How to Use biracial in a Sentence

biracial

adjective
Definition of biracialnext
  • And there weren’t a ton of biracial people with my hair and my eyes on TV.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 7 July 2024
  • Britain’s not racist, but the biracial duchess got bullied out.
    — Raven Smith, Vogue, 15 July 2021
  • Caitlin Keryc, of New York City, has a 4-year-old daughter who is biracial.
    — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 11 Aug. 2020
  • The biracial Noah is the first host of color to win in this category.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Markle is biracial and has a black mother and white father.
    — Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 6 June 2019
  • Your co-worker might be white, but her son might be biracial.
    — Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 24 July 2019
  • And of the eight WilmerHale lawyers who have argued before the court since the 2017 term, three are women and two are biracial.
    — Tobi Raji, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Moore, who is biracial, grew up in Ullin, a small town about 20 minutes south of Anna.
    — Logan Jaffe, ProPublica, 12 June 2020
  • Carey shared with Markle about her own struggles fitting in as a biracial young girl.
    — Tre'vaughn Howard, CBS News, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The family, which has lived in Allen since 2011 and is biracial, planned to move to a different house in the city, Hawkins Sr. said.
    — Dallas News, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Wendy Scott showed up with her 5-year-old twins — a boy and a girl — who are biracial and raised by lesbian mothers.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Eaves, who's biracial, was adopted and grew up in an all-Black household.
    — Dominique Yates, The Courier-Journal, 21 May 2021
  • Markle is biracial, with a black mother and white father.
    — Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Taylor, who is Black and biracial, already felt afraid of the police.
    — Alicia Eler, Star Tribune, 30 Oct. 2020
  • One was a white woman married to a Black man with a biracial daughter.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Her parents were aware that as a biracial child, Markle might face challenges.
    — CBS News, 19 May 2018
  • Kane Brown, who is biracial, some songwriters refuse to write with him.
    — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 9 June 2020
  • Markle, whose mother is black and father is white, may not be the first biracial royal.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 19 May 2018
  • There’s no ignoring the elephant in the room — Meghan is a biracial Black woman.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Growing up as a biracial child in Los Angeles taught me a lot.
    — De Los Staff, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
  • His father John was a free man; his mother was biracial.
    — John Carlisle, Freep.com, 28 May 2023
  • Born in the United States, Markle is biracial, having a white father and a black mother.
    — Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Hoover is biracial — of Black and white ancestry — and stands at 6 feet 2 inches.
    — Aaron Morrison, ajc, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The film does not touch on whether race played a role in the sentencing or the decision to try Brown-Long, who is biracial, as an adult.
    — Mahita Gajanan, Time, 29 Apr. 2020
  • At its hub is a biracial love affair between a black man named Link Williams and the wealthy white heiress Camilla Sheffield.
    — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 22 Feb. 2019
  • The clip, which has more than 5 million views since being posted on Dec. 26, sees the biracial couple seated in a booth at the chain.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Michelle, who is biracial, agreed to be the Bachelorette in hopes of finding love like her own parents.
    — Haley Kluge, Variety, 19 Oct. 2021
  • This told me a lot about how being biracial has been so core to your public life from the beginning.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 7 July 2024
  • McQueen was inspired to create the character after being struck by an image of a young biracial person taken from the time period of the Blitz.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
  • On this day in 1898: A mob of white supremacists overthrew the biracial city government of Wilmington, North Carolina.
    — The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024

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