Example sentences for: helena

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

  • Then the Invalides came to symbolize the glory of Napoléon himself, when his remains were finally brought back from St. Helena in 1840 for burial in the chapel under the golden Dôme.

  • NBC's $30 million expenditure is said to have paid off, with realistic special effects (fire-breathing dragons, a talking horse more convincing than Mr. Ed) and all-star performances from Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter, Isabella Rossellini, and Martin Short.

  • Queen Helena, a devout Christian and the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great, made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 326 to identify the sites associated with Jesus’s life.

  • The mansion boasts not only Empire furniture but also a remarkable collection of Napoleonic memorabilia: busts, portraits, and even his pistol, hat, and death mask from St. Helena.

  • Dutch and Flemish: Rembrandt’s cheerful Self-Portrait with a Toque, his beloved Hendrickje Stoffels, also portrayed nude in Bathsheba Bathing; Van Dyke’s gracious, dignified Charles I of England; among scores of Rubens’ works, his tender Helena Fourment.


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