Example sentences for: havana

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

  • The barbudos (the bearded ones) triumphantly entered Santiago, then marched into Havana one week later.

  • The port cities Havana and Santiago de Cuba were heavily fortified to defend against French and English pirate raids.

  • By the 17th century pirate attacks prompted the building of extensive city defenses — colossal forts, a chain across the harbor mouth, and prominent city walls — making Havana the “Bulwark of the West Indies.”

  • In Havana, the government newspaper Granma celebrated the 40 th anniversary of the invention of the cha-cha with the unlikely boast "that it was danced by no less than Queen Elizabeth and the Prince of Wales."

  • You can make a considerable saving on luxury goods like jewelry, watches, perfumes, and Havana cigars in duty-free Gibraltar, where the dreaded VAT does not exist.


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