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Example sentences for: moat

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

In Beijing, the ancient city walls were pulled down and the city moat was filled in.
Once the daily influx of visitors begins, about mid-morning, an outrigger boat shuttles people across the outer moat to a craft display and shop.
Every morning as well as late in the afternoon, people use the wide outer moat for washing themselves and their clothes.
The entrance to El Morro is reached across a wide dry moat, a last defense against attack.
What you can see are the lovely grounds of the East Garden, the moat and massive stone ramparts, and those few examples of classic Japanese architecture — gates, bridges, armories, and watchtowers — that have survived since the 17th century.