6 sentences with “compatriots”

As the plane left Iranian airspace, Mendez turned to his compatriots, smiled at them and gave them a thumbs-up as a sign of triumph.

The Catalans go to bed earlier than their compatriots in Madrid, work harder than they do, and are hardly interested in flamenco or bullfighting.

When travelling abroad, one tends to take the unseemly behaviour of one's compatriots as a personal affront. So a little voice began to pray deep inside me: "Lord, let them be English, German or even French".

The Russian-born Rostropovich explained that he and his wife have received thousands of letters from his compatriots, pleading with them to help them bring their sick children to the West for state-of-the-art medical treatment.

Marco Polo described in his "Book of Wonders" the intense activity of that empire, the exploitation of the mines, the manufacture of gold cloth... and noodles. Later, on his return to his homeland, he introduced his compatriots to the art of kneading dough.

The USSR also had a great superiority in quantity (though not quality) of equipment at the beginning of the Second World War. In fact, by the end of the war, the Soviets had mobilised 30.6 million soldiers (800,000 of whom were women: the USSR was the only nation with women in front-line combat positions, where they equalled their male compatriots in effectiveness). Given this enormous force, Stalin was surprised when the Germans attacked, reportedly spending hours in a daze before ordering an armed response.