Example sentences for: poles

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

  • Then, as personal wealth diminished with a slump in the fur trade, totem poles became prime symbols of a chief’s prestige, soaring to 26 m (80 ft) and more.

  • Many Poles, especially among the intellectual and professional classes, opposed Soviet influence and Communist rule, and in 1956 the regime faced its first real test.

  • The suicidal mission became an important rallying cry for Poles during the remainder of the 19th century.

  • Carpentry is the most valued of Kwakiutl skills, and is spectacularly displayed in their totem poles.

  • He doesn't favor us with a definition of "truly hip," but he is kind enough to drop some clues: "[A] truly hip suburb (no, that's not oxymoronic--go visit West Lake Hills, Texas, or Berkeley or Topanga, Calif.), where there would be leaflets stapled to the telephone poles and vegetarian restaurants and rave clubs, is completely out of the question in New York."


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