Example sentences for: mayan

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

  • By l973 she knew so much, that in three hours working with an undergraduate, she was able to decipher Mayan inscriptions that had baffled scholars for decades.

  • The vast open foyers and public areas of the hotel have high columns of cathedral-like dimensions; the walkways and outside terraces recall Mayan temples, with large stones covering the façade.

  • The Maya considered them to be holy places because they were the only source of fresh water other than what fell from the sky; for this reason, Mayan artifacts have been found in many cenotes.

  • Superb beach, swimming lagoon, safe snorkeling, animals, horseback riding, turtles, underground river, Mayan dances — what more would you need?

  • The first recorded Europeans to arrive in the Yucatán, in 1511, were doubly unfortunate: a group of Spanish sailors survived a shipwreck on the coast of what is now Quintana Roo, only to be sacrificed by the Mayan natives.


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