Example sentences for: piñata

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

  • The piñata was considered to be a symbol of evil, with the clay pot representing Satan or his spirit and the colorful decorations serving to tempt humanity.

  • The custom of breaking a piñata during the Christmas Mass celebrations was introduced by the Augustine priests in the seventeenth century.

  • The breaking of the piñata symbolized the struggle that man must sustain to destroy evil and receive the gifts and pleasures of God (the candy).

  • The word piñata derives from the verb apiñar, which means to cram, tie, or join together.

  • A child is blindfolded, twirled around three times, handed a bat, and led to the piñata.


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