(a.) Of or pertaining to Burmah, or its inhabitants.
(n. sing. & pl.) A native or the natives of Burmah. Also (sing.), the language of the Burmans.
Example Sentences:
(1) Today, Burmese authorities are confining more than 150,000 Muslims, mostly Rohingya, to dozens of internment camps.
(2) Potted profile Born: 19 June 1945 Age: 66 Career: Campaigner for democracy and human rights High point: Release from house arrest in November 2010 and successive subsequent releases of Burmese political prisoners Low point: Separation from and eventual death of her husband from cancer in 1999 What she says: "It is not power that corrupts but fear.
(3) The mean infection rate of gonorrhoea was significantly greater in the Thai prostitute group than the Burmese.
(4) Burmese president Thein Sein wants to "harmonise" the country and make it pure.
(5) During that time, probably by the end of February at the latest, the Burmese government is due to give its response to a range of options put before it by a special constitutional committee.
(6) About 55% of the Thai group and 65% of the Burmese engaged in prostitution before being 19 years old.
(7) However, few expect a shift in policy," said Fayas Amed, editor of the Kaladan Press, a Bangladesh-based e-magazine covering the Burmese elections.
(8) We were always paying bribes,” Hussein said, wearing the traditional Burmese longi , a type of sarong.
(9) Burma is the name of the country in spoken Burmese, Myanmar the name in written Burmese.
(10) One of the most exquisite finds at Mes Aynak is a gilt Buddha head, with eyes half closed, poised on the threshold of enlightenment; it feels more Burmese than Central Asian.
(11) Opponents of the Burmese junta, which has ruled with an iron fist since 1962, say Yettaw's stunt has been exploited to keep Aung San Suu Kyi out of the public eye during the elections.
(12) Possible factors contributing to the development of cerebral malaria were discussed based on pathological changes in Burmese patients who died of cerebral malaria.
(13) There are 2 major ethnic groups in Nepal, the Indo-Aryan and the Tibeto-Burmese.
(14) Breath hydrogen tests (BHTs) were performed on 340 Burmese village children aged 1-59 months.
(15) Burmese red junglefowl (Gallus gallus spadiceus) chicks were reinforced at 5 days old with a mealworm at the end of a runaway in the presence of a maternal food call.
(16) Activists say the mine, a joint venture between China's Wan Bao mining company and a Burmese military conglomerate, causes environmental, social and health problems and should be shut down.
(17) The Burmese delegation was not available for comment.
(18) Some 20,000 Burmese immigrated following World War II, chiefly to Western Australia in the first place, uniting and consolidating their families.
(19) 188 schoolchildren aged 10-15 living in a malaria endemic area along the Thai-Burmese border were matched for age, splenomegaly, and weight and were then randomly assigned to receive either doxycycline (adult equivalent of 100 mg daily) or chloroquine (adult equivalent of 300 mg base weekly).
(20) But the iconic Burmese Nobel laureate, whose party the National League for Democracy (NLD) won the last elections more than two decades ago, has been under house arrest for 11 of the past 16 years, and won't be participating in the elections.
Outcry
Definition:
(n.) A vehement or loud cry; a cry of distress, alarm, opposition, or detestation; clamor.
(n.) Sale at public auction.
Example Sentences:
(1) The strength of the outcry forced the Japanese and American governments to reduce the impact, though not the presence, of troops by a "good neighbour" policy.
(2) We wanted a place where men could discuss masculine topics without facing the same public shaming outcry that happens on social media sites – feminists are quick on the trigger to try to take down anything they consider wrong … Milo Yiannopoulos lost his verified status on Twitter because of his views on masculinity.
(3) Amid public outcry over the Bettencourt case, Sarkozy is now likely to be forced into a U-turn before the next election, undoing his tax reforms.
(4) Shoesmith was sacked without compensation by the north London council in December 2008 after a public and media outcry over the death of 17-month-old Peter Connelly, known as Baby P , a year earlier.
(5) The chief executive has already waived his bonus for 2012 following the furore surrounding the £1m he was to be handed for 2011 before the political outcry forced him to hand it back.
(6) It's ridiculous, because there will soon be a massive public outcry about how there's nowhere for kids to go.
(7) The government blamed the opposition, jailing alleged ringleader Vladimir Kozlov amid an international outcry, closing down his party and shutting dozens of independent media outlets.
(8) If any donor held such sway over the Tories as Unite has over Labour, there would deservedly be an outcry.
(9) Chinese police have released five feminist activists detained for more than a month in a case that prompted an international diplomatic outcry.
(10) The proposals had prompted an outcry among Tory backbenchers and were dubbed a "conservatory tax".
(11) It was partially reinstated following an outcry, but £65m to pay for the release of secondary teachers to primary schools one or two days a week runs out at the end of this academic year.
(12) What Scolari was referring to was the outcry in the Brazilian media over how Fred, the striker, had essentially conned the Japanese referee , Yuichi Nishimura, into awarding Brazil the penalty that had helped them to victory over Croatia in the opening Group A tie .
(13) When the old BBC governors – a system of governance that essentially dated back to 1922 – was dismantled in 2006 the outcry that there might be something quickly nicknamed Ofbeeb was deafening.
(14) The death sentences sparked a global outcry, culminating in the UN's human rights office judging that the case had breached international law.
(15) Levi's has withdrawn an advertising campaign that features a young man squaring up to riot police after a public outcry that it glorified the recent public disorder across the country.
(16) Outcry in the US led to a ban on all officials implicated in the case from travelling to, or holding bank accounts in, the US.
(17) Shkreli told ABC that as a result of the outcry, he had agreed to lower the price of Daraprim “to a point that’s more affordable”.
(18) They specifically called for reviewers to remove images of breastfeeding if the nipples were exposed but to allow “graphic images” of animals if shown in the “context of food processing or hunting as it occurs in nature”, resulting in further outcries .
(19) That announcement sparked an immediate outcry , as friends, supporters and activists demanded Liu’s complete release.
(20) After an outcry, Apple backed down and approved the app.