Example sentences for: dili

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

  • Still reporting from Dili, the SMH 's Murdoch said that East Timor might face a new wave of violence because of the collapse of Indonesia's military command structure.

  • Less than a week after the murder in Dili of a Dutch journalist, British member of Parliament and former BBC war correspondent Martin Bell called on the press to voluntarily reduce their numbers in East Timor.

  • The evening newspaper Terbit ran a photograph of charred bodies in a burnt-out truck in Dili with a caption saying they had been set alight by Australian troops, whereas the foreign media all reported that they were victims of militia terror.

  • The NYT and LAT say that 25,000 people in Dili have taken shelter and the former also reports that Australia is making plans to receive up to 100,000 refugees.

  • And the Post quotes a policeman at a Dili hotel saying he would not shoot militia members if they attacked and that what they are doing is good for the country.


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