Example sentences for: explorers

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

  • The figures just behind Prince Henry represent noted explorers, map-makers, and astronomers whom he mobilized in order to launch Portuguese ships into the history books.

  • In his Illustrated Dictionary of Place Names: United States and Canada , Kelsie Harder points out that when the explorers asked the Indians what a place was called, they responded “Canada.”

  • Portuguese explorers then embarked upon Macau (now Macao), the Congo, and various other parts of Africa, including the Sudan.

  • One reason for this diversity is the custom of English-speaking explorers and pioneers in a new land to adopt the native name for unfamiliar plants, animals, and things.

  • Desert island risks ... a sneer at pulpy romance and record programmes but with some admiration for last century's explorers in tropical waters.


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