Example sentences for: imperial

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

  • With the harvests of its Hida mountain district too meager to contribute taxes to the national treasury, the town sent instead its skillful artisans (Hida no takumi) to help build the temples and palaces of the imperial capital.

  • A more interesting imperial cemetery is the Eastern Qing Tomb site, although it is located at a much greater distance from Beijing.

  • Takachiho in central Kyushu, armed with the imperial mirror, sword, and jewel that Jimmu (Japan’s first emperor) used on his conquest of the Yamato Plain near Nara.

  • Thus, the United States should reverse its "imperial laissez-faire" policies and take an active hand in the global economy.

  • Though the size of the president's entourage made his trip seem "like the imperial journey of a mediaeval potentate, his body language was that of a travelling salesman," it said.


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