Example sentences for: capitals

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

  • But despite its importance, this subject remains taboo in European capitals, where nobody dares to utter the most relevant but most forbidden word of the moment--the word 'federation.

  • By the time Marco Polo arrived, the city outshone the capitals of Europe.

  • In an editorial Thursday, the Times of London decried the chaos afflicting international diplomacy over Kosovo, "with meetings scheduled and cancelled within hours, statements issued and promptly retracted, statesmen announcing their arrival in capitals unprepared to greet them, and leaders trying to keep telephone track of the Balkan imbroglio while locked into campaigns and duties thousands of miles away."

  • Stop in the provincial capitals of Edmonton, Regina, and Winnipeg for a glimpse of the region’s history and culture.

  • The island capital is an appealing town — clean and bright with traditional and modern architecture side-by-side creating much charm, especially when compared with many of the other islands’ rather bland capitals.


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