Example sentences for: mansions

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

  • Formerly the Moors’ parade ground, it is lined with imposing buildings, such as the former Ajuntament (now the police headquarters) and great 19th-century mansions (grand Palau Torresaura and Palau Salord).

  • Designed for a daughter of Louis XIV in 1722, it makes a stately riverside façade for the 7th arrondissement, with its 18th-century embassies, ministries, and private mansions (hôtels particuliers).

  • Nantucket, according to Sunday's Times , is fast being despoiled by parvenus who are tearing down historic houses and replacing them with soulless mansions because of loopholes in the local zoning laws.

  • Many of the other mansions that line the street belonged to Loyalists, which is why the street was dubbed Tory Row in the 18th century.

  • Along with this splendid house of worship, Solomon built a royal palace, mansions for his wives, temples for the foreign gods worshipped by the princesses he had married, and towers for the defense of the capital.


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