Example sentences for: looted

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

  • The performance of the military was less than exemplary — as Chinatown burned, it was looted by the National Guardsmen sent to protect it.

  • This did not, however, save the Call from being burned and looted as persecution mounted in the 14th and 15th centuries.

  • Other prominent stories in the British press included Thursday's $90 million record-breaking sale at Christie's in London of a famous art collection looted by the Nazis from the Austrian Rothschilds in 1938 and recently restored to their American heirs, and the news that fox hunting is almost certain to be abolished in Britain now that Prime Minister Tony Blair has said he will support legislation against it.

  • Mexico is still one of the largest producers of silver in the world, despite the Spanish conquistadors having looted tons of it during their years of conquest.

  • In the midst of the smashed glass of the looted shops, German wit eased the discomfort by referring to the event as Kristallnacht (Crystal Night).


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