Example sentences for: poniatowski

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

  • The following year Stanislaw August Poniatowski was elected the last king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and Poland soon faced one of its most humiliating episodes.

  • The uprising was quashed, however, and in 1795, Poniatowski was forced to abdicate.

  • Yet Poniatowski recovered to preside over a reform movement that precipitated the creation of the 1791 Constitution, which restored the hereditary monarchy and overhauled Poland’s political system.

  • Napoleon suffered a great defeat, but his ally Poniatowski refused to surrender, preferring to sacrifice himself and his troops.

  • Napoleon gained an ally in Józef Poniatowski, a heralded military leader and the nephew of the last king.


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