Example sentences for: caste

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

  • He opposed idolatry and the caste system (which was subsequently too strong to resist).

  • In 1847, a savage uprising known as the Caste War saw Mayan rebels massacre white settlers and take control of nearly two-thirds of the peninsula.

  • Here they created what most of us envision as the “Way of the Samurai”: the values, codes, religion, and culture of a warrior caste that would rule Japan for 700 years.

  • Brahmins, the priestly caste, fill many of the top posts in the universities and administration; many Indian Army officers can trace their ancestry to the proud Kshatriya warrior caste; business is dominated by the merchant or Vaishya caste; and Shudras till the land.

  • Despite the instability of the nation’s government at this time, it is remarkable that in the year that India celebrated its 50th Anniversary of Independence, a Dalit (or member of an oppressed caste), K. R. Narayan, was appointed President for the first time.


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