Example sentences for: naval

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

  • It was the Duke of Wellington who, in 1809, vowed to make Bermuda the “Gibraltar of the West” and created a plan for a massive naval base on the island.

  • Today, San Diego is America’s seventh-largest city, home to a major naval base, and has been voted one of America’s most desirable cities in which to live.

  • In April 1862, a Union naval force led by David G. Farragut capitalized on Confederate unpreparedness and penetrated the defenses of New Orleans.

  • After a few serious minutes in which he defended himself fairly effectively against accusations of hypocrisy for leaning on the FCC on behalf of a contributor, McCain seemed transported back to his days at the naval academy, when he made it his object to acquire as many demerits as possible without actually being expelled.

  • There is, for instance the time McCain, on leave from the U.S. Naval Academy, went to visit his latest girlfriend in a classy suburb of Philadelphia.


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