Example sentences for: founder

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

  • Emperor Sun Zhi (1644–1911), the founder of the Qing Dynasty, selected this remote spot in a large mountain valley while on a hunting expedition.

  • Just a mile from Dogo Spa is the 14th-century Ishiteji temple, one of the 88 stages of the springtime Buddhist pilgrimage around Shikoku defined by Kobo Daishi, founder of Shingon esoteric Buddhism.

  • In the past few days, it has published long articles on 1) the death in 1957 of a member of the Cuban underground; 2) a speech made 120 years ago by Cuban revolutionary Antonio Maceo; 3) a decade-old Cuban victory in Angola; and 4) the 95 th birthday of the late Julio Mella, the founder of the Cuban Communist Party.

  • On the west side of the plaza is the seriously handsome Casa Diego Velázquez, built in 1516 as the residence of the founder of Cuba’s original seven villas.

  • Harold Ross, the founder and editor of The New Yorker , was a stickler for details of grammar, punctuation, and usage.


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