Example sentences for: mansion

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

  • The traditional Qing Dyna­sty style of the mansion is enlivened by a few West­ern touches: a Baroque-style ceiling and stained glass above the doorways, showing the builder’s up-to-date attitude at the time of construction.

  • The massive mansion opposite, nearly as impressive, houses the Casa de África, with pelts, drums, costumes, carved figures, and furniture from some 26 African countries, as well as a tantalizing collection of objects related to santería, the syncretic Afro-Cuban religion (see page 26; Casa de África will likely be closed for renovations until the end of 2000).

  • The membership is also pretty old, although not as old as the mansion.

  • Rudolph Giuliani and George W. Bush were simpering and giggling for the press after their 90-minute meeting at the governor's mansion in Austin, Texas.

  • Some loanwords undergo a semantic shift, as with manshon high-class apartment block (from mansion ), konpanion female guide or hostess (from companion ), and baikingu buffet meal, smorgasbord (from Vi-king ). Clippings and blends are common, such as terebi television, masukomi mass communication, and wapuro word processor.


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