Example sentences for: bosphorus

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

  • Part of the city’s allure is its setting, where Europe faces Asia acr­oss the winding turquoise waters of the Bosphorus, making it the only city in the world to bridge two continents.

  • Just as the Bosphorus separates Asia from Europe, so the inlet called the Golden Horn separates the old Istanbul from the new.

  • Those belonging to this set are the lucky few who frequent the city’s more expensive restaurants and casinos, and retire at the weekends to their restored wooden mansions (yalı) along the Bosphorus.

  • The Bosphorus is one of the world’s most active shipping lanes, and the overland traffic is now carried by two of the world’s longest suspension bridges.

  • In the words of the 16th-century French traveller Pierre Gilles: “The Bosphorus with one key opens and closes two worlds, two seas. ”


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