Example sentences for: jaffa

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

  • He reigned from 37 to 4 b.c. , during which time he fortified the Hasmonean wall and rebuilt the defense towers beside Jaffa Gate, the foundation of which still stand.

  • On a December day in 1917, British General Allenby rode up to Jaffa Gate and dismounted from his horse because he would not ride where Jesus walked; he then accepted the surrender of the city after the Ottoman Turks had fled (the flag of surrender was a bed-sheet from the American Colony Hotel).

  • In neighbouring Jaffa there are more nightspots offering touristy Oriental folklore entertainment.

  • Jerusalem grew, surrounded with a formidable wall and defended by towers beside the Jaffa Gate.

  • Safed, Jaffa, and Ein Hod (near Haifa) are the main provincial centres.


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