Example sentences for: checkerboard

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

  • Leading north from the palace, the Neapolitans’ favorite shopping street of Via Toledo separates the town hall (Municipio) and the broad commercial streets going down to the harbor from a checkerboard of narrow alleys to the west, a Spanish neighborhood of the 16th century that is now a mass of dilapidated working-class housing and a great opportunity for watching everyday-life.

  • May I suggest that he seek role models in the world of checkers, a supremely challenging game (there are 500 billion billion possible positions on the checkerboard) that doesn't get the respect it deserves?

  • Sant Lluis, a little town of checkerboard streets and all-white, typically Menorcan houses, was built by the French army as their headquarters in the Seven Years’ War (1756–1763).

  • The Alcaldía has an interesting interior, with checkerboard marble floors and magnificent chandeliers.


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