Example sentences for: florentines

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

  • The Duomo (cathedral), officially Santa Maria del Fiore, proclaims the inordinate but certainly justified civic pride of the Florentines.

  • Michelangelo wanted the tomb surmounted by the Pietà, now in the cathedral museum (see page 61), but the Florentines almost didn’t get even his body — they had to smuggle it out of Rome.

  • The church is also revered by Florentines as the last resting place of many great Italians.

  • Standing against a hostile world of cruel Philistines, Florentines loved to identify with the beauty and courage of the poetic young giant-killer.

  • Despite uprisings such as that of the Ciompi (wool-workers), the resilient Florentines were well-fed and highly literate compared to the rest of the country.


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