Example sentences for: oriental

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

  • Luxurious and colorful, oriental rugs of wool or silk are a tempting buy.

  • In markets where price comparisons aren't easily available--Oriental rugs or new cars--buyers are at a conspicuous disadvantage.

  • With the Museum of Fine Arts (see page 105) near the intersection of Crescent Street, Sherbrooke is the town’s main “gallery row,” where high-priced antiques, jewelry, silverware, and Oriental carpet shops mingle.

  • With Oriental and Byzantine decorative elements reflecting the Pisan Republic’s overseas interests, its four-tiered arcaded façade over three porches is a masterpiece of grace and delicacy.

  • Just north of the Pueblo are the crowded streets and Oriental architecture of L.A.’s Chinatown, while to the south is Little Tokyo, the cultural center of the Japanese community.


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