Used in a Sentence

biracial

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for biracial.

Editorial note

The image is sometimes a white family, sometimes black, and sometimes biracial.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A person belonging to two races.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of biracial gathered in one view.

noun

A person belonging to two races.

adjective

Of or pertaining to two races.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for biracial.

noun

A person belonging to two races.

adjective

Of or pertaining to two races.

Example sentences

1

The image is sometimes a white family, sometimes black, and sometimes biracial.

2

Lots of plantation owners in the 19th century also had biracial kids while somehow maintaining their raging bigotry.

3

You could easily end up with biracial people editing out some of their more ethnic features for the next generation.

4

Some parents don't approve of all sorts of things (politics, sexual orientation, religion, biracial relationships, etc etc).

5

As a neurodiverse offspring of a biracial marriage, I’m starting to feel more and more like an outsider in my home state.

6

People are upset by biracial people in the commercial?

7

Most kids up for adoption are biracial black-white.

8

> Rashida Jones is biracial and a lot of people think the voice sounds like hers.

9

Coming out of school, and out of a hate church, I was left with some homophobia and some angst over biracial marriage of all things.

10

No one really talks much about how biracial people are mistreated in the US, but it happens all too often (A couple close friends had to deal with it all their lives).

11

I would think it was just as crazy if the committee had language around they must have an equal number of Black and White members and if one person was a biracial … If they had a committee focused on women’s health issues surrounding pregnancy and childbirth, should they include transgender women?

Quote examples

1

It is used to refer to biracial people, but there is no connotation that they are "half" a person.

2

Better headline would have read: "people think biracial commercials are controversial"

3

My favorite sentence is "biracial woman mistakenly identified as white".

4

She asserts that feminine culture emphasizes cohesion, but then brings up a biracial (what's the point of this note?) reporter at the NYT not having coffee with Bari Weiss and says that this snub is "feminine".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use biracial in a sentence?

The image is sometimes a white family, sometimes black, and sometimes biracial.

What does biracial mean?

A person belonging to two races.

What part of speech is biracial?

biracial is commonly used as noun, adjective.