Example sentences for: gibraltar

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

  • Britain seized Gibraltar — in the name of the Hapsburg claimant — and retained it when the war was over.

  • In a.d. 711, the Arab chief Tariq landed at Gibraltar with 12,000 Berber troops.

  • Whether you’re traveling in your own car or in an official taxi or minivan, don’t leave Gibraltar without taking a tour of the Upper Rock Nature Reserve area.

  • Gibraltar was the scene of some fierce fighting in 1704, when Great Britain captured the Rock on behalf of Austria.

  • As a precondition to admission, the border with Gibraltar was reopened in 1985 after a 16-year hiatus, and Spain was admitted to the EU in 1986.


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