Example sentences for: napoléon

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

  • Then the Invalides came to symbolize the glory of Napoléon himself, when his remains were finally brought back from St. Helena in 1840 for burial in the chapel under the golden Dôme.

  • The Arc de Triomphe was conceived by Napoléon I as a tribute to his armies, and bears the names of hundreds of his marshals and generals, and dozens of victories.

  • The ambitions of Napoléon Bonaparte stretched as far as the Western Hemisphere, and an influx of French aristocrats buoyed French sentiments.

  • The Second Republic ended four years later when the man whom Victor Hugo called “Napoléon le Petit” staged a coup to become Emperor Napoleon III.

  • For a change, it’s not something that Napoléon looted during a campaign, but was a gift from Mohammed Ali, viceroy of Egypt.


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