Example sentences for: ottoman

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

  • As you know, the Roman and the Ottoman empires suffered from "grave internal weaknesses" but persisted for centuries.

  • Serbs still sting from their defeat at the hands of the Ottoman Turks in the 1389 Battle of Kosovo, which began the Turks' 522-year occupation of Serbia.

  • A series of disastrous decisions at the beginning of the 20th century began to sound a death knell for the Ottoman Empire.

  • It became a relative backwater of the Ottoman Empire only to rise to prominence again following union with Greece.

  • Later it was converted into a church with the addition of interior walls and this survived through Ottoman times — the last services were performed in the 1830s.


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