Example sentences for: berliners

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

  • Friedrich Wilhelm I (1713–1740) despised the baroque glitter of his parents’ court, and subjected the previously easy-going Berliners to a frugal, rigid concept of Preussentum (Prussianness), that is, unquestioning obedience to the ruler and his administrators, and sharply defined class distinctions, affirming the supremacy of the aristocracy and officer class and that of soldiers over civilians in general.

  • With their taste for irreverent nicknames, Berliners have deflated the monuments’ imperial or pacifist intentions by dubbing the original church the “broken tooth” and the two main additions the “lipstick” and “powder compact.”

  • Crossing points were established for foreigners and for West Germans, but not for Berliners, until a tiny few were allowed across much later in the Cold War confrontation.

  • The revitalized Potsdamer Platz boasts Arkaden, a large shopping center which has proven very popular with tourists and Berliners alike.

  • Following World War II the Berliners stripped away the trees again — for fuel.


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