Example sentences for: protectorate

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

  • The cover story debates whether NATO's goal should be to carve up Kosovo or administer it as a protectorate.

  • The paper, which serves as a lifeline for dispossessed Kosovars, is lukewarm on the KLA and favors the establishment of an international protectorate.

  • Portugal itself was ruled as a virtual British protectorate.

  • For Johor, astute, tough-minded Sultan Abu Bakar avoided protectorate status by going to London to negotiate a straight alliance, getting a Consul rather than a Resident.

  • Ceuta, the Spanish protectorate on the North African coast, has special tax status and alcohol, for example, is vastly cheaper there than mainland Spain.


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