Example sentences for: galleon

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

  • gallium - galling, gleam, galleon, gulling, gallon, gelling, gullying, gamily

  • The beach was named for the yards of colorful cloth that washed ashore centuries ago, following a trading galleon’s wreck.

  • Well aware of the island’s burgeoning wealth and repository of supplies, the French pirate Bertrand de Montluc sailed into Funchal harbor with his 11-galleon armada and 1,300 men.

  • One magazine exec reportedly got so much loot last Christmas--Cuban cigars, "crates of wine," designer suits ("It was like a Spanish galleon")--that he needed three cars to cart it home.

  • The yearly arrival of the Nao de China, a galleon that sailed to Manila and back during these years, was the occasion for an annual merchant fair that drew traders from all over the colony.


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