Example sentences for: governor-

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

  • Men such as Governor-General William Bentinck worked with missionaries and reformers such as Brahman Ram Mohan Roy to legislate against the practice of widows becoming sati by climbing onto the funeral pyres of their respective husbands.

  • With the new title of Governor-General, Hastings and then Cornwallis were responsible to the British government rather than the Company.

  • In the south, Tipu Sultan of Mysore remained a menace to Madras until Governor-General Arthur Wellesley, future Duke of Wellington, defeated him.

  • About 1,640 ft (500 m) south of Shirley Street, opposite Graycliff Mansion, stands Government House, the official residence of the Governor-General, painted in the same shade of pink as the buildings of Parliament Square.


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