Example sentences for: barbary

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

  • The tail-less Barbary apes that inhabit the Rock are natives of North Africa, descended from monkeys brought over by sailors as pets and ships’ mascots.

  • During the supremacy of the Barbary Coast pirates in the 16th and 17th centuries, Formentera was so vulnerable it had to be abandoned, and it wasn’t resettled until the 18th century.

  • •The moment that the Spanish monarchs looked the other way, the daring pirates of the North African Barbary Coast — and elsewhere — moved in.

  •  The lions, monkeys, cheetahs, kangaroos, and polar bears are long gone, but zebra, goats, and Barbary sheep can still be seen.

  • As mediterrancean Lingua Franca was used on the Barbary Coast of North Africa, there were many words that it borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese.


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