Example sentences for: dragon

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

  • The ancient bronzes are covered with metamorphosing animal shapes--an elephant whose trunk has turned into a dragon, and whose legs are incised with tigers ("stucco'd with quadrupeds and birds all over," as Whitman wrote of himself).

  • The rationale behind referring to them as “lost” arises from the author's observation of an unfortunate state of affairs: because of an increasingly widespread lack of familiarity with the basic, structural elements of our culture—Greek and Roman mythology, the Bible, literature, and ordinary historical fact—people today are unable to discern the origins of terms like aphrodisiac, Achilles [sic] heel or tendon, meet one's Waterloo, sow dragon's teeth , and hand-writing on the wall , to name a few.

  • The Times of India, in an editorial Monday titled "Eagle and Dragon," said India's first foreign policy task is to deal with "the challenge of China, and the possibility of a Sino-U.S. condominium in Asia."

  • After Reagan became president, is luck the true reason that the seemingly invincible inflation dragon was slain?

  • The tomb of Emperor Kangxi (Jing Ling) is also unopened, but its magnificent above-ground halls contain many original imperial treasures, including Kangxi’s Dragon Throne.


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