Example sentences for: elgin

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

  • Today’s trendy spot is Soho (SOuth of HOllywood) around Hollywood Road, Elgin, and Stauton streets.

  • When Great Britain next comes under criticism for having absconded with the Elgin Marbles from the Acropolis, we should expect their prominent display in the British Museum to be brought up as part of a value-added defense.

  • The walls of the interior were removed during the Byzantine era, and the north corner (column and pediment) was removed by Elgin and taken to London with the “Elgin marbles.”

  • 3) Why is the dispute between the Greek government and the British Museum over the Elgin Marbles raised in a dictionary (regardless of how encyclopedic it is)?

  • ' Another entry under L is Laadan , a language constructed by linguist Suzette Hayden Elgin and first used in her science fiction novel Native Tongue , a language which is designed to contain many “woman function” words not included in English.


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