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.

  • 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.

  • Henn's Chin ) and the Yueh . As explained by Professor Paul W. Kroll, Chairman of the Department of Oriental Languages and Literature, University of Colorado (Boulder), this new people called themselves by a name that was very similar to the Chinese word for `extreme.

  • In Eckler's paper on Single-Letter Surnames we learn that all letters exist as a surname (and are overwhelmingly likely to be held by people of Oriental ancestry, p. 264), and only Q is missing.

  • Kahala Mandarin Oriental Hawaii $$$$ 5000 Kahala Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96816; Tel. (808) 739-8888 or (800) 367-2525; fax (808) 739-8800; oriental.com/­kahala>.


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