Example sentences for: drake

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

  • Drake University ended its funding after the 2000 spring semester "for a variety of reasons," Suzanne Levitt, the law professor who oversaw the program, said via e-mail.

  • Schroeder ran the program without the help of law students or Drake, which had provided as much as two-thirds of the money in some years.

  • Explore the bird-haunted lagoon at Drake’s Bay, a peaceful cove where Francis Drake claimed California for England in 1579, or hike your way through the Earthquake Trail, a path that follows the San Andreas Fault.

  • 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).

  • It was the only defeat of Drake’s career; within months he was dead.


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