Example sentences for: philip

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

  • This would give RJR/Liggett a huge competitive edge over industry giant Philip Morris, which would presumably face tougher terms.

  • Philip upheld Portuguese autonomy, making no attempt to unite his two kingdoms.

  • Philip III of Spain was urged by his advisors to act immediately to force the British out.

  • St. Johns law professor and Sunday poet Lawrence Joseph's anthology of conversations with New York attorneys is deemed humorous but "pointless" (Rob Long, the Weekly Standard ). Reviewers say Joseph is "good at catching the way people talk" (Christopher Lehman-Haupt, the New York Times ) and his characters "are first cousins to David Mamet's or Eric Bogosian's ranters" (Philip Lopate, Esquire ). But beneath the froth the book offers little insight into the way lawyers work, Long says; it's really about "what colorful New Yorkers talk about when they're trying to be colorful."

  • In Bloom's case, it was the novelist Philip Roth.


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