Example sentences for: pyrénées

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

  • They took advantage of this new stronghold to create Provincia (now Provence), stretching from the Alps to the Pyrénées, in order to guarantee communications between Italy and Spain.

  • The enormous personal popularity of this good-natured but tough king from the Pyrénées proved vital for healing the wounds from the bitter wars.

  • The country offers plenty of outdoor enjoyment, too: swimming and other water sports, or just sunbathing, on Alpine lakes, on the beaches of Normandy and Brittany, or at the famous resorts of the Côte d’Azur; first-class skiing in the Alps and Pyrénées; canoeing down spectacular gorges; and marvelous hiking around the country’s national parks and nature reserves.

  • The Côte d’Azur and Corsica both have a distinctly Italian flavor, and the people on the northern slopes of the Pyrénées are not so very different from their Spanish cousins to the south.

  • The formidable barrier of the Pyrénées forms the frontier with Spain.


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