Example sentences for: canes

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

  • Large crowds gather regularly in villages in Lombok to watch peresehan contests in which men armed with rattan canes and leather shields lash at each other until the referee declares one of them the victor.

  • An old catalogue from the Wadsworth Atheneum Gallery in Hartford even read: Umbrellas, Parasols, Canes and Whips to be left at the head of the stairs.

  • Outside: Kathie Lee and Frank Gifford pass out candy canes in an Indonesian sweatshop.

  • Facing the cathedral are several green bronze statues of the aboriginal mastiff dogs after whom the Canary Islands are said to have been named (from the Latin canes).

  • You’ll also find Portuguese carved ox yokes, a roomful of iron keys, old sewing machines, canes, wind-up toys — in short an endless catalogue of art and artifacts.


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