How to Use Maasai in a Sentence

Maasai

noun
  • The Maasai kept their land rights but usually stayed away during the few months when sheikhs and millionaires arrived.
    — Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 2023-02-20
  • The irony is that those savannah lands only look like that because they’ve been grazed by the Maasai’s cattle for thousands of years.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 2024-07-11
  • For the Maasai, cows are sacred and considered members of their families.
    — Lenny Rashid Ruvaga, The Christian Science Monitor, 2024-04-19
  • Well over 1,000 Maasai had come to see the strange spectacle that had descended on their land.
    — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 2023-02-24
  • Semi-nomadic Maasai continue to use the land for cattle grazing.
    — Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 2025-06-09
  • The Maasai in Kenya have been grazing their cattle alongside lions and elephants for centuries.
    — Mary Holland, Condé Nast Traveler, 2024-12-25
  • The Maasai Mara is iconic because of the Great Migration.
    — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 2024-10-10
  • Her tall, statuette frame prompted guesses about whether Gore was Maasai, an ethnic group from Kenya's northern, central and southern regions.
    — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 2024-06-28
  • The Maasai people are hunter and gatherer nomads who eat a very limited diet, primarily relying on their cattle for meat, milk and blood.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 2023-10-09
  • The Cimbia Shield bag embodies the brand’s emblem, a modern interpretation of the Maasai shield.
    — Essence Fashion Editors, Essence, 2023-06-09
  • The Beading Studio stands as a shining testament to this, where Maasai women, skilled in the art of beadwork, create masterpieces of intricate design.
    — Paul Jebara, Forbes, 2023-07-16
  • Discovery Tanzania charts the complex relationship and historical conflicts between two of the country’s iconic tribes: the Maasai and the Tatoga.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 2024-12-31
  • Travelers will also embark on some truly incredible experiences, such as walking the otherworldly ice tunnels of Antarctica, trekking across Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve, and exploring the Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza in Cairo.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2025

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