Example sentences for: renaissance

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

  • As 1970s American cinema enjoys a critical renaissance, reviewers lap up the gossip in a book about its groundbreaking directors.

  • Escape down the little paved road south of town to the peace of the shady Romanesque and Renaissance cloisters of the 14th-century Certosa di San Giacomo, or in the direction of Via Camerelle that eventually leads to the famous Punta Tragara lookout and the Faraglioni.

  • Built by a German Baron for his Portuguese queen in 1840, up close it turns out to be an eclectic, whimsical mix of architectural styles (Gothic, Manueline, Renaissance, and Moorish).

  • Among the best of the discoveries are the superb Hercules Fountain (a rare vestige of Hungarian Renaissance architecture), the vaulted galleries of the Court of Honour, and the restored Lion’s Fountain.

  • The latter is housed in a beautiful neo-Renaissance building by Miklós Ybl, designer of the Opera House.


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