Example sentences for: dili

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • In London, the Times ran a front-page eyewitness piece by Marie Colvin from inside the U.N. compound in Dili about the desperation of the East Timorese who know they are about to be abandoned.

  • But, the coverage notes, despite what the WP calls a "scorched earth" situation in Dili, the U.S. is not ready to send in troops.

  • Thousands of people rushed to Dili's airport and dock hoping to flee.


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