Example sentences for: dom

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

  • The main streets are the narrow, cobbled alleyway of Rua de Santa Maria and, parallel, Rua Dom Carlos I. This east end of Funchal is the antithesis of the opulent hotel zone to the west: It is poor and decaying, but filled with character.

  • The impressive Ponte Dom Luís I (a 172-m bridge built in 1886) looms over the colorful houses of the Ribeira and spans the river to the south bank, where the port lodges (cavas) of Vila Nova de Gaia are located (see page 59).

  • The main square is the Praça Dom Pedro IV, better known as the Rossio.

  • The castle (now occasionally hosting bullfights) is one in the long chain of fortifications built by Dom Dinis in the 14th century.

  • His successor, Dom Dinis (1279–1325), consolidated Portugal’s borders by constructing castles along the frontier with Castile.


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