How to Use Latvian in a Sentence

Latvian

noun
  • The Latvian, who lost to Townsend in three sets, insulted her rival with jibes about class and education.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • While the Latvian Basketball Association initially denied the injury, Porzingis later confirmed it on social media.
    — Hayden Bird, BostonGlobe.com, 2023-08-24
  • Livonian, which shares no common origins with Latvian, was the daily language among a string of tiny fishing villages on a peninsula in western Latvia before the country was forcibly absorbed into the Soviet Union.
    — The Dial, 2024-12-17
  • Townsend, who is 139th in the WTA's singles rankings, told reporters the game was going 26th ranked Ostapenko's way at first but the Latvian's mood changed when Townsend started to get the upper hand.
    — Robert Birsel shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025

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