Example sentences for: grasse

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

  • De Grasse’s fleet of 34 warships was escorting a convoy of 150 cargo vessels to Santo Domingo (today’s Dominican Republic and Haiti) planning to join a Spanish naval venture against Britain’s base on Jamaica.

  • As the islanders watched from their hills, the more mobile British mercilessly chopped up the French convoy until finally de Grasse surrendered.

  • On 12 April 1782, in the sea channel near Guadeloupe’s little off-shore islands of Les Saintes, a British fleet gained historic revenge against French Admiral de Grasse, of Yorktown fame, in a battle that is still talked about today.

  • Grass, on the other hand, might make sense for Chanel, for many of the flowers used in Chanel perfumes are cultivated at Grasse, a town in southern France.


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