Example sentences for: commonwealth

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

  • The Hasmonean dynasty, descendants of the Maccabee family, ruled an independent Jewish Commonwealth that stretched from the Negev to the Galilee.

  • Notwithstanding its status as a member of the British Commonwealth, Jamaica now looks much more toward the US for its future.

  • They probably piled their baggage into a taxi either at South Station or Back Bay Station, drove out Commonwealth Avenue and Bay State Road, crossing the Charles at any of several possible bridges.

  • The campaign has spread throughout the Commonwealth of Nations ("Crusade for Plain English Reaches Ghana," announced a recent cover story of the organization's magazine) and has opened a U.S. office in Miami.

  • The strip which is lined with elms and runs down the spine of Commonwealth Avenue is the perfect vantage point on which to stand back and gaze at the ornate Victorian buildings built in a range of styles — French Second Empire, Victorian Gothic, and Renaissance Revival.


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