How to Use Lebanese in a Sentence

Lebanese

adjective
  • The Lebanese economic crisis has gutted funding for the army.
    — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The Lebanese designer was inspired by the concept of a heroine for troubled times.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The tanks stopped in front of a barricade made from earth, beyond which Lebanese army vehicles were stationed.
    — September 18, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • According to the Lebanese army, 34 soldiers have been killed in 2026 alone.
    — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
  • This is Lebanese cuisine in all its familiar, surprising brilliance.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 2 Sep. 2026
  • And located just across the street from Archway, Suraya is a polished all-day café and Lebanese restaurant.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The strikes came days after Israel released five Lebanese prisoners as part of a deal between the two countries.
    — ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Smash Toast, a sandwich shop, and Lebanese restaurant Beirut Grill were a total loss as a result of the fire.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Israeli strikes killed four people in southern Lebanon on Sunday, ⁠the Lebanese health ministry said.
    — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Lebanese officials have not announced any breakthrough in discovering the fate of the missing Jews.
    — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The Lebanese health ministry said another attack in the same town killed a rescuer and wounded another person.
    — September 7, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • As the lights went up members of the audience started unfurling Palestinian flags as well as one or two Lebanese flags.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Lebanese and Israeli officials are expected to meet for another round of talks in Rome later this month.
    — Fadi Tawil, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Inflation has reached absurd heights, the Lebanese pound is all but worthless, and the government shuts off the electricity for more than half of each day.
    — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The once-thriving Lebanese Jewish community has been largely forgotten in the decades since most of them left the country.
    — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Lebanese residents have not been allowed to return and Israel now occupies almost six percent of Lebanon.
    — Jane Arraf, NPR, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Sambusek, serving Lebanese cuisine, is ultra-popular with locals.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • At a news conference, Ali Daamoush accused the Lebanese state of failing to carry out its duties to help the displaced.
    — Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The biggest objective was for Israeli forces to exit southern Lebanon and hand over security to the Lebanese army.
    — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Israel has barred Lebanese civilians from accessing their own land along the border and has demolished civilian homes and infrastructure in many of the border towns.
    — Diego Ibarra Sánchez, NPR, 19 Sep. 2026
  • In return, Lebanon agreed to search for the bodies of Jewish Lebanese citizens who went missing during the country’s civil war decades ago.
    — Fadi Tawil, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Qatar has also given tens of millions of dollars to the Lebanese army since Lebanon’s economic meltdown began in 2019.
    — Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The Israeli military said the munition was believed to belong to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
    — Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The United States has been mediating talks between Israel and the Lebanese government.
    — ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The heads of state of Lebanon, France and Jordan met on Thursday as part of an effort to drum up support for the struggling Lebanese military.
    — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • After describing a recent experience of hers involving day-old Lebanese kibbeh nayyeh, Modica laughs.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The Lebanese food [in Egypt] is extraordinary for vegetarians.
    — Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Lebanese judicial officials said that the country’s public prosecution had opened an investigation into the case.
    — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Amer said the Lebanese army was prepared to take on more pilot zones if political negotiations bear fruit but warned the effort won’t succeed if conditions mirror the first attempt.
    — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The news stirred painful memories for Lebanese Jews like Abadie, 65, who was born and raised in Beirut to parents who moved to Lebanon from Syria.
    — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

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