mercenaries, who wore scarves tied around their necks, inspired the French to adopt and enhance the style.
    — Kristopher Fraser, Robb Report, 20 June 2025
  • Saban and Belichick had coached together in Cleveland and bonded over their Croatian ancestry, which Carroll shares on his mother’s side.
    — David Harsanyi, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The Croatian forward has been Frisco’s top scorer over the past two seasons and is positioning himself as a candidate to lead his national team at the World Cup.
    — Abraham Nudelstejer, Dallas Morning News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • This rumor was later debunked by the Croatian National Tourism Board in a statement, sharing that the medieval coastal city has no intentions to implement such a ban in the future.
    — Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2025
  • For example, in one 2015 study, English speakers most easily heard spoken Irish as song, followed by Hindi and Croatian.
    — Ben MacAulay, Popular Science, 22 June 2023
  • Standing tall at 6ft 4in (193cm) with a strong build, the Croatian is dominant in aerial duels and scored seven league goals on loan at Belgian side Westerlo last season.
    — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
  • It's been serving up beloved Balkan comfort food since 1982 in a neighborhood that was long home to Cleveland's Croatian and Slovenian communities.
    — Sam Allard, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The bust, created by Croatian sculptor Mladen Mikulin, was installed on his tombstone on the 10th anniversary of his death, according to the official city of Paris website.
    — Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
  • The 47-year-old Croatian, previously in charge at Marseille, Lazio and Juventus, among others, will take charge on an interim basis until the end of the season.
    — Jay Harris, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Richard Gere made a cameo appearance — on video — at the second annual Croatian International Film Festival.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Shiffrin also won eight slaloms in the 2018-19 season, a feat previously only achieved by Croatian great Janica Kostelic 25 years ago.
    — ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • In 1995, meanwhile, Croatian striker Milan Rapaić missed the start of the preseason having accidentally poked himself in the eye with his boarding pass while waiting for a flight.
    — Jamie Barton, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024

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