Example sentences for: babylon

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

  • Silver is from OE siolfor/seolfor , Proto-Germanic * silubhra , and may not be an Indo-European word at all, but one borrowed from the Semitic language Akkadian (the language of Babylon): sarpu refined metal.

  • In Alas, Babylon , Pat Frank's classic nuclear-apocalypse novel of the 1950s, a man awaits word that nuclear war is imminent.

  • I can't expect a telegram from Bill Gates saying "Alas, Babylon."

  • The end of David’s dynasty came in 587 b.c. , when Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, invaded Judah to lay siege to Jerusalem.

  • Hers was a Hollywood Babylon life with arrests for robbery and for forging prescriptions for Valium--singer Wayne Newton bailed her out of jail on the latter charge.


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