Example sentences for: drake

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

  • At nearby Mountain Top — 1,547 ft (472 m) above the bay, and higher than Drake’s Seat — you’ll find a sophisticated shopping mall and large bar area with almost non-stop daiquiris (they claim to have invented the banana daiquiri here).

  • In 1595 Drake learned that a 2-million-peso gold shipment had just arrived in San Juan aboard a Spanish galleon.

  • In 1579 England’s Francis Drake, during the round-the-world trip that earned him his knighthood, took a break from harrying Spanish treasure galleons and stopped for repairs at Point Reyes (Drake’s Bay, just north of San Francisco).

  • This kind of booty was worth a battle, even though Drake knew the city was well protected by a set of forts.

  • Then, under cover of darkness, Drake sent out attack boats to destroy the Spanish frigates.


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