Example sentences for: madras

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

  • 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.

  • In the south, Tipu Sultan of Mysore remained a menace to Madras until Governor-General Arthur Wellesley, future Duke of Wellington, defeated him.

  • 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.

  • The Hindu of Madras quotes Vajpayee's suggestion that "the running of the bus between the two countries symbolizes the desire of the people to improve relations."

  • 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.


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