Example sentences for: polo

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

  • Near the south entrance, in the Round City (Tuan Cheng), is a large ceremonial vessel of green jade presented in 1265 to Kublai Khan, who built a palace here and entertained Marco Polo on these lake shores in the 13th century.

  • The NYT has a classic obit to show off today, about the best polo player ever, Cecil Smith; the piece, by Frank Litsky, effortlessly takes the reader back to the days when the sport was played by the likes of Walt Disney and Will Rogers, and tens of thousands watched games.

  • At the upper end of the social scale, Malays make up the royal courts of the sultanates — country gentry enjoying an occasional game of polo and the other good things in life.

  • From the Greeks to the Turks and Mughals, from Marco Polo to Lord Mountbatten, all have been seduced by India’s riches.

  • The famous set of frescoes in the tomb of Prince Zhanghuai depicts an animated polo match, a hunting expedition, a reception for foreign diplomats, and (most movingly) a scene in a court cloister with a young concubine looking longingly at a bird in flight.


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