Example sentences for: caribbean

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

  • During the American War of Independence, Jamaica came under threat again from other European powers, which saw Britain’s problem to the north as a chance to capture its colonies in the Caribbean.

  • His recent return from a trip to Jamaica (where he was born and later did the research for his books on Jamaican English) and his imminent departure for a conference on Caribbean Linguistics in St. Lucia should convince you of his good health!

  • The concept of a plain-clothes policeman is familiar to most, but don't be so sure in the Caribbean: a policeman who is not in proper unformed dress is simply not dressed, as one witness saw it in this newspaper report of her testimony in court:

  • The liberal Guardian of London said Monday in an editorial, headlined "US must not go bananas," that only 9 percent of European Union bananas now came from the Caribbean, compared with over 40 percent from the three giant American corporations--Chiquita, Del Monte, and Dole.

  • Drug dealers, similarly, have purchased fiefs throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.


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