Example sentences for: riches

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

  • And, against all the odds of the terrain, it’s the route the railways chose to carry the riches of lumber, mining — and the first tourists — across the continent.

  • Candia blossomed with the riches of Venetian trade, and when Turkish forces stormed the island, the town held out for several months before falling into the Moslem hands.

  • Time 's "Mormons, Inc." cover story details the riches of the church founded by Joseph Smith: It values the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' assets (which include the country's biggest cattle operation) at $30 billion.

  • Aquinas considered detractio more seriously wicked than theft, because "reputation is more valuable than riches."

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


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