Example sentences for: nero

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

  • So did Nero's mother, Agrippina the Younger, and Napoleon's Josephine.

  • The name Colosseum , now usually taken to refer to its size, originally referred to the fact that the amphitheater was built adjacent to a huge statue (a colossus ) of the sun god that had been commissioned by Nero, allegedly in his own likeness.

  • Immediately northeast of the Colosseum is the Domus Aurea, the fabulous villa with extensive gardens built by the Emperor Nero, who spent just a few years in his “Golden House” before killing himself in a.d. 68.

  • Nero was emperor until 70 A.D.

  • Other writers call Clinton "more Nero than hero," compare him to ineffectual 19 th century President Grover Cleveland, and bemoan his inability to carry through promises about health care, race, education, and job training.


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