Example sentences for: castile

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

  • By order of Ferdinand and Isabella of Castile, the second phase of the conquest was set in motion.

  • For a half millennium or more, Madrid idled as a provincial backwater, rarely noticed on the arid central plains of Castile, until Felipe II plucked it from his royal cap in 1561 and proclaimed it the capital of Spain.

  • Naval skirmishes ensued between the two powers, but at the end of the war of succession between Portugal and Castile, the wide-ranging Treaty of Alcaçovas ended Lisbon’s claims to the Fortunate Islands.

  • Escaping after a few days in the capital is the plan of most visitors as well; for most, a trip to Madrid is as much about what the plains of Castile just beyond the city contain as what the capital itself offers.

  • Diego followed her instructions and at the top of the hill he found beautiful roses of Castile, still covered with dew.


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