Example sentences for: river

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

  • Just uphill from the river is the Bolsa district, named after the elegant 19th-century Stock Exchange on the Praça do Infante Dom Henrique.

  • The Ponte Santa Trinita, destroyed in 1944, has been rebuilt with the original 16th-century masonry scooped from the bottom of the river, including statues of the Four Seasons.

  • On the west bank of the river — set in a desert landscape — is the seventh-century Coptic monastery of St. Simeon now sadly in ruins, and the Mausoleum of the Aga Khan (1877–1957), spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslim sect.

  • Subsequent floods and earthquakes left the parched Badlands of the Red Deer River Valley as a protective crust, preserving the skeletons of the dinosaurs.

  • When mind and body are ready for a break from the rigors of cultural sightseeing, head down to the southern resort district of Arashiyama, perched along the Hozu River (or the Oi, as it’s also known).


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