Example sentences for: aboriginal

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

  • The first stone engravings found in the Canary Islands were discovered here in the 18th century, and the ten natural cave dwellings, with their magnificent rock engravings, were the home to the Benahoritas — the ancient settlers of Benahoare, the original aboriginal name for La Palma.

  • According to the Age 's story, "an Aboriginal 'embassy' will be set up in Sydney for the duration of the Olympics to lobby visiting VIPs and media."

  • Facing the cathedral are several green bronze statues of the aboriginal mastiff dogs after whom the Canary Islands are said to have been named (from the Latin canes).

  • The population of the new territory is 85 percent Inuit, and in the view of the Globe and Mail , "This alone marks an important step forward in relations between native and non-native in this country, guaranteeing, for instance, that when federal, provincial and territorial leaders meet, there will always be someone speaking for an aboriginal majority somewhere in the country."

  • This was to give Phillip and others their first intimation that there was more than one Aboriginal language; but, so distinctive and so immediately made a symbol of the country was the animal itself, and the word rapidly took on in English and, indeed, in French.


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