Example sentences for: nile

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

  • Originally built on an island in the Nile, it was already semi-submerged following the building of the first Aswan Dam in 1900.

  • These form the major stops of a Nile cruise and are all visited by tour groups from bases at Luxor or from Aswan to the south.

  • Geometry was used to lay out fields in Egypt after the flooding of the Nile, to aid navigation, to aid city planning.

  • After touring the dusty hot archaeological sites of the Nile Valley, or tramping the noisy streets of Cairo, the Red Sea coast makes a welcome contrast.

  • The modern Egyptian town has been built on top of much of the ancient site of the Temple of Knum — ram-headed god of creation and protector of the Nile’s source — and only the Hypostyle Hall remains set 9 m (30 ft) below the surrounding houses.


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