Example sentences for: philistines

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

  • Book-- Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in the Hamptons , by Steven S. Gaines.

  • In about 1250 b.c. , Moses, the Israelites’ new leader, parted the Red Sea and led his people back to Canaan to confront the Philistines, who now controlled much of the land.

  • Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in the Hamptons

  • In ancient times it was Canaan and Pilistia (coastal land of the Philistines), then Israel and Judea, before reverting to Palestine (the name ultimately derived from the Philistines).

  • Standing against a hostile world of cruel Philistines, Florentines loved to identify with the beauty and courage of the poetic young giant-killer.


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