Example sentences for: peninsular

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

  • By the early 18th century Canarians had become fully Spanish in both outlook and loyalties, and many volunteers joined the Peninsular War (Spaniards call it the War of Independence) which ended in 1814 with the restoration of Ferdinand VII to the Spanish throne.

  • Easter: Peninsular Eurasians and indigenous Christian converts in Sarawak and Sabah celebrate with Good Friday processions, the most famous being organized by the Portuguese community of Melaka at St. Peter’s Church.

  • What British historians call the Peninsular War (1808–1814) is known in Spain as the War of Independence.

  • Spain again became a battleground in the early 1800s, with British forces taking on Napoleon’s troops in the Peninsular War.

  • The Peninsular War (called the War of Independence by Spaniards) went on murderously but inconclusively for six years.


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