Example sentences for: peninsular

How can you use “peninsular” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Easter: Peninsular Eurasians and indigenous Christian converts in Sarawak and Sabah celebrate with Good Friday processions, the most famous being organized by the Portuguese community of Melaka at St. Peter’s Church.

  • By the early 18th century Canarians had become fully Spanish in both outlook and loyalties, and many volunteers joined the Peninsular War (Spaniards call it the War of Independence) which ended in 1814 with the restoration of Ferdinand VII to the Spanish throne.

  • An hour-and-a-half drive (110 km/68 miles) from Camagüey on the north coast, remote Playa Santa Lucía beckons sun worshippers with resort hotels strung along a particularly fine peninsular strip of sand.

  • After it was rebuilt, it was occupied by French troops during the Peninsular War, who left behind a souvenir of their stay — the cannons that are now displayed along the promenade of the Paseo Marítimo.

  • The Peninsular War (called the War of Independence by Spaniards) went on murderously but inconclusively for six years.


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