Example sentences for: papyrus

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

  • The (mis)information (pp. 11, 183) that papyrus was costly is an undying canard.

  • From the earliest days Egyptians recorded their activities on papyrus paper, helping us to piece together the pivotal moments in the great days of the Ancient Egyptian Empire.

  • On the island’s west side, the Fontana Aretusa is a freshwater spring (just steps from the ocean) with black-and-white ducks swimming in its semi-circular papyrus pond.

  • It is attested in Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek, and Latin religious and magical texts preserved on clay tablets, papyrus, parchment, gems, and strips of metal thousands of years old.

  • Papyrus: The leaves of the papyrus were dried and used by Ancient Egyptians as a form of paper.


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