Example sentences for: oriental

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

  • Commissioned by the Oriental Tea Company in 1873, it is an appropriate landmark for a city so closely linked to tea.

  • Furnishings include Flemish tapestries, Oriental rugs, and European and Asian art.

  • The sights are endless: the Hindu gopuram tower-gates of the south, the temples of Varanasi (Benares), the cave monasteries of Ajanta and Ellora, the beautiful and erotic sculptures of Khajuraho, the splendid marble palaces, fortresses, and mausoleums of the emperors and maharajas in Delhi, Agra, and Rajasthan, the colonial government buildings in New Delhi, or the unusual style of the Gothic-Oriental railway station in Mumbai (known until 1995 as Bombay).

  • It is accepted that there is an oriental influence, since piñatas are always decorated with colorful crepe paper.

  • From China to Peru: An Oriental Odyssey


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