Example sentences for: madras

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

  • In a report from Chennai (Madras), the paper said Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals plans to start exporting sildenafil citrate, the active ingredient in Viagra, to countries in South America and eastern Europe at the end of August.

  • Characteristically, the WSJ and the NYT include coverage of an easily overlooked aspect of the world's tensest nuclear crisis since the end of the Cold War--its impact on the Bombay, New Delhi, and Madras stock markets.

  • The Hindu , for example, with its headquarters in Madras, dutifully reported the anti-English protests but also carried in its weekend supplement for October 2, 1994, a note on “Escobarring,” by A. Sathyamoorthy, presumably a Tamil.

  • The arrival of Indian merchants, including Jains, Parsis, and Jews, turned Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta into large cities; the Company discovered a knack for large-scale administration.

  • Indian entrepreneurs developed their own cotton mills in Bombay, Ahmedabad, Kanpur, and Madras, but the new tea gardens were a strictly British affair.


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