Example sentences for: aztecs

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

  • The Mexica Aztecs traveled south under the guidance of the god Huitzilopochtli, who advised them to look for an eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus, devouring a serpent.

  • There are ancient texts of indigenous mythology narrated by the Aztecs and recorded by the Spaniards that very closely resemble the La Llorona legend.

  • However, the following year, ambitious, young Captain Juan de Grijalva discovered the island of Cozumel and skirted the coast of the peninsula, hearing tales from the Indians of the great civilization of the Aztecs.

  • But instead of providing Mexicans with an idea they could organize a modern community around, it was a touchy compromise that preserved backward attitudes toward power leftover from the Aztecs and colonial Spain:

  • In New Mexico the drama was staged to show the Indians that their subjection was already complete, just as it happened to the Aztecs.


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