Example sentences for: explorers

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

  • When Washington reveals that French explorers have buried mysterious metal plates up and down the frontier, die-hard Pynchon fans will lick their chops.

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

  • The first Europeans landed on the California coast in the 16th century — Spanish explorers in search of gold, seeking to extend their Mexican empire northward.

  • British-born explorers did not set out to write Australian English, of course.

  • The emphasis is on European ignorance, backed by engravings of fanciful New World monsters and references to Shakespeare's The Tempest , a play inspired by explorers' journals.


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