Example sentences for: pirates

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

  • Pirates of Nassau Attraction.

  • Apart from the few Malays in the settlements’ rural communities of Province Wellesley and the Melaka hinterland, most still lived inland along the middle reaches of the rivers, away from the coastal marshlands dominated by the orang laut pirates.

  • Its name, “Peak of the Torch,” is taken from the warning beacons that were lit here in the days when French and Algerian pirates posed a threat to the island.

  • This incident inspired the national motto Expulsis Piratis — Restituta Commercia (Pirates Expelled — Commerce Restored), which was retained until 1971.

  • By a.d. 900, the Hong Kong islands had become a lair for pirates preying on the shipping in the Pearl River Delta and causing a major headache for burgeoning Guangzhou; small bands of pirates were still operating into the early years of the 20th century.


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